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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.338 ian 19: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.346 ! ian 23: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others, Page D1,
! 24: Calgary Herald
! 25: May 17, 2003.
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
! 28: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
! 29: the business section and half of another page inside
! 30: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
! 31: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
! 32: in talking about the project's history and goals.
! 33: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
! 34: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
! 35: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
! 36: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
! 37: The article is not yet on the net.
! 38:
! 39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 40: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
41: Calgary Herald
42: May 7, 2003.
43: </strong></font><br>
44: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
45: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
46: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
47: <p>
48:
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 50: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
51: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
52: OsOpinion,
53: May 6, 2003.
54: </strong></font><br>
55: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
56: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
57: <br>
58: This article can also be found online at:
59: <ul>
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
61: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
62: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
63: NewsFactor Network.
64: </strong></font>
65: </ul>
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.343 deraadt 69: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
70: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
71: ITBusiness,
72: May 2, 2003.
73: </strong></font><br>
74: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
75: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
76: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
77: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
78: <p>
79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 81: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
82: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
83: InfoWorld,
84: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 85: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 86: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
87: <br>
88: This article can also be found online at:
89: <ul>
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
91: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
92: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
93: IDG Singapore.
94: </strong></font>
95: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 96: <p>
97:
1.339 jose 98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
100: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 101: ZDNet,
102: May 1, 2003.
103: </strong></font><br>
104: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 105: someone using parts from previous articles.
106: <br>
1.341 deraadt 107: This article can also be found online at:
108: <ul>
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
110: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
111: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
112: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 113: </strong></font>
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
115: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
116: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
117: CNET News.com.
118: </strong></font>
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
120: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
121: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
122: ZDNet UK.
123: </strong></font>
124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
125: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
126: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
127: Help Net Security, Croatia.
128: </strong></font>
129: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 130: <p>
1.339 jose 131:
1.341 deraadt 132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
133: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
134: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
135: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
136: May 1, 2003.
137: </strong></font><br>
138: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
139: that have been added
140: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
141: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
142: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
143: third-party "ports", spamd, many upgrades to included software, and more.
144: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
145: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
146: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 147: <p>
148:
149: </ul>
150:
1.253 ian 151: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
152: <ul>
1.255 ian 153:
1.260 ian 154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 155: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 156: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
157: TechRepublic,
158: April 28, 2003.
159: </strong></font><br>
160: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
161: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 162: work.<br>
163: Can also be found online at:
164: <ul>
165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
166: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
167: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
168: ZDNet UK.
169: </strong></font>
170: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 174: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
175: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
176: IDG,
177: April 24, 2003.
178: </strong></font><br>
179: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
180: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
181: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
182: Can also be found online at:
183: <ul>
184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
185: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
186: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 187: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 188: </strong></font>
189: </ul>
190: <p>
191:
192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
193: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 194: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 195: Slate,
196: April 24, 2003.
197: </strong></font><br>
198: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
199: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
200: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
201: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
202: <p>
203:
204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 205: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
206: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
207: April 24, 2003.
208: </strong></font><br>
209: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
210: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
211: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
212: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 216: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
217: April 24, 2003.
218: </strong></font><br>
219: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
220: the free software community".
221: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
222: other articles.
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
226: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/politics/24HACK.html?ex=1051761600&en=87a56d5c962b64e4&ei=5062">Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
227: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
228: </strong></font><br>
229: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
230: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
231: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
232: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
233: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
234: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
235: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
236: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
237: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
238: <br/>
239: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
240: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
241: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
242: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 243: <br>
244: Can also be found online at:
245: <ul>
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
247: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
248: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
249: Common Dreams NewsCenter
250: </strong></font>
251: </ul>
1.324 ian 252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
255: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
256: Wired, April 24, 2003.
257: </strong></font><br>
258: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
259: article above.
260: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
261: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
262: wasting them."
1.332 ian 263: <br>
264: Can also be found online at:
265: <ul>
266: <li>
267: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
268: </strong></font>
269: </ul>
1.324 ian 270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 273: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
274: </strong></font><br>
275: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
276: <p>
277:
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 279: <a href="http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/23/3ea643207f30d">Federal funding abruptly cut for research project</a>, dailypennsylvanian.com, April 23, 2003.
280: </strong></font><br>
281: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
282: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
283: <p>
284:
285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 286: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
287: April 23, 2003.
288: </strong></font><br>
289: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
290: <p>
291:
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 293: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 294: April 22, 2003.
295: </strong></font><br>
296: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
297: <p>
298:
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 300: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
301: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
302: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 303: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 304: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
305: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
306: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
307: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
308: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
309: Can also be found online at:
310: <ul>
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
312: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 313: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
314: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 315: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
317: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 318: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
319: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 320: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 321: </ul>
322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 325: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
326: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 327: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 328: </strong></font><br>
329: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 330: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
331: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
332: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
333: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
334: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
335: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 339: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
340: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 341: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
342: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 343: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
344: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
345: at UPenn and DARPA.
346: <p>
347:
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 349: [FRENCH] <a href="http://www.weblmi.com/news_store/2003_04_18_La_DARPA_coupe_les_v_32/News_view">La DARPA coupe les vivres a OpenBSD</a>, Le Monde, France
350: April 18, 2003.
351: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 352: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 353: <p>
354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 356: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-18.04.03-002/">Aus der Traum: Keine US-Gelder für OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
1.306 deraadt 357: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 358: </strong></font><br>
359: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 363: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
364: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
365: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 366: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 367: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
368: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
369: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
370: <p>
371:
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 373: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
374: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 375: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 376: </strong></font><br>
377: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
378: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
379: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 380: American century.
1.267 deraadt 381: <p>
382:
383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 384: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
385: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 386: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 387: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 388: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
389: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
390: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
391: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
392: Can also be found online at:
393: <ul>
394: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
395: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 396: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 397: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 398: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 402: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 403: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 404: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 405: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 406: </strong></font><br>
407: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 408: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
409: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
410: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
411: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
414: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
415: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
416: New York Times.
417: </strong></font>(free registration required)
418:
1.273 deraadt 419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
420: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 421: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 422: ABC News.
423: </strong></font>
424:
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 426: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 427: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 428: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 429: </strong></font>
430:
431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 432: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 433: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 434: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 435: </strong></font>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 438: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
439: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 440: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 441: </strong></font>
442:
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 444: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 445: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 446: Times Daily, AL.
447: </strong></font>
448:
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
450: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
451: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
452: Boston.com, MA.
453: </strong></font>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 456: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 457: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 458: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
459: </strong></font>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 462: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
463: [Article was pulled]</a>
464: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 465: </strong></font>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
468: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
469: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
470: Infoshop News.
471: </strong></font>
472:
473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
474: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
475: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
476: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
477: </strong></font>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 480: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
481: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
482: Raleigh News, NC.
483: </strong></font>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 486: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
487: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
488: Napa News, CA.
489: </strong></font>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 492: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 493: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
494: NEPA News, PA.
495: </strong></font>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
498: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
499: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
500: Wired News.
501: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 502: <br>
503: <li>
1.333 deraadt 504: <font color="#009000"><strong>
505: [JAPANESE]
506: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
507: Wired News Japan</a>
508: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 509:
1.271 deraadt 510: </ul>
511: <p>
1.272 deraadt 512: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
513: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 514: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
515: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
516: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
517: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
518: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
519: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 520: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 521: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
522: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
523: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 524: <p>
525: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 526:
527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 528: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 529: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
530: Indianapolis Star, IN.
531: </strong></font>
532:
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 534: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
535: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
536: Miami Herald, FL.
537: </strong></font>
538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 540: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 541: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
542: </strong></font>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
545: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 546: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 547: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 548: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
551: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
552: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
553: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
554: ABC News.
555: </strong></font>
556:
1.276 deraadt 557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
558: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 559: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 560: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 561: </strong></font>
562:
1.286 dhartmei 563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 564: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 565: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
566: Wilmington Star, NC.
567: </strong></font>
568:
1.300 jose 569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
570: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
571: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
572: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
573: </strong></font>
574:
1.309 jose 575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
576: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
577: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
578: Globe Technology.
579: </strong></font>
580:
1.263 deraadt 581: </ul>
1.262 beck 582: <p>
583:
584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 585: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
586: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 587: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 588: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 589: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 590: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
591: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
592: <p>
593:
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 595: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
596: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
597: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 598: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 599: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
600: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
601: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
602: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
603: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
604: and simply restates other press reports.
605: <p>
606:
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 608: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
609: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
610: OS News, April 18, 2003.
611: </strong></font><br>
612: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
613: <p>
614:
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 616: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
617: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 618: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 619: </strong></font><br>
620: Another report on the DARPA funding.
621: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
622: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
623: <p>
624:
625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 626: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
627: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
628: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
629: April 17, 2003.
630: </strong></font><br>
631: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
632: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
633: Tech Anthems</a>
634: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
635: 4 so far.
636: <p>
637:
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 639: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
640: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 641: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 642: </strong></font><br>
643: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
644: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
645: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
646: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
647: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
648: Goes on to say:
649: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
650: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
651: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
652: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 653: This article is also found online at:
654: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
656: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
657: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
658: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 659: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
661: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
662: ZDnet</a>,
663: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 664: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
666: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
667: ZDnet Australia</a>,
668: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 669: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 670: </ul>
1.260 ian 671: <p>
1.279 deraadt 672:
1.260 ian 673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 674: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 675: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 676: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 677: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 678: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 679: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
680: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
681: without notice or justification.
682: <p>
683:
684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 685: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 686: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 687: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 688: </strong></font><br>
689: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
690: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 691: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 692: effective today, without any warning..."
693: <p>
1.257 ian 694:
695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 696: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
697: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 698: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 699: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 700: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
701: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
702: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
703: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
704: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 705: <p>
706:
707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 708: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
709: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 710: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 711: </strong></font><br>
712: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
713: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
714: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
715: quoting two of them:
716: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
717: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
718: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
719: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
720: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
721: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
722: <p>
723:
1.255 ian 724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 725: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
726: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 727: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 728: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 729: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 730: <p>
731:
732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 733: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskonzept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
1.306 deraadt 734: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 735: </strong></font><br>
736: New security concepts in OpenBSD
737: <p>
738:
739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 740: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
741: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 742: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 743: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 744: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 745: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
746: security experts for more than three decades."
747: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
748: <p>
1.261 ian 749:
1.254 drahn 750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 751: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 752: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 753: </strong></font><br>
754: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
755: <p>
756:
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 758: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
759: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
760: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
761: </strong></font><br>
762: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
763: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
764: discussion OpenBSD's path.
765: <p>
766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 768: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
769: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 770: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 771: </strong></font><br>
772: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
773: from US DARPA.
774: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
775: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
776: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
777: the BSD license.
778: <p>
779: </ul>
780:
1.251 ian 781: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
782: <ul>
783:
784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 785: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
786: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
787: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
788: </strong></font><br>
789:
790: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
791: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
792: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
793: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
794: <p>
795:
796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 797: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
798: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 799: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 800: </strong></font><br>
801: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
802: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
803: Mentions
804: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
805: and
806: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
807: programs.
808: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 809: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 810: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
811: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
812: <p>
1.325 ian 813: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
814: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
817: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
818: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
819: </strong></font><br>
820: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
821: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
822: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
823: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
824: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
825: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
826: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
827: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
828: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
829: put into service."
830: <p>
831: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
832: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
833: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
834: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
835: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
836: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
837: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
838: computers with security features."
839: <p>
1.329 ian 840:
841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
842: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
843: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
844: Slate,
845: March 3, 2003.
846: </strong></font><br>
847: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
848: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
849: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
850: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
851: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
852: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
853: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
854: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
855: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
856: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
857: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
858: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
859: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
860: of more secure open-source solutions like
861: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
862: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
863: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
864: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
865: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
866: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
867: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
868: the Beltway."
869: <p>
1.251 ian 870: </ul>
871:
1.249 jufi 872: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
873: <ul>
874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
875: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
876: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 877: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 878: </strong></font><br>
879: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
880: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 881: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 882: <p>
1.334 ian 883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
885: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
886: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
887: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
888: </strong></font><br>
889: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
890: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
891: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
892: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
893: "... the hypothetical question ...
894: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
895: <br>
896: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
897: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
898: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
899: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
900: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
901: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 902: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 903: support network security.
904: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
905: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
906: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
907: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
908: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
909: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
910: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
911: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
912: <br>
913: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
914: <p>
915:
1.249 jufi 916: </ul>
917:
1.246 jufi 918: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 919: <ul>
1.246 jufi 920:
1.247 jufi 921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 922: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 923: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
924: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 925: </strong></font><br>
926: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
927: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
928: <p>
929:
1.247 jufi 930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 931: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
932: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
933: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
934: </strong></font><br>
935: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
936: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
937: <p>
938:
939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 940: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 941: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
942: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 943: </strong></font><br>
944: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
945: in their annual OpenHack security test.
946: <p>
1.247 jufi 947: </ul>
1.246 jufi 948:
1.244 jufi 949: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 950: <ul>
1.246 jufi 951:
1.247 jufi 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 953: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
954: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
955: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 956: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 957: </strong></font><br>
958: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
959: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
960: md5 digests.
961: <p>
962:
1.247 jufi 963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 964: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 965: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
966: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 967: </strong></font><br>
968: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
969: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
970: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
971: right the first time."
972: <p>
1.247 jufi 973: </ul>
1.244 jufi 974:
975:
976: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 977: <ul>
1.244 jufi 978:
1.247 jufi 979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 980: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 981: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
982: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 983: </strong></font><br>
984: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
985: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
986: part 6</a>.
987: <p>
988:
1.247 jufi 989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 990: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 991: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
992: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 993: </strong></font><br>
994: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
995: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
996: <p>
1.301 jose 997:
998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
999: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1000: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1001: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003:
1004: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1005: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1006: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1007: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1008: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1009: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1010: <i>Here's the
1011: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1012: <p>
1.247 jufi 1013: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1014:
1015: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1016: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1017:
1.247 jufi 1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1019: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1020: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1021: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1024: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1025: <p>
1026:
1.247 jufi 1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1028: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1029: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1030: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1033: this time using pf.
1034: <p>
1.247 jufi 1035: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1036:
1037: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1038: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1039:
1.247 jufi 1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1041: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1042: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1043: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1044: </strong></font><br>
1045: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1046: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1047: their rotation.
1048: <p>
1049:
1.247 jufi 1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1051: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1052: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1053: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1054: </strong></font><br>
1055: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1056: <p>
1.247 jufi 1057: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1058:
1.239 jufi 1059: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1060: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1061:
1.247 jufi 1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1063: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1064: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1065: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1066: </strong></font><br>
1067: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1068: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1069: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1070: <p>
1071:
1.247 jufi 1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1073: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1074: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1075: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1076: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1077: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1078: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1079: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1080: <p>
1.247 jufi 1081: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1082:
1.235 lebel 1083: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1084: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1085:
1.239 jufi 1086:
1.247 jufi 1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1088: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1089: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1090: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1091: </strong></font><br>
1092: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1093: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1094: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1095: <p>
1.301 jose 1096:
1.247 jufi 1097: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1098:
1.228 horacio 1099: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1100: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1101:
1.247 jufi 1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1103: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1104: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1105: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1106: </strong></font><br>
1107: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1108: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1109: <p>
1110:
1.247 jufi 1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1112: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1113: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1114: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1115: </strong></font><br>
1116: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1117: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1118: <p>
1119:
1.247 jufi 1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1121: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1122: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1123: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1124: </strong></font><br>
1125: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1126: on the desktop of his parents.
1127: <p>
1128:
1.247 jufi 1129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1130: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1131: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1132: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1135: using IPFilter.
1136:
1137: <p>
1138:
1.247 jufi 1139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1140: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1141: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1142: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1143: </strong></font><br>
1144: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1145: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1146: perspectives of the four OS.
1147: <br>
1148: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1149: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1150: <p>
1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1153: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1154: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1155: software and security</a>,
1156: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1157: </strong></font><br>
1158:
1159: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1160: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1161: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1162: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1163: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1164: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1165: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1166: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1167: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1168: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1169: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1170: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1171: <p>
1.247 jufi 1172: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1173:
1.225 horacio 1174: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1175: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1176:
1.247 jufi 1177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1178: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1179: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1180: Interview</a>,
1181: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1182: </strong></font><br>
1183:
1184: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1185: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1186: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1187: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1188: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1189: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1190: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1191: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1192: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1193: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1194: of choice.
1195: <p>
1.247 jufi 1196: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1197:
1198: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1199: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1200:
1.247 jufi 1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1202: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1203: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1204: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1205: </strong></font><br>
1206:
1207: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1208: <p>
1209:
1.247 jufi 1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1211: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1212: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1213: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1214: </strong></font><br>
1215:
1216: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1217: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1218: <p>
1.247 jufi 1219: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1220:
1.218 horacio 1221: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1222: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1225: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1226: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1227: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1228: </strong></font><br>
1229:
1230: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1231: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1232: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1233: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1234: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1235: subjects. Worth a read.
1236: <p>
1237:
1238:
1.247 jufi 1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1240: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1241: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1242: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1243: </strong></font><br>
1244:
1245: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1246: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1247: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1248: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1249: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1250: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1251: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1252: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1253: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1254: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1255: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1256: on other operating systems.<br>
1257: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1258: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1259: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1260: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1261: <p>
1262:
1.247 jufi 1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1264: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1265: Operating System 2010</a>,
1266: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1267: </strong></font><br>
1268:
1269: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1270: covering the level of software integration into the core
1271: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1272: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1273: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1274: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1275: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1276: <p>
1277:
1.247 jufi 1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1279: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1280: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1281: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1282: </strong></font><br>
1283:
1284: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1285: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1286: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1287: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1288: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1289: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1290: <p>
1.247 jufi 1291: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1292:
1.210 jufi 1293: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1294: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1295:
1.247 jufi 1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1297: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1298: Already a Contender</a>,
1299: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1300: </strong></font><br>
1301:
1302: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1303: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1304: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1305: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1306: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1307: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1308: <p>
1309:
1.247 jufi 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1311: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1312: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1313: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1314: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1315:
1.224 horacio 1316: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1317: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1318: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1319: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1320: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1321: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1322: <p>
1.247 jufi 1323: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1324:
1325: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1326: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1329: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1330: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1331: Division</a>,
1332: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1333: </strong></font><br>
1334:
1335: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1336: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1337: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1338: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1339: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1340: investment</em>.<br>
1341: The implementation details can be seen on their
1342: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1343: <p>
1344:
1.247 jufi 1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1346: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1347: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1348: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1349: </strong></font><br>
1350:
1351: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1352: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1353: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1354: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1355: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1356: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1357: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1358: <p>
1359:
1360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1361: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1362: Thinking about Security</a>,
1363: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1364: </strong></font><br>
1365:
1366: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1367: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1368: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1369: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1370: to time.<br>
1371: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1372: system and just the most secure system.
1373: <p>
1374:
1.247 jufi 1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1376: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1377: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1378: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1379: </strong></font><br>
1380:
1381: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1382: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1383: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1384: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1385: choice:<br>
1386: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1387: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1388: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1389: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1390: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1391: network security devices and as such must be well
1392: armored."</em><br>
1393: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1394: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1395: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1396: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1397: <br>
1398: Bravo!
1399: <p>
1.247 jufi 1400: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1401:
1.207 ian 1402: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1403: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1404:
1.247 jufi 1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1406: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1407: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1408: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1409:
1.207 ian 1410: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1411: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1412: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1413: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1414: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1415: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1416: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1417: <p>
1.247 jufi 1418: </ul>
1.207 ian 1419:
1.194 jufi 1420: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1421: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1422:
1.247 jufi 1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1424: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1425: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1426: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1427: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1428:
1.240 miod 1429: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1430: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1431: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1432: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1433: <p>
1434:
1.247 jufi 1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1436: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1437: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1438: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1439:
1440: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1441: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1442: <p>
1443:
1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1445: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1446: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1447: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1448:
1449: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1450: <p>
1451:
1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1453: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1454: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1455: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1456: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1457:
1.240 miod 1458: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1459: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1460: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1461: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1462: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1463: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1464: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1465: <br>
1466: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1467: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1468: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1469: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1470: <p>
1471:
1.247 jufi 1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1473: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1474: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1475: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1476: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1477:
1.194 jufi 1478: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1479: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1480: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1481: <br>
1482: The new
1483: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1484: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1485: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1486: <p>
1.247 jufi 1487: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1488:
1.190 horacio 1489: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1490: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1491:
1.247 jufi 1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1493:
1494: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1495: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1496:
1.301 jose 1497:
1.191 jufi 1498: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1499: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1500:
1501: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1502: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1503:
1.212 horacio 1504: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1505: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1506: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1507:
1.211 horacio 1508: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1509: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1510: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1511:
1.247 jufi 1512: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1513: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1514:
1.247 jufi 1515: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1516: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1517:
1.212 horacio 1518: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1519: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1520: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1521:
1522: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1523: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1524:
1525: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1526: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1527:
1.301 jose 1528: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1529: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1530:
1.191 jufi 1531: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1532: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1533:
1534: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1535: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1536:
1.192 jufi 1537: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1538: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1539: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1540:
1.193 deraadt 1541: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1542: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1543: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1546: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1547:
1.247 jufi 1548: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1549: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1550: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1551:
1.213 horacio 1552: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1553: OpenBSD gets brand-new packet filter</a> <em>(Slashdot echoes OpenBSD <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> development.)</em>,
1.213 horacio 1554: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1555:
1.190 horacio 1556: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1557: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1558: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1559: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1560: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1561: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1562: <p>
1.190 horacio 1563:
1.247 jufi 1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1565: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1566: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1567: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1568: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1569:
1.195 jufi 1570: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1571: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1572: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1573: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1574: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1575: <p>
1576:
1.247 jufi 1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1578: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1579: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1580: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1581: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1582:
1.191 jufi 1583: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1584: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1585: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1586: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1587: <p>
1588:
1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1590: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1591: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1592: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1593:
1594: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1595: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1596: <p>
1.247 jufi 1597: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1598:
1.191 jufi 1599:
1.186 jufi 1600: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1601: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1602:
1.247 jufi 1603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1604: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1605: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1606: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1607: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1608:
1.188 jufi 1609: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1610: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1611: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1612: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1613: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1614: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1615: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1616: <p>
1617:
1.301 jose 1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1619: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1620: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1621: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1622:
1623: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1624: <p>
1.191 jufi 1625:
1.247 jufi 1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1627: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1628: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1629: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1630: </strong></font><br>
1631:
1632: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1633: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1634: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1635: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1636: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1637: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1638: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1639: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1640: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1641: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1642: familiar?
1643: <p>
1.247 jufi 1644: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1645:
1.178 louis 1646: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1647: <ul>
1.178 louis 1648:
1.247 jufi 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1650: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1651: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1652: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1653: </strong></font><br>
1654:
1655: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1656: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1657: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1658: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1659: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1660: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1661: <p>
1662:
1.247 jufi 1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1664: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1665: Open source under the hood</a>,
1666: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1667: </strong></font><br>
1668:
1669: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1670: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1671: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1672: <p>
1673:
1.247 jufi 1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1675: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1676: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1677: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1678: </strong></font><br>
1679:
1680: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1681: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1682: <p>
1.247 jufi 1683: </ul>
1.179 louis 1684:
1.174 louis 1685:
1.175 louis 1686: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1687: <ul>
1.175 louis 1688:
1.247 jufi 1689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1690: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1691: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1692: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1693: </strong></font><br>
1694:
1695: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1696: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1697: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1698: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1699: <p>
1700:
1.247 jufi 1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1702: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1703: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1704: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1705: </strong></font><br>
1706:
1707: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1708: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1709: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1710: <p>
1.247 jufi 1711: </ul>
1.175 louis 1712:
1.176 louis 1713:
1.172 mickey 1714: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1715: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1716:
1.247 jufi 1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1718: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1719: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1720: </strong></font><br>
1721:
1722: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1723: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1724: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1725: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1726: <p>
1727:
1.247 jufi 1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1729: <a
1.269 deraadt 1730: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1731: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1732: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1733: </strong></font><br>
1734:
1735: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1736: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1737: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1738: <p>
1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1741: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1742: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1743: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1744: </strong></font><br>
1745:
1746: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1747: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1748: <p>
1749:
1.247 jufi 1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1751: <a
1.269 deraadt 1752: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1753: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1754: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1755: </strong></font><br>
1756:
1757: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1758: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1759: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1760: our own Theo de Raadt.
1761: <p>
1762:
1.247 jufi 1763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1764: <a
1.269 deraadt 1765: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1766: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1767: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1768: </strong></font><br>
1769:
1770: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1771: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1772: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1773: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1774: shut down.]
1775: <p>
1776:
1.247 jufi 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1778: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1779: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1780: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1781: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1782: </strong></font><br>
1783:
1784: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1785: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1786: <p>
1.247 jufi 1787: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1788:
1.161 louis 1789: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1790: <ul>
1.161 louis 1791:
1.247 jufi 1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1793: <a
1.269 deraadt 1794: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1795: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1796: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1797: </strong></font><br>
1798:
1799: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1800: by John Wolley
1801: <p>
1802:
1.247 jufi 1803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1804: <a
1.269 deraadt 1805: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1806: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1807: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1808: </strong></font><br>
1809:
1810: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1811: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1812: OpenBSD).
1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1816: <a
1.247 jufi 1817: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1818: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1819: </strong></font><br>
1820:
1821: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1822: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1823: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1824: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1825: and hindsight.
1826: <p>
1827:
1.247 jufi 1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1829: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1830: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1831: </strong></font><br>
1832:
1833: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1834: <p>
1835:
1.247 jufi 1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1837: <a
1.168 provos 1838: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1839: December 7, 2000
1840: </strong></font><br>
1841:
1842: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1843: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1844: us explain.
1845: <p>
1846:
1.247 jufi 1847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1848: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1849: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1850: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1851: December 6, 2000
1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1855: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1856: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1857: <p>
1858:
1.247 jufi 1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1860: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1861: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1862: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1863: </strong></font><br>
1864:
1865: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1866: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1867: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1868: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1869: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1870: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1871: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1872: <p>
1873:
1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1875: <a
1.226 horacio 1876: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1877: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1878: </strong></font><br>
1879:
1880: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1881: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1882: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1883: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1884: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1885: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1886: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1887: <p>
1.162 millert 1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1890: <a
1.161 louis 1891: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1892: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1893: </strong></font><br>
1894:
1895: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1896: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1897: <p>
1898:
1.247 jufi 1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1900: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1901: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1902: </strong></font><br>
1903:
1904: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1905: <p>
1906:
1907:
1.247 jufi 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1909: <a
1.226 horacio 1910: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1911: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1912: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1913: </strong></font><br>
1914:
1915: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1916: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1917: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1918: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1919: <p>
1.247 jufi 1920: </ul>
1.169 louis 1921:
1.158 louis 1922: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1923: <ul>
1.147 louis 1924:
1.247 jufi 1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1926: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1927: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1928: </strong></font><br>
1929:
1930: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1931: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1932: <p>
1933:
1.247 jufi 1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1935: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1936: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1937: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1938: </strong></font><br>
1939: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1940: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1941: <p>
1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1944: <a
1945: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1946: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1947: </strong></font><br>
1948:
1949: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1950: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1951: <p>
1952:
1.247 jufi 1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1954: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1955: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1956: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1957:
1.213 horacio 1958: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1959: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1960: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1961: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1962: <p>
1.215 horacio 1963:
1.247 jufi 1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1965: <a
1966: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1967: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1968: </strong></font><br>
1969:
1970: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1971: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1972: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1973: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1974: much of the attitude too).
1975: <p>
1.161 louis 1976:
1.247 jufi 1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1978: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1979: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1980: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1981:
1.157 louis 1982: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1983: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1984: <p>
1.247 jufi 1985: </ul>
1.157 louis 1986:
1987: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1988: <ul>
1.157 louis 1989:
1.247 jufi 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1991: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1992: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1993: </strong></font><br>
1994:
1995: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1996: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1997: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1998: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1999: <p>
2000:
1.247 jufi 2001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2002: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2003: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2004: </strong></font><br>
2005:
2006: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2007: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2008: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2009: it because they love coding...
2010: <p>
2011:
1.247 jufi 2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2013: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2014: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2015: </strong></font><br>
2016:
2017: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2018: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2019: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2020: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2021: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2022: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2023: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2024: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2025: <p>
2026:
1.247 jufi 2027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2028: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2029: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2030: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2031: </strong></font><br>
2032:
2033: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2034: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2035: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2036: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2037: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2038: the pizza.
2039: <p>
2040:
1.247 jufi 2041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2042: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2043: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2044: </strong></font><br>
2045:
2046: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2047: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2048: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2049: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2050: problems.
2051: <p>
2052:
1.247 jufi 2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2054: <a href="http://napalm.osuny.co.uk/txt/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
1.154 louis 2055: </strong></font><br>
2056:
1.222 miod 2057: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2058: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2059: - whether they like it or not.
2060: <p>
2061:
1.247 jufi 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2063: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2064: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2065: </strong></font><br>
2066:
2067: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2068: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2069: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2070: <p>
1.148 aaron 2071:
1.247 jufi 2072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2073: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, Network Magazine, October 5, 2000
1.156 louis 2074: </strong></font><br>
2075:
2076: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2077: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2078: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2079: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2080: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2081: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2082: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2083: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2084: <p>
2085:
1.247 jufi 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2087: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2088: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2089: </strong></font><br>
2090:
2091: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2092: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2093: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2094: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2095: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2096: <p>
1.247 jufi 2097: </ul>
1.147 louis 2098:
1.138 louis 2099: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2100: <ul>
1.138 louis 2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2103: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2104: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2105: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2106: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2107: </strong></font><br>
2108:
1.227 horacio 2109: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2110: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2111: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2112: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2113: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2114: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2115: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2116: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2117: <p>
2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2120: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2121: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2122: </strong></font><br>
2123:
2124: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2125: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2126: groups, and even Linux.
2127: <p>
2128:
1.247 jufi 2129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2130: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2131: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2132: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2133: </strong></font><br>
2134:
2135: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2136: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2137: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2138: library after installing the OS.
2139: <p>
2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2142: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2143: Sys Admin, September 2000
2144: </strong></font><br>
2145:
2146: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2147: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2148: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2149: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2150: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vpn&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">vpn(8)</a>,
2151: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2152: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2153: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">isakmpd(8)</a>) and the OpenBSD
1.189 horacio 2154: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2155: out of the system.
2156: <p>
2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2159: <a href="http://www.osOpinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD, OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, September 2000
2160: </strong></font><br>
2161:
2162: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2163: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2164: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2165: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2166: the IP filtering and address translation.
2167: <p>
1.301 jose 2168:
2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2170: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2171: </strong></font><br>
2172:
2173: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2174: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2175: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2176: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2177: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2178: <p>
1.247 jufi 2179: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2180:
1.131 louis 2181: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2182: <ul>
1.131 louis 2183:
1.247 jufi 2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2185: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2186: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2187: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2188: </strong></font><br>
2189:
2190: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2191: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2192: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2193: <p>
2194:
1.247 jufi 2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2196: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2197: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2198: </strong></font><br>
2199:
2200: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2201: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2202: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2203: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2204: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2205: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2206: note of"</i>.
2207: <p>
2208:
1.247 jufi 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2210: <a
1.247 jufi 2211: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2212: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2213: </strong></font><br>
2214:
2215: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2216: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2217: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2218: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2219: <p>
2220:
1.247 jufi 2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2222: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2223: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2224: </strong></font><br>
2225:
2226: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2227: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2228: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2229: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2230: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2231: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2232: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2233: <p>
2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2236: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2237: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2238: 2000
2239: </strong></font><br>
2240:
2241: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2242: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2243: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2244: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2245: against current industry practices.
2246: <p>
2247:
1.247 jufi 2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2249: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/08/OpenBSD.html">An Overview of OpenBSD Security</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2000
2250: </strong></font><br>
2251:
2252: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2253: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2254: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2255: <p>
2256:
1.247 jufi 2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2258: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2259: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2260: </strong></font><br>
2261:
2262: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2263: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2264: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2265: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2266: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2267: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2268: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2269: <p>
2270:
1.247 jufi 2271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2272: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2273: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2274: </strong></font><br>
2275:
2276: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2277: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2278: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2279: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2280: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2281: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2282: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2283: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2284: <p>
1.247 jufi 2285: </ul>
1.131 louis 2286:
1.118 louis 2287: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2288: <ul>
1.118 louis 2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2291: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2292: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2293: </strong></font><br>
2294:
2295: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2296: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2297: about time. The article mentions that
2298: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2299: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2300: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2301: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2302: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2303: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2304: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2305: <p>
2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2308: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2309: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2310: </strong></font><br>
2311:
2312: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2313: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2314: of OpenSSH.
2315: <p>
2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2318: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2319: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2320: </strong></font><br>
2321:
2322: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2323: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2324: bridging.
2325: <p>
2326:
1.247 jufi 2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2328: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2329: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2330: </strong></font><br>
2331:
1.121 deraadt 2332: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2333: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2334: <p>
2335:
1.247 jufi 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2337: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2338: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2339: </strong></font><br>
2340:
2341: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2342: <p>
2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2345: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2346: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2347: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2348: </strong></font><br>
2349:
1.120 deraadt 2350: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2351: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2352: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2353: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2354: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2355: <p>
2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2358: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2359: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2360: </strong></font><br>
2361:
1.222 miod 2362: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2363: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2364: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2365: protocols and their quirks.
2366: <p>
2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2369: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2370: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2371: </strong></font><br>
2372:
2373: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2374: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2375: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2376: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2377: <p>
2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2380: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2381: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2382: </strong></font><br>
2383:
2384: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2385: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2386: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2387: <p>
2388:
1.247 jufi 2389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2390: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2391: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2392: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2393: </strong></font><br>
2394:
2395: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2396: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2397: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2398: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2399: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2400: <p>
1.247 jufi 2401: </ul>
1.118 louis 2402:
1.104 louis 2403: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2404: <ul>
1.104 louis 2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2407: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2408: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2409: </strong></font><br>
2410:
2411: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2412: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2413: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2414: be a bit dry.
2415: <p>
2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2418: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2419: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2420: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2421: </strong></font><br>
2422: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2423: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2424: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2425: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2426: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2427: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2428: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2429: <p>
2430:
1.247 jufi 2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2432: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2433: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2434: 2000
1.128 louis 2435: </strong></font><br>
2436:
2437: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2438: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2439: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2440: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2441: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2442: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2443: <p>
2444:
1.247 jufi 2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2446: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2447: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2448: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2449:
2450: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2451: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2452: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2453: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2454: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2455: <p>
1.110 louis 2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2458: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2459: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2460: </strong></font><br>
2461:
2462: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2463: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2464: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2465: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2466: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2467: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2468: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2469: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2470: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2471: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2472: <p>
2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2475: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2476: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2477:
2478: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2479: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2480: <p>
1.108 louis 2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2483: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2484: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2485: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2486:
2487: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2488: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2489: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2490: <p>
1.106 louis 2491:
1.247 jufi 2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2493: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2494: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2495: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2496:
2497: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2498: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2499: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2500: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2501: <p>
1.107 louis 2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2504: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2505: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2506: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2507:
2508: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2509: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2510: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2511: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2512: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2513: <p>
1.105 louis 2514:
1.247 jufi 2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2516: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2517: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2518: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2519:
1.113 naddy 2520: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2521: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2522: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2523: <p>
1.104 louis 2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2526: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2527: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2528: </strong></font><br>
2529:
2530: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2531: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2532: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2533: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2534: <p>
1.301 jose 2535:
2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2537: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2538: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2539: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2540:
2541: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2542: hardware-supported cryptography.
2543: <p>
1.247 jufi 2544: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2545:
1.85 louis 2546: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2547: <ul>
1.85 louis 2548:
1.247 jufi 2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2550: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2551: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2552: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2553:
2554: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2555: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2556: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2557: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2558: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2559: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2560: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2561: <p>
1.99 louis 2562:
1.247 jufi 2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2564: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2565: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2566: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2567:
2568: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2569: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2570: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2571: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2572: <p>
1.100 louis 2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2575: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2576: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2577: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2578:
2579: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2580: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2581: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2582: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2583: <p>
1.95 louis 2584:
1.247 jufi 2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2586: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2587: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2588: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2589:
2590: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2591: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2592: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2593: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2594: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2595: <p>
1.92 louis 2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2598: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2599: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2600: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2601:
2602: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2603: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2604: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2605: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2606: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2607: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2608: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2609: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2610: <p>
1.91 louis 2611:
1.247 jufi 2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2613: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2614: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2615: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2616:
2617: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2618: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2619: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2620: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2621: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2622: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2623: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2624: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2625: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2626: <p>
1.90 louis 2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2629: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2630: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2631: </strong></font><br>
2632: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2633: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2634: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2635: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2636: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2637: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2638: <p>
2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2641: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2642: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2643: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2644:
1.113 naddy 2645: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2646: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2647: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2648: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2649: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2650: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2651: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2652: <p>
1.87 louis 2653:
1.247 jufi 2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2655: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2656: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2657: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2658:
2659: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2660: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2661: <p>
1.85 louis 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2664: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2665: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2666: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2667:
2668: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2669: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2670: <p>
2671:
2672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2673: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2674: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2676:
2677: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2678: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2679: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2680: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2681: <p>
1.89 louis 2682:
1.247 jufi 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2684: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2685: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2686: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2687:
2688: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2689: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2690: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2691: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2692: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2693: </ul>
1.85 louis 2694:
1.78 deraadt 2695: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2696: <ul>
1.74 louis 2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2699: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2700: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2701: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2702: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2703:
2704: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2705: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2706: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2707: <p>
1.83 louis 2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2710: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2711: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2713:
2714: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2715: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2716: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2717: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2718: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2719: <p>
1.93 louis 2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2722: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2723: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2724: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2725: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2726:
1.83 louis 2727: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2728: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2729: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2730: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2731: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2732: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2733: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2734: <p>
1.82 aaron 2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2737: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2738: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2739: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2740:
1.83 louis 2741: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2742: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2743: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2744: <p>
1.80 louis 2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2747: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2748: Bad Press</a>,
2749: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2750: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2751:
2752: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2753: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2754: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2755: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2756: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2757: <p>
1.247 jufi 2758: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2759:
2760: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2761: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2762:
1.247 jufi 2763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2764: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2765: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2766: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2767: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2768:
2769: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2770: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2771: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2772: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2773: <p>
1.74 louis 2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2776: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2777: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2778: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2779:
1.219 horacio 2780: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2781: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2782: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2783: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2784: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2785: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2786: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2787: <p>
1.88 louis 2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2790: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2791: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2792: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2793:
2794: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2795: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2796: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2797: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2798: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2799: <p>
1.81 louis 2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2802: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2803: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2804: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2805:
2806: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2807: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2808: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2809: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2810: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2811: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2812: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2813: <p>
1.90 louis 2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2816: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2817: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2818: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2819:
2820: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2821: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2822: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2823: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2824: <p>
1.247 jufi 2825: </ul>
1.71 louis 2826:
1.69 deraadt 2827: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2828: <ul>
1.70 louis 2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2831: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2832: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2833: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2834:
2835: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2836: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2837: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2838: <p>
1.70 louis 2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2841: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2842: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2843: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2844:
2845: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2846: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2847: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2848: <p>
1.68 louis 2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2851: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2852: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2853: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2854: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2855:
1.111 jufi 2856: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2857: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2858: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2859: "secure by default" installation.
2860: <p>
1.64 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2863: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2864: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2866:
1.113 naddy 2867: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2868: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2869: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2870: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2871: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2872: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2873: <p>
1.66 louis 2874:
1.247 jufi 2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2876: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2877: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2878: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2879:
2880: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2881: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2882: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2883: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2884: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2885: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2886: <p>
1.83 louis 2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2889: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2890: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2891: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2892:
2893: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2894: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2895: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2896: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2897: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2898: <p>
1.64 louis 2899:
1.247 jufi 2900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2901: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2902: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2903: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2904:
2905: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2906: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2907: <p>
1.301 jose 2908:
2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2910: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2911: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2912: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2913: </strong></font><br>
2914:
2915: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2916: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2917: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2918: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2919: Giving way to
2920: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2921: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2922: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2923: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2924: <p>
1.247 jufi 2925: </ul>
1.65 louis 2926:
1.69 deraadt 2927: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2928: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2931: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2932: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2933: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2934:
2935: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2936: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2937: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2938: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2939: <p>
1.88 louis 2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2942: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
1.113 naddy 2943: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2944:
2945: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2946: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2947: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2948: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2949: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2950: <p>
1.60 louis 2951:
1.247 jufi 2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2953: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2954: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2955: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2956: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2957:
2958: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2959: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2960: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2961: <p>
1.58 louis 2962:
1.247 jufi 2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2964: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2965: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2966:
2967: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2968: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2969: <p>
1.53 louis 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2972: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2973: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2974: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2975:
2976: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2977: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2978: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2979: <p>
1.99 louis 2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2982: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2983: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2984:
2985: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2986: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2987: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2988: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2989: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2992: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2993: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2994: </strong></font><br>
2995:
2996: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2997: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2998: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2999: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3000: <p>
3001:
1.247 jufi 3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3003: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3004: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3005: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3006:
3007: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3008: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3009: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3012: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3013: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3014:
3015: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3016: in
1.247 jufi 3017: <a href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
1.53 louis 3018: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3019: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3020: <p>
1.53 louis 3021:
1.247 jufi 3022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3023: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3024: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3025: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3026: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3027:
1.58 louis 3028: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3029: <p>
1.301 jose 3030:
3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3032: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3033: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3034: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3035: Informacyjny, January 2000
3036: </strong></font><br>
3037:
3038: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3039: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3040: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3041: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3042: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3043: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3044: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3045: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3046: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3047: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3048: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3049: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3050: <p>
3051:
3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3053: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3054: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3058: <p>
3059: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3060:
1.69 deraadt 3061: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3062: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3065: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3066: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3067: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3068: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3069:
1.58 louis 3070: Kurt Seifried
3071: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3072: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3073: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3074: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3075:
1.247 jufi 3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3077: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3078: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3079: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3080:
3081: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3082: <p>
1.96 louis 3083:
1.247 jufi 3084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3085: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3086: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3087: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3088: </strong></font><br>
3089:
3090: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3091: <p>
3092:
3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3094: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3095: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3096: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3097:
3098: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3099: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3101: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3102: <p>
1.247 jufi 3103: </ul>
1.86 louis 3104:
1.69 deraadt 3105: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3106: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3109: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3110: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3111: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3112:
3113: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3114: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3115: <p>
1.61 louis 3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3118: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3119: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3120: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3121: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3122:
3123: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3124: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3125: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3126: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3127: right -- or at least strives to".
3128: <p>
1.48 louis 3129:
1.247 jufi 3130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3131: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3132: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3133: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3134: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3135: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3136: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3137: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3138: <p>
1.61 louis 3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/11/04/1716225.shtml">UK Royal Family webmaster prefers OpenBSD</a>,
1.48 louis 3141: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3142: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3143:
3144: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3145: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3146: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3147: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3148: <p>
1.46 louis 3149:
1.247 jufi 3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3151: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3152: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3153: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3154:
3155: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3156: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3157: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3160: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3161: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3162: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3163:
3164: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3165: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3166: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3167: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3168: <p>
1.247 jufi 3169: </ul>
1.70 louis 3170:
1.69 deraadt 3171: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3172: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3175: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3176: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3177: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3178: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3179:
3180: Kurt Seifried
3181: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3182: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3183: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3184: <p>
1.44 philen 3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/22/1157259&mode=thread">Interview with The Cult of the Dead Cow</a>,
1.41 louis 3187: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3188: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3189:
3190: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3191: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.lwn.net/1999/1014/security.phtml">The existence of OpenSSH-1.0 has been confirmed</a>,
1.37 louis 3194: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3195: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3196:
3197: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3198: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www10.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/11code.html">Easing on Software Exports Has Limits</a>,
1.36 louis 3201: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3202: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3203:
3204: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3205: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3206: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3207: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3208: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.netsec.net/press_100699.html">NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 3211: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3212: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3213:
1.36 louis 3214: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3215: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3216:
1.247 jufi 3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3218: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3219: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3220: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3221:
3222: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3223: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3224: </ul>
1.38 louis 3225:
1.69 deraadt 3226: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3227: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/technology/stories/990930/2929913.html">Calgarian heads team ensuring OpenBSD security</a>,
1.38 louis 3230: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3231: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3232:
3233: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3234: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3235: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3236:
1.113 naddy 3237: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3238: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3239: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3240: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3241:
3242: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3243: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3244: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3245: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3246: <blockquote>
3247: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3248: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3249: <br>
3250: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3251: </code>
3252: </blockquote>
3253: <p>
3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3256: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990927hack.htm">Hack this! Microsoft and its critics dispute software-security issues, but users make the final call</a>, InfoWorld, Sept. 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.247 jufi 3257: <p>
3258:
3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3260: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/28/ms.security.idg/index.html">Microsoft: Bad security, or bad press?</a>, CNN, Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3261: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3262:
3263: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3264: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3265: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3266: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3269: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3270: Sept. 28, 1999
3271: </strong></font><br>
3272:
3273: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3274: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3275: translating and reprinting articles from
3276: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3277: <p>
3278:
3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3280: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.113 naddy 3281: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3282:
3283: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3284: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3285: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3286: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3287: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3288: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3289: <p>
1.19 louis 3290:
1.113 naddy 3291: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3292: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3293: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3294:
3295: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3296: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3297: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3298: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3299: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3300: <p>
1.16 louis 3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3303: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3304: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3305: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3306:
1.57 louis 3307: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3308: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3309: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3310: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3311:
1.247 jufi 3312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3313: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3314: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3315: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3316:
1.113 naddy 3317: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3318:
1.247 jufi 3319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3320: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3321: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3322: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3323:
1.23 louis 3324: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3325: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3326: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3327: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3328: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3329: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3332: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3333: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3334: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3335:
1.199 pvalchev 3336: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3337: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3338: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3339: installation.
1.113 naddy 3340: <p>
1.47 louis 3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3343: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3344: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3345: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3346:
1.301 jose 3347: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3348: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3349: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3350: </ul>
1.57 louis 3351:
1.69 deraadt 3352: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3353: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3356: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3357: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3358: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3359:
3360: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3361: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3362: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3363: <p>
1.12 louis 3364:
1.247 jufi 3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3366: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3367: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3368: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3369:
3370: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3371: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3372: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3373: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3374: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3375: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3376: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3377: <p>
1.247 jufi 3378: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3379:
1.69 deraadt 3380: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3381: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3382:
1.247 jufi 3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3384: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3385: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3386:
3387: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3388: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3389: available."
1.113 naddy 3390: <p>
1.301 jose 3391:
3392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3393: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3394: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3395: </strong></font><br>
3396:
3397: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3398: <p>
1.247 jufi 3399: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3400:
1.69 deraadt 3401: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3402: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3403:
1.247 jufi 3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3405: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3406: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3407:
3408: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3409: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3410: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3411: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3412: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3413: <p>
1.33 louis 3414:
1.247 jufi 3415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3416: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3417: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3418: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3419:
1.113 naddy 3420: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3421: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3422: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3423: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3424: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3425: <p>
1.247 jufi 3426: </ul>
1.57 louis 3427:
1.69 deraadt 3428: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3429: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3430:
1.247 jufi 3431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3432: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3433: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3434: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3435:
3436: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3437: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3438: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3439:
1.247 jufi 3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3441: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3442: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3443: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3444: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3445:
3446: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3447: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3450: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3451:
1.113 naddy 3452: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3453:
1.247 jufi 3454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3455: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3456: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3457: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3458:
3459: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3460: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3461: </ul>
1.23 louis 3462:
1.69 deraadt 3463: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3464: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3467: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3468: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3469:
3470: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3471: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3472: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3473:
1.247 jufi 3474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3475: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3476: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3477: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3478:
3479: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3480: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3481: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3482: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3483: </ul>
1.57 louis 3484:
1.69 deraadt 3485: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3486: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3489: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3490: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3491: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3492:
3493: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3494: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3495: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3496: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3497: <p>
1.15 louis 3498:
1.247 jufi 3499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3500: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3501: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3502: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3503:
3504: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3505: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3506: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3507: columns."
1.113 naddy 3508: <p>
1.247 jufi 3509: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3510:
1.69 deraadt 3511: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3512: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3513:
1.247 jufi 3514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3515: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3516: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3517: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3518:
3519: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3520: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3521:
1.113 naddy 3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3523: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3524: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3525:
3526: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3527: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3528: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3529: </ul>
1.57 louis 3530:
1.69 deraadt 3531: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3532: <ul>
1.301 jose 3533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3534: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3535: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3536: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3537:
3538: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3539: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3540: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3541: <p>
3542:
3543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3544: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3545: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3546: Nov 13, 1998 and
3547: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3548: Datateknik</a>,
3549: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3550:
3551: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3552: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3553: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3554: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3555: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3556:
1.113 naddy 3557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3558: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3559: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3560: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3561:
1.222 miod 3562: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3563: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3564: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3565: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3566: <p>
1.247 jufi 3567: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3568:
1.69 deraadt 3569: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3570: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3573: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3574: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3575:
1.69 deraadt 3576: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3577: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3578: <p>
1.247 jufi 3579: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3580:
1.69 deraadt 3581: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3582: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3583:
1.247 jufi 3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3585: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3586: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3587: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3588:
3589: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3590: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3591: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3592:
1.247 jufi 3593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3594: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3595: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3596: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3597: <p>
1.247 jufi 3598: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3599:
1.69 deraadt 3600: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3601: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3602:
1.247 jufi 3603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3604: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3605: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3606: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3607: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3608: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3609:
3610: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3611: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3612: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3613: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3614: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3615: <p>
1.247 jufi 3616: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3617:
3618: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3619: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3622: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3623: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3624:
1.69 deraadt 3625: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3626: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3627: <p>
1.112 naddy 3628:
1.247 jufi 3629: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3630: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3631:
1.292 camield 3632: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3633: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3634: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.346 ! ian 3635: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.345 2003/05/08 14:40:07 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3636:
3637: </body>
3638: </html>
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