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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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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,
1.348 ! ian 24: Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 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.
1.347 deraadt 38: <p>
1.346 ian 39:
40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 41: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ! ian 42: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 43: May 7, 2003.
44: </strong></font><br>
45: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
46: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
47: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
48: <p>
49:
50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 51: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
52: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
53: OsOpinion,
54: May 6, 2003.
55: </strong></font><br>
56: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
57: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
58: <br>
59: This article can also be found online at:
60: <ul>
61: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
62: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
63: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
64: NewsFactor Network.
65: </strong></font>
66: </ul>
67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.343 deraadt 70: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
71: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
72: ITBusiness,
73: May 2, 2003.
74: </strong></font><br>
75: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
76: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
77: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
78: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 82: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
83: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
84: InfoWorld,
85: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 86: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 87: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
88: <br>
89: This article can also be found online at:
90: <ul>
91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
92: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
93: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
94: IDG Singapore.
95: </strong></font>
96: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 97: <p>
98:
1.339 jose 99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
100: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
101: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 102: ZDNet,
103: May 1, 2003.
104: </strong></font><br>
105: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 106: someone using parts from previous articles.
107: <br>
1.341 deraadt 108: This article can also be found online at:
109: <ul>
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
111: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
112: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
113: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 114: </strong></font>
115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
116: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
117: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
118: CNET News.com.
119: </strong></font>
120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
121: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
122: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
123: ZDNet UK.
124: </strong></font>
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
126: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
127: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
128: Help Net Security, Croatia.
129: </strong></font>
130: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 131: <p>
1.339 jose 132:
1.341 deraadt 133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
134: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
135: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
136: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
137: May 1, 2003.
138: </strong></font><br>
139: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
140: that have been added
141: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
142: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
143: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
144: third-party "ports", spamd, many upgrades to included software, and more.
145: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
146: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
147: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 148: <p>
149:
150: </ul>
151:
1.253 ian 152: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
153: <ul>
1.255 ian 154:
1.260 ian 155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 156: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 157: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
158: TechRepublic,
159: April 28, 2003.
160: </strong></font><br>
161: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
162: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 163: work.<br>
164: Can also be found online at:
165: <ul>
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
167: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
168: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
169: ZDNet UK.
170: </strong></font>
171: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 175: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
176: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
177: IDG,
178: April 24, 2003.
179: </strong></font><br>
180: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
181: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
182: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
183: Can also be found online at:
184: <ul>
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
186: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
187: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 188: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 189: </strong></font>
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
194: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 195: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 196: Slate,
197: April 24, 2003.
198: </strong></font><br>
199: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
200: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
201: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
202: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
203: <p>
204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 206: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
207: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
208: April 24, 2003.
209: </strong></font><br>
210: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
211: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
212: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
213: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 217: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
218: April 24, 2003.
219: </strong></font><br>
220: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
221: the free software community".
222: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
223: other articles.
224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
227: <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>,
228: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
229: </strong></font><br>
230: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
231: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
232: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
233: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
234: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
235: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
236: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
237: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
238: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
239: <br/>
240: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
241: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
242: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
243: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 244: <br>
245: Can also be found online at:
246: <ul>
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
248: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
249: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
250: Common Dreams NewsCenter
251: </strong></font>
252: </ul>
1.324 ian 253: <p>
254:
255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
256: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
257: Wired, April 24, 2003.
258: </strong></font><br>
259: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
260: article above.
261: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
262: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
263: wasting them."
1.332 ian 264: <br>
265: Can also be found online at:
266: <ul>
267: <li>
268: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
269: </strong></font>
270: </ul>
1.324 ian 271: <p>
272:
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 274: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
275: </strong></font><br>
276: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
277: <p>
278:
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 280: <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.
281: </strong></font><br>
282: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
283: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 287: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
288: April 23, 2003.
289: </strong></font><br>
290: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
291: <p>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 294: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 295: April 22, 2003.
296: </strong></font><br>
297: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 301: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
302: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
303: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 304: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 305: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
306: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
307: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
308: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
309: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
310: Can also be found online at:
311: <ul>
312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
313: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 314: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
315: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 316: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
318: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 319: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
320: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 321: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 322: </ul>
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 326: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
327: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 328: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 329: </strong></font><br>
330: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 331: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
332: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
333: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
334: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
335: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
336: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 340: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
341: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 342: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
343: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 344: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
345: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
346: at UPenn and DARPA.
347: <p>
348:
349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 350: [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
351: April 18, 2003.
352: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 353: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 357: [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 358: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 359: </strong></font><br>
360: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 364: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
365: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
366: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 367: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 368: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
369: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
370: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
371: <p>
372:
373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 374: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
375: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 376: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 377: </strong></font><br>
378: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
379: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
380: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 381: American century.
1.267 deraadt 382: <p>
383:
384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 385: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
386: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 387: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 388: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 389: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
390: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
391: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
392: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
393: Can also be found online at:
394: <ul>
395: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
396: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 397: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 398: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 399: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 403: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 404: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 405: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 406: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 407: </strong></font><br>
408: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 409: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
410: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
411: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
412: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 413:
414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
415: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
416: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
417: New York Times.
418: </strong></font>(free registration required)
419:
1.273 deraadt 420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
421: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 422: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 423: ABC News.
424: </strong></font>
425:
426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 427: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 428: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 429: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 430: </strong></font>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 433: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 434: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 435: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 436: </strong></font>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 439: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
440: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 441: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 442: </strong></font>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 445: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 446: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 447: Times Daily, AL.
448: </strong></font>
449:
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
451: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
452: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
453: Boston.com, MA.
454: </strong></font>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 457: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 458: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 459: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
460: </strong></font>
461:
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 463: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
464: [Article was pulled]</a>
465: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 466: </strong></font>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
469: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
470: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
471: Infoshop News.
472: </strong></font>
473:
474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
475: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
476: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
477: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
478: </strong></font>
479:
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 481: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
482: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
483: Raleigh News, NC.
484: </strong></font>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 487: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
488: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
489: Napa News, CA.
490: </strong></font>
491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 493: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 494: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
495: NEPA News, PA.
496: </strong></font>
497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
499: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
500: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
501: Wired News.
502: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 503: <br>
504: <li>
1.333 deraadt 505: <font color="#009000"><strong>
506: [JAPANESE]
507: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
508: Wired News Japan</a>
509: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 510:
1.271 deraadt 511: </ul>
512: <p>
1.272 deraadt 513: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
514: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 515: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
516: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
517: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
518: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
519: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
520: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 521: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 522: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
523: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
524: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 525: <p>
526: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 527:
528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 529: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 530: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
531: Indianapolis Star, IN.
532: </strong></font>
533:
534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 535: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
536: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
537: Miami Herald, FL.
538: </strong></font>
539:
540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 541: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 542: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
543: </strong></font>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
546: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 547: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 548: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 549: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
552: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
553: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
554: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
555: ABC News.
556: </strong></font>
557:
1.276 deraadt 558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
559: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 560: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 561: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 562: </strong></font>
563:
1.286 dhartmei 564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 565: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 566: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
567: Wilmington Star, NC.
568: </strong></font>
569:
1.300 jose 570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
571: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
572: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
573: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
574: </strong></font>
575:
1.309 jose 576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
577: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
578: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
579: Globe Technology.
580: </strong></font>
581:
1.263 deraadt 582: </ul>
1.262 beck 583: <p>
584:
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 586: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
587: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 588: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 589: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 590: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 591: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
592: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
593: <p>
594:
595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 596: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
597: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
598: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 599: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 600: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
601: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
602: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
603: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
604: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
605: and simply restates other press reports.
606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 609: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
610: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
611: OS News, April 18, 2003.
612: </strong></font><br>
613: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
614: <p>
615:
616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 617: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
618: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 619: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 620: </strong></font><br>
621: Another report on the DARPA funding.
622: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
623: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
624: <p>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 627: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
628: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
629: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
630: April 17, 2003.
631: </strong></font><br>
632: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
633: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
634: Tech Anthems</a>
635: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
636: 4 so far.
637: <p>
638:
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 640: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
641: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 642: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 643: </strong></font><br>
644: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
645: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
646: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
647: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
648: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
649: Goes on to say:
650: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
651: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
652: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
653: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 654: This article is also found online at:
655: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
657: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
658: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
659: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 660: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
662: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
663: ZDnet</a>,
664: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 665: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
667: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
668: ZDnet Australia</a>,
669: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 670: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 671: </ul>
1.260 ian 672: <p>
1.279 deraadt 673:
1.260 ian 674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 675: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 676: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 677: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 678: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 679: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 680: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
681: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
682: without notice or justification.
683: <p>
684:
685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 686: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 687: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 688: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 689: </strong></font><br>
690: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
691: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 692: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 693: effective today, without any warning..."
694: <p>
1.257 ian 695:
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 697: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
698: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 699: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 700: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 701: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
702: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
703: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
704: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
705: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 709: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
710: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 711: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 712: </strong></font><br>
713: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
714: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
715: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
716: quoting two of them:
717: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
718: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
719: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
720: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
721: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
722: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
723: <p>
724:
1.255 ian 725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 726: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
727: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 728: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 729: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 730: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 731: <p>
732:
733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 734: [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 735: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 736: </strong></font><br>
737: New security concepts in OpenBSD
738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 741: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
742: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 743: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 744: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 745: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 746: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
747: security experts for more than three decades."
748: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
749: <p>
1.261 ian 750:
1.254 drahn 751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 752: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 753: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 754: </strong></font><br>
755: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
756: <p>
757:
758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 759: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
760: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
761: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
762: </strong></font><br>
763: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
764: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
765: discussion OpenBSD's path.
766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 769: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
770: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 771: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 772: </strong></font><br>
773: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
774: from US DARPA.
775: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
776: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
777: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
778: the BSD license.
779: <p>
780: </ul>
781:
1.251 ian 782: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
783: <ul>
784:
785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 786: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
787: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
788: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
789: </strong></font><br>
790:
791: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
792: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
793: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
794: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
795: <p>
796:
797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 798: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
799: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 800: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 801: </strong></font><br>
802: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
803: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
804: Mentions
805: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
806: and
807: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
808: programs.
809: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 810: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 811: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
812: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
813: <p>
1.325 ian 814: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
815: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
818: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
819: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
820: </strong></font><br>
821: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
822: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
823: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
824: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
825: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
826: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
827: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
828: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
829: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
830: put into service."
831: <p>
832: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
833: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
834: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
835: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
836: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
837: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
838: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
839: computers with security features."
840: <p>
1.329 ian 841:
842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
843: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
844: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
845: Slate,
846: March 3, 2003.
847: </strong></font><br>
848: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
849: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
850: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
851: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
852: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
853: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
854: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
855: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
856: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
857: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
858: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
859: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
860: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
861: of more secure open-source solutions like
862: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
863: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
864: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
865: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
866: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
867: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
868: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
869: the Beltway."
870: <p>
1.251 ian 871: </ul>
872:
1.249 jufi 873: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
874: <ul>
875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
876: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
877: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 878: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 879: </strong></font><br>
880: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
881: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 882: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 883: <p>
1.334 ian 884:
885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
886: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
887: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
888: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
889: </strong></font><br>
890: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
891: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
892: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
893: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
894: "... the hypothetical question ...
895: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
896: <br>
897: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
898: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
899: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
900: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
901: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
902: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 903: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 904: support network security.
905: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
906: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
907: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
908: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
909: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
910: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
911: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
912: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
913: <br>
914: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
915: <p>
916:
1.249 jufi 917: </ul>
918:
1.246 jufi 919: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 920: <ul>
1.246 jufi 921:
1.247 jufi 922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 923: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 924: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
925: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 926: </strong></font><br>
927: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
928: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
929: <p>
930:
1.247 jufi 931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 932: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
933: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
934: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
935: </strong></font><br>
936: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
937: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
938: <p>
939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 941: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 942: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
943: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 944: </strong></font><br>
945: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
946: in their annual OpenHack security test.
947: <p>
1.247 jufi 948: </ul>
1.246 jufi 949:
1.244 jufi 950: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 951: <ul>
1.246 jufi 952:
1.247 jufi 953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 954: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
955: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
956: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 957: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 958: </strong></font><br>
959: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
960: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
961: md5 digests.
962: <p>
963:
1.247 jufi 964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 965: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 966: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
967: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 968: </strong></font><br>
969: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
970: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
971: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
972: right the first time."
973: <p>
1.247 jufi 974: </ul>
1.244 jufi 975:
976:
977: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 978: <ul>
1.244 jufi 979:
1.247 jufi 980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 981: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 982: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
983: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 984: </strong></font><br>
985: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
986: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
987: part 6</a>.
988: <p>
989:
1.247 jufi 990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 991: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 992: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
993: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 994: </strong></font><br>
995: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
996: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
997: <p>
1.301 jose 998:
999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1000: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1001: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1002: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1003: </strong></font><br>
1004:
1005: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1006: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1007: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1008: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1009: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1010: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1011: <i>Here's the
1012: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1013: <p>
1.247 jufi 1014: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1015:
1016: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1017: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1018:
1.247 jufi 1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1020: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1021: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1022: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1023: </strong></font><br>
1024: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1025: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1026: <p>
1027:
1.247 jufi 1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1029: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1030: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1031: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1032: </strong></font><br>
1033: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1034: this time using pf.
1035: <p>
1.247 jufi 1036: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1037:
1038: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1039: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1040:
1.247 jufi 1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1042: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1043: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1044: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1045: </strong></font><br>
1046: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1047: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1048: their rotation.
1049: <p>
1050:
1.247 jufi 1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1052: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1053: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1054: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1055: </strong></font><br>
1056: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1057: <p>
1.247 jufi 1058: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1059:
1.239 jufi 1060: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1061: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1062:
1.247 jufi 1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1064: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1065: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1066: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1067: </strong></font><br>
1068: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1069: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1070: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1071: <p>
1072:
1.247 jufi 1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1074: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1075: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1076: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1077: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1078: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1079: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1080: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1081: <p>
1.247 jufi 1082: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1083:
1.235 lebel 1084: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1085: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1086:
1.239 jufi 1087:
1.247 jufi 1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1089: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1090: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1091: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1092: </strong></font><br>
1093: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1094: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1095: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1096: <p>
1.301 jose 1097:
1.247 jufi 1098: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1099:
1.228 horacio 1100: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1101: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1102:
1.247 jufi 1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1104: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1105: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1106: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1107: </strong></font><br>
1108: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1109: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1110: <p>
1111:
1.247 jufi 1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1113: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1114: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1115: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1116: </strong></font><br>
1117: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1118: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1119: <p>
1120:
1.247 jufi 1121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1122: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1123: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1124: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1125: </strong></font><br>
1126: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1127: on the desktop of his parents.
1128: <p>
1129:
1.247 jufi 1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1131: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1132: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1133: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1134: </strong></font><br>
1135: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1136: using IPFilter.
1137:
1138: <p>
1139:
1.247 jufi 1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1141: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1142: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1143: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1144: </strong></font><br>
1145: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1146: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1147: perspectives of the four OS.
1148: <br>
1149: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1150: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1151: <p>
1152:
1.247 jufi 1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1154: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1155: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1156: software and security</a>,
1157: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1158: </strong></font><br>
1159:
1160: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1161: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1162: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1163: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1164: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1165: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1166: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1167: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1168: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1169: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1170: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1171: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1172: <p>
1.247 jufi 1173: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1174:
1.225 horacio 1175: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1176: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1177:
1.247 jufi 1178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1179: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1180: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1181: Interview</a>,
1182: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1186: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1187: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1188: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1189: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1190: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1191: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1192: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1193: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1194: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1195: of choice.
1196: <p>
1.247 jufi 1197: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1198:
1199: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1200: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1201:
1.247 jufi 1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1203: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1204: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1205: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1206: </strong></font><br>
1207:
1208: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1209: <p>
1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1212: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1213: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1214: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1215: </strong></font><br>
1216:
1217: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1218: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1219: <p>
1.247 jufi 1220: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1221:
1.218 horacio 1222: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1223: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1224:
1.247 jufi 1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1226: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1227: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1228: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1229: </strong></font><br>
1230:
1231: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1232: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1233: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1234: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1235: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1236: subjects. Worth a read.
1237: <p>
1238:
1239:
1.247 jufi 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1241: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1242: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1243: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1244: </strong></font><br>
1245:
1246: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1247: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1248: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1249: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1250: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1251: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1252: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1253: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1254: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1255: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1256: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1257: on other operating systems.<br>
1258: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1259: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1260: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1261: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1262: <p>
1263:
1.247 jufi 1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1265: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1266: Operating System 2010</a>,
1267: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1268: </strong></font><br>
1269:
1270: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1271: covering the level of software integration into the core
1272: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1273: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1274: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1275: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1276: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1277: <p>
1278:
1.247 jufi 1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1280: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1281: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1282: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1283: </strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1286: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1287: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1288: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1289: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1290: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1291: <p>
1.247 jufi 1292: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1293:
1.210 jufi 1294: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1295: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1296:
1.247 jufi 1297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1298: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1299: Already a Contender</a>,
1300: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1301: </strong></font><br>
1302:
1303: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1304: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1305: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1306: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1307: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1308: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1309: <p>
1310:
1.247 jufi 1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1312: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1313: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1314: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1315: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1316:
1.224 horacio 1317: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1318: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1319: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1320: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1321: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1322: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1323: <p>
1.247 jufi 1324: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1325:
1326: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1327: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1328:
1.247 jufi 1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1330: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1331: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1332: Division</a>,
1333: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1334: </strong></font><br>
1335:
1336: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1337: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1338: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1339: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1340: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1341: investment</em>.<br>
1342: The implementation details can be seen on their
1343: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1344: <p>
1345:
1.247 jufi 1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1347: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1348: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1349: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351:
1352: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1353: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1354: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1355: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1356: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1357: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1358: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1359: <p>
1360:
1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1362: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1363: Thinking about Security</a>,
1364: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1365: </strong></font><br>
1366:
1367: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1368: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1369: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1370: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1371: to time.<br>
1372: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1373: system and just the most secure system.
1374: <p>
1375:
1.247 jufi 1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1377: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1378: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1379: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1380: </strong></font><br>
1381:
1382: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1383: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1384: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1385: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1386: choice:<br>
1387: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1388: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1389: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1390: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1391: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1392: network security devices and as such must be well
1393: armored."</em><br>
1394: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1395: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1396: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1397: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1398: <br>
1399: Bravo!
1400: <p>
1.247 jufi 1401: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1402:
1.207 ian 1403: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1404: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1407: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1408: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1409: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1410:
1.207 ian 1411: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1412: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1413: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1414: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1415: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1416: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1417: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1418: <p>
1.247 jufi 1419: </ul>
1.207 ian 1420:
1.194 jufi 1421: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1422: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1423:
1.247 jufi 1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1425: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1426: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1427: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1428: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1429:
1.240 miod 1430: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1431: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1432: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1433: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1434: <p>
1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1437: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1438: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1439: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1440:
1441: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1442: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1443: <p>
1444:
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1446: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1447: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1448: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1449:
1450: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1451: <p>
1452:
1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1454: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1455: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1456: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1457: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1458:
1.240 miod 1459: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1460: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1461: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1462: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1463: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1464: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1465: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1466: <br>
1467: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1468: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1469: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1470: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1471: <p>
1472:
1.247 jufi 1473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1474: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1475: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1476: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1477: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1478:
1.194 jufi 1479: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1480: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1481: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1482: <br>
1483: The new
1484: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1485: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1486: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1487: <p>
1.247 jufi 1488: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1489:
1.190 horacio 1490: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1491: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1492:
1.247 jufi 1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1494:
1495: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1496: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1497:
1.301 jose 1498:
1.191 jufi 1499: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1500: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1501:
1502: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1503: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1504:
1.212 horacio 1505: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1506: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1507: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1508:
1.211 horacio 1509: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1510: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1511: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1512:
1.247 jufi 1513: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1514: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1515:
1.247 jufi 1516: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1517: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1518:
1.212 horacio 1519: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1520: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1521: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1522:
1523: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1524: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1525:
1526: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1527: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1528:
1.301 jose 1529: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1530: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1531:
1.191 jufi 1532: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1533: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1534:
1535: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1536: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1537:
1.192 jufi 1538: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1539: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1540: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1541:
1.193 deraadt 1542: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1543: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1544: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1545:
1.247 jufi 1546: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1547: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1550: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1551: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1552:
1.213 horacio 1553: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1554: 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 1555: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1556:
1.190 horacio 1557: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1558: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1559: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1560: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1561: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1562: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1563: <p>
1.190 horacio 1564:
1.247 jufi 1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1566: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1567: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1568: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1569: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1570:
1.195 jufi 1571: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1572: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1573: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1574: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1575: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1576: <p>
1577:
1.247 jufi 1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1579: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1580: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1581: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1582: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1583:
1.191 jufi 1584: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1585: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1586: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1587: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1588: <p>
1589:
1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1591: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1592: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1593: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1594:
1595: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1596: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1597: <p>
1.247 jufi 1598: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1599:
1.191 jufi 1600:
1.186 jufi 1601: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1602: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1603:
1.247 jufi 1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1605: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1606: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1607: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1608: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1609:
1.188 jufi 1610: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1611: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1612: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1613: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1614: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1615: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1616: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1617: <p>
1618:
1.301 jose 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1620: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1621: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1622: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1623:
1624: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1625: <p>
1.191 jufi 1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1628: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1629: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1630: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1631: </strong></font><br>
1632:
1633: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1634: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1635: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1636: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1637: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1638: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1639: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1640: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1641: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1642: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1643: familiar?
1644: <p>
1.247 jufi 1645: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1646:
1.178 louis 1647: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1648: <ul>
1.178 louis 1649:
1.247 jufi 1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1651: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1652: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1653: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1654: </strong></font><br>
1655:
1656: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1657: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1658: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1659: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1660: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1661: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1662: <p>
1663:
1.247 jufi 1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1665: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1666: Open source under the hood</a>,
1667: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1668: </strong></font><br>
1669:
1670: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1671: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1672: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1673: <p>
1674:
1.247 jufi 1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1676: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1677: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1678: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1679: </strong></font><br>
1680:
1681: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1682: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1683: <p>
1.247 jufi 1684: </ul>
1.179 louis 1685:
1.174 louis 1686:
1.175 louis 1687: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1688: <ul>
1.175 louis 1689:
1.247 jufi 1690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1691: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1692: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1693: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1694: </strong></font><br>
1695:
1696: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1697: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1698: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1699: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1700: <p>
1701:
1.247 jufi 1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1703: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1704: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1705: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1709: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1710: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1711: <p>
1.247 jufi 1712: </ul>
1.175 louis 1713:
1.176 louis 1714:
1.172 mickey 1715: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1716: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1717:
1.247 jufi 1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1719: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1720: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1721: </strong></font><br>
1722:
1723: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1724: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1725: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1726: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1727: <p>
1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1730: <a
1.269 deraadt 1731: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1732: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1733: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1734: </strong></font><br>
1735:
1736: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1737: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1738: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1739: <p>
1740:
1.247 jufi 1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1742: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1743: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1744: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1745: </strong></font><br>
1746:
1747: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1748: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1749: <p>
1750:
1.247 jufi 1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1752: <a
1.269 deraadt 1753: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1754: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1755: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1756: </strong></font><br>
1757:
1758: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1759: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1760: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1761: our own Theo de Raadt.
1762: <p>
1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1765: <a
1.269 deraadt 1766: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1767: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1768: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1769: </strong></font><br>
1770:
1771: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1772: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1773: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1774: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1775: shut down.]
1776: <p>
1777:
1.247 jufi 1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1779: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1780: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1781: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1782: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1783: </strong></font><br>
1784:
1785: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1786: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1787: <p>
1.247 jufi 1788: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1789:
1.161 louis 1790: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1791: <ul>
1.161 louis 1792:
1.247 jufi 1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1794: <a
1.269 deraadt 1795: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1796: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1797: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1798: </strong></font><br>
1799:
1800: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1801: by John Wolley
1802: <p>
1803:
1.247 jufi 1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1805: <a
1.269 deraadt 1806: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1807: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1808: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1809: </strong></font><br>
1810:
1811: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1812: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1813: OpenBSD).
1814: <p>
1815:
1.247 jufi 1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1817: <a
1.247 jufi 1818: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1819: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1820: </strong></font><br>
1821:
1822: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1823: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1824: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1825: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1826: and hindsight.
1827: <p>
1828:
1.247 jufi 1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1830: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1831: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1832: </strong></font><br>
1833:
1834: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1835: <p>
1836:
1.247 jufi 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1838: <a
1.168 provos 1839: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1840: December 7, 2000
1841: </strong></font><br>
1842:
1843: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1844: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1845: us explain.
1846: <p>
1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1849: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1850: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1851: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1852: December 6, 2000
1853: </strong></font><br>
1854:
1855: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1856: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1857: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1858: <p>
1859:
1.247 jufi 1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1861: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1862: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1863: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1864: </strong></font><br>
1865:
1866: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1867: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1868: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1869: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1870: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1871: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1872: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1873: <p>
1874:
1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1876: <a
1.226 horacio 1877: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1878: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1879: </strong></font><br>
1880:
1881: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1882: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1883: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1884: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1885: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1886: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1887: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1888: <p>
1.162 millert 1889:
1.247 jufi 1890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1891: <a
1.161 louis 1892: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1893: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1894: </strong></font><br>
1895:
1896: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1897: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1898: <p>
1899:
1.247 jufi 1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1901: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1902: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1903: </strong></font><br>
1904:
1905: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1906: <p>
1907:
1908:
1.247 jufi 1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1910: <a
1.226 horacio 1911: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1912: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1913: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1914: </strong></font><br>
1915:
1916: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1917: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1918: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1919: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1920: <p>
1.247 jufi 1921: </ul>
1.169 louis 1922:
1.158 louis 1923: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1924: <ul>
1.147 louis 1925:
1.247 jufi 1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1927: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1928: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1929: </strong></font><br>
1930:
1931: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1932: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1933: <p>
1934:
1.247 jufi 1935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1936: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1937: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1938: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1939: </strong></font><br>
1940: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1941: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1942: <p>
1943:
1.247 jufi 1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1945: <a
1946: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1947: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1948: </strong></font><br>
1949:
1950: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1951: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1955: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1956: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1957: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1958:
1.213 horacio 1959: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1960: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1961: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1962: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1963: <p>
1.215 horacio 1964:
1.247 jufi 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1966: <a
1967: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1968: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1969: </strong></font><br>
1970:
1971: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1972: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1973: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1974: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1975: much of the attitude too).
1976: <p>
1.161 louis 1977:
1.247 jufi 1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1979: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1980: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1981: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1982:
1.157 louis 1983: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1984: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1985: <p>
1.247 jufi 1986: </ul>
1.157 louis 1987:
1988: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1989: <ul>
1.157 louis 1990:
1.247 jufi 1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1992: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1993: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1994: </strong></font><br>
1995:
1996: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1997: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1998: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1999: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2000: <p>
2001:
1.247 jufi 2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2003: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2004: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2005: </strong></font><br>
2006:
2007: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2008: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2009: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2010: it because they love coding...
2011: <p>
2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2014: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2015: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2016: </strong></font><br>
2017:
2018: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2019: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2020: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2021: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2022: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2023: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2024: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2025: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2026: <p>
2027:
1.247 jufi 2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2029: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2030: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2031: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2032: </strong></font><br>
2033:
2034: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2035: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2036: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2037: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2038: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2039: the pizza.
2040: <p>
2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2043: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2044: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2045: </strong></font><br>
2046:
2047: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2048: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2049: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2050: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2051: problems.
2052: <p>
2053:
1.247 jufi 2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2055: <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 2056: </strong></font><br>
2057:
1.222 miod 2058: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2059: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2060: - whether they like it or not.
2061: <p>
2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2064: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2065: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2066: </strong></font><br>
2067:
2068: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2069: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2070: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2071: <p>
1.148 aaron 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2074: <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 2075: </strong></font><br>
2076:
2077: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2078: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2079: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2080: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2081: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2082: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2083: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2084: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2085: <p>
2086:
1.247 jufi 2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2088: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2089: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2090: </strong></font><br>
2091:
2092: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2093: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2094: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2095: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2096: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2097: <p>
1.247 jufi 2098: </ul>
1.147 louis 2099:
1.138 louis 2100: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2101: <ul>
1.138 louis 2102:
1.247 jufi 2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2104: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2105: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2106: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2107: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2108: </strong></font><br>
2109:
1.227 horacio 2110: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2111: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2112: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2113: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2114: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2115: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2116: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2117: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2118: <p>
2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2121: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2122: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2123: </strong></font><br>
2124:
2125: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2126: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2127: groups, and even Linux.
2128: <p>
2129:
1.247 jufi 2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2131: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2132: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2133: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2134: </strong></font><br>
2135:
2136: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2137: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2138: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2139: library after installing the OS.
2140: <p>
2141:
1.247 jufi 2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2143: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2144: Sys Admin, September 2000
2145: </strong></font><br>
2146:
2147: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2148: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2149: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2150: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2151: (<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>,
2152: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2153: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2154: <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 2155: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2156: out of the system.
2157: <p>
2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2160: <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
2161: </strong></font><br>
2162:
2163: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2164: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2165: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2166: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2167: the IP filtering and address translation.
2168: <p>
1.301 jose 2169:
2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2171: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2172: </strong></font><br>
2173:
2174: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2175: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2176: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2177: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2178: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2179: <p>
1.247 jufi 2180: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2181:
1.131 louis 2182: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2183: <ul>
1.131 louis 2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2186: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2187: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2188: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2189: </strong></font><br>
2190:
2191: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2192: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2193: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2194: <p>
2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2197: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2198: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2199: </strong></font><br>
2200:
2201: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2202: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2203: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2204: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2205: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2206: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2207: note of"</i>.
2208: <p>
2209:
1.247 jufi 2210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2211: <a
1.247 jufi 2212: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2213: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2214: </strong></font><br>
2215:
2216: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2217: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2218: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2219: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2220: <p>
2221:
1.247 jufi 2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2223: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2224: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2225: </strong></font><br>
2226:
2227: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2228: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2229: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2230: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2231: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2232: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2233: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2234: <p>
2235:
1.247 jufi 2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2237: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2238: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2239: 2000
2240: </strong></font><br>
2241:
2242: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2243: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2244: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2245: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2246: against current industry practices.
2247: <p>
2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2250: <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
2251: </strong></font><br>
2252:
2253: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2254: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2255: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2256: <p>
2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2259: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2260: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2261: </strong></font><br>
2262:
2263: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2264: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2265: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2266: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2267: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2268: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2269: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2270: <p>
2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2273: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2274: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2275: </strong></font><br>
2276:
2277: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2278: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2279: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2280: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2281: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2282: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2283: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2284: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2285: <p>
1.247 jufi 2286: </ul>
1.131 louis 2287:
1.118 louis 2288: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2289: <ul>
1.118 louis 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2292: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2293: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2294: </strong></font><br>
2295:
2296: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2297: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2298: about time. The article mentions that
2299: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2300: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2301: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2302: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2303: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2304: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2305: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2306: <p>
2307:
1.247 jufi 2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2309: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2310: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2311: </strong></font><br>
2312:
2313: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2314: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2315: of OpenSSH.
2316: <p>
2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2319: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2320: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2321: </strong></font><br>
2322:
2323: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2324: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2325: bridging.
2326: <p>
2327:
1.247 jufi 2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2329: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2330: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2331: </strong></font><br>
2332:
1.121 deraadt 2333: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2334: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2335: <p>
2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2338: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2339: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2340: </strong></font><br>
2341:
2342: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2343: <p>
2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2346: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2347: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2348: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2349: </strong></font><br>
2350:
1.120 deraadt 2351: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2352: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2353: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2354: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2355: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2356: <p>
2357:
1.247 jufi 2358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2359: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2360: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2361: </strong></font><br>
2362:
1.222 miod 2363: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2364: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2365: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2366: protocols and their quirks.
2367: <p>
2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2370: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2371: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2375: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2376: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2377: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2378: <p>
2379:
1.247 jufi 2380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2381: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2382: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2383: </strong></font><br>
2384:
2385: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2386: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2387: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2388: <p>
2389:
1.247 jufi 2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2391: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2392: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2393: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2394: </strong></font><br>
2395:
2396: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2397: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2398: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2399: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2400: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2401: <p>
1.247 jufi 2402: </ul>
1.118 louis 2403:
1.104 louis 2404: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2405: <ul>
1.104 louis 2406:
1.247 jufi 2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2408: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2409: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2410: </strong></font><br>
2411:
2412: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2413: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2414: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2415: be a bit dry.
2416: <p>
2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2419: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2420: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2421: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2422: </strong></font><br>
2423: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2424: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2425: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2426: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2427: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2428: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2429: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2430: <p>
2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2433: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2434: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2435: 2000
1.128 louis 2436: </strong></font><br>
2437:
2438: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2439: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2440: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2441: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2442: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2443: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2444: <p>
2445:
1.247 jufi 2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2447: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2448: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2449: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2450:
2451: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2452: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2453: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2454: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2455: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2456: <p>
1.110 louis 2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2459: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2460: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2461: </strong></font><br>
2462:
2463: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2464: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2465: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2466: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2467: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2468: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2469: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2470: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2471: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2472: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2473: <p>
2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2476: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2477: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2478:
2479: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2480: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2481: <p>
1.108 louis 2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2484: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2485: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2487:
2488: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2489: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2490: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2491: <p>
1.106 louis 2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2494: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2495: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2496: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2497:
2498: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2499: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2500: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2501: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2502: <p>
1.107 louis 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2505: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2506: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2508:
2509: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2510: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2511: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2512: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2513: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2514: <p>
1.105 louis 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2517: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2518: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2519: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2520:
1.113 naddy 2521: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2522: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2523: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2524: <p>
1.104 louis 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2527: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2528: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2529: </strong></font><br>
2530:
2531: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2532: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2533: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2534: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2535: <p>
1.301 jose 2536:
2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2538: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2539: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2540: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2541:
2542: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2543: hardware-supported cryptography.
2544: <p>
1.247 jufi 2545: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2546:
1.85 louis 2547: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2548: <ul>
1.85 louis 2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2551: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2552: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2553: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2554:
2555: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2556: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2557: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2558: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2559: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2560: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2561: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2562: <p>
1.99 louis 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2565: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2566: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2568:
2569: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2570: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2571: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2572: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2573: <p>
1.100 louis 2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2576: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2577: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2578: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2579:
2580: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2581: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2582: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2583: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2584: <p>
1.95 louis 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2587: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2588: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2589: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2590:
2591: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2592: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2593: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2594: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2595: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2596: <p>
1.92 louis 2597:
1.247 jufi 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2599: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2600: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2601: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2602:
2603: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2604: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2605: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2606: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2607: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2608: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2609: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2610: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2611: <p>
1.91 louis 2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2614: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2615: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2616: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2617:
2618: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2619: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2620: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2621: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2622: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2623: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2624: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2625: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2626: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2627: <p>
1.90 louis 2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2630: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2631: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2632: </strong></font><br>
2633: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2634: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2635: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2636: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2637: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2638: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2639: <p>
2640:
1.247 jufi 2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2642: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2643: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2644: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2645:
1.113 naddy 2646: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2647: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2648: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2649: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2650: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2651: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2652: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2653: <p>
1.87 louis 2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2656: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2657: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2658: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2659:
2660: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2661: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2662: <p>
1.85 louis 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2665: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2666: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2667: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2668:
2669: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2670: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2671: <p>
2672:
2673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2674: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2675: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2676: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2677:
2678: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2679: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2680: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2681: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2682: <p>
1.89 louis 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2685: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2686: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2687: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2688:
2689: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2690: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2691: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2692: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2693: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2694: </ul>
1.85 louis 2695:
1.78 deraadt 2696: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2697: <ul>
1.74 louis 2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2700: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2701: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2702: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2703: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2704:
2705: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2706: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2707: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2708: <p>
1.83 louis 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2711: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2712: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2713: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2714:
2715: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2716: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2717: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2718: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2719: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2720: <p>
1.93 louis 2721:
1.247 jufi 2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2723: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2724: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2725: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2726: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2727:
1.83 louis 2728: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2729: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2730: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2731: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2732: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2733: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2734: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2735: <p>
1.82 aaron 2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2738: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2739: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2740: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2741:
1.83 louis 2742: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2743: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2744: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2745: <p>
1.80 louis 2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2748: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2749: Bad Press</a>,
2750: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2751: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2752:
2753: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2754: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2755: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2756: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2757: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2758: <p>
1.247 jufi 2759: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2760:
2761: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2762: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2765: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2766: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2767: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2768: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2769:
2770: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2771: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2772: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2773: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2774: <p>
1.74 louis 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2777: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2778: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2779: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2780:
1.219 horacio 2781: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2782: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2783: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2784: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2785: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2786: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2787: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2788: <p>
1.88 louis 2789:
1.247 jufi 2790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2791: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2792: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2793: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2794:
2795: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2796: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2797: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2798: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2799: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2800: <p>
1.81 louis 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2803: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2804: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2806:
2807: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2808: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2809: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2810: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2811: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2812: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2813: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2814: <p>
1.90 louis 2815:
1.247 jufi 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2817: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2818: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2819: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2820:
2821: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2822: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2823: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2824: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2825: <p>
1.247 jufi 2826: </ul>
1.71 louis 2827:
1.69 deraadt 2828: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2829: <ul>
1.70 louis 2830:
1.247 jufi 2831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2832: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2833: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2834: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2835:
2836: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2837: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2838: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2839: <p>
1.70 louis 2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2842: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2843: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2844: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2845:
2846: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2847: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2848: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2849: <p>
1.68 louis 2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2852: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2853: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2854: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2855: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2856:
1.111 jufi 2857: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2858: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2859: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2860: "secure by default" installation.
2861: <p>
1.64 louis 2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2864: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2865: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2866: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2867:
1.113 naddy 2868: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2869: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2870: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2871: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2872: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2873: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2874: <p>
1.66 louis 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2877: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2878: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2879: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2880:
2881: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2882: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2883: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2884: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2885: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2886: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2887: <p>
1.83 louis 2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2890: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2891: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2893:
2894: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2895: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2896: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2897: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2898: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2899: <p>
1.64 louis 2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2902: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2903: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2904: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2905:
2906: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2907: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2908: <p>
1.301 jose 2909:
2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2911: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2912: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2913: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2914: </strong></font><br>
2915:
2916: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2917: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2918: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2919: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2920: Giving way to
2921: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2922: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2923: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2924: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2925: <p>
1.247 jufi 2926: </ul>
1.65 louis 2927:
1.69 deraadt 2928: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2929: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2930:
1.247 jufi 2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2932: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2933: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2934: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2935:
2936: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2937: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2938: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2939: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2940: <p>
1.88 louis 2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2943: <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 2944: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2945:
2946: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2947: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2948: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2949: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2950: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.60 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2954: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2955: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2956: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2957: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2958:
2959: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2960: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2961: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2962: <p>
1.58 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2965: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2966: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2967:
2968: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2969: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2970: <p>
1.53 louis 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2973: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2974: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2975: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2976:
2977: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2978: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2979: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2980: <p>
1.99 louis 2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2983: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2984: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2985:
2986: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2987: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2988: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2989: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2990: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2993: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2994: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2995: </strong></font><br>
2996:
2997: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2998: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2999: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3000: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3001: <p>
3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3004: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3005: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3006: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3007:
3008: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3009: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3010: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3011:
1.247 jufi 3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3013: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3014: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3015:
3016: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3017: in
1.247 jufi 3018: <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 3019: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3020: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3021: <p>
1.53 louis 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3024: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3025: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3026: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3027: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3028:
1.58 louis 3029: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3030: <p>
1.301 jose 3031:
3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3033: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3034: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3035: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3036: Informacyjny, January 2000
3037: </strong></font><br>
3038:
3039: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3040: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3041: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3042: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3043: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3044: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3045: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3046: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3047: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3048: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3049: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3050: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3051: <p>
3052:
3053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3054: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3055: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3056: </strong></font><br>
3057:
3058: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3059: <p>
3060: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3061:
1.69 deraadt 3062: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3063: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3066: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3067: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3068: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3069: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3070:
1.58 louis 3071: Kurt Seifried
3072: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3073: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3074: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3075: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3078: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3079: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3080: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3081:
3082: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3083: <p>
1.96 louis 3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3086: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3087: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3088: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3092: <p>
3093:
3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3095: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3096: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3097: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3098:
3099: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3100: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3102: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3103: <p>
1.247 jufi 3104: </ul>
1.86 louis 3105:
1.69 deraadt 3106: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3107: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3110: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3111: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3112: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3113:
3114: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3115: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3116: <p>
1.61 louis 3117:
1.247 jufi 3118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3119: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3120: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3121: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3122: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3123:
3124: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3125: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3126: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3127: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3128: right -- or at least strives to".
3129: <p>
1.48 louis 3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3132: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3133: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3134: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3135: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3136: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3137: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3138: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3139: <p>
1.61 louis 3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <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 3142: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3143: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3144:
3145: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3146: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3147: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3148: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3149: <p>
1.46 louis 3150:
1.247 jufi 3151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3152: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3153: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3154: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3155:
3156: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3157: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3158: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3159:
1.247 jufi 3160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3161: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3162: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3163: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3164:
3165: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3166: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3167: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3168: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3169: <p>
1.247 jufi 3170: </ul>
1.70 louis 3171:
1.69 deraadt 3172: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3173: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3174:
1.247 jufi 3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3176: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3177: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3178: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3179: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3180:
3181: Kurt Seifried
3182: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3183: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3184: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3185: <p>
1.44 philen 3186:
1.247 jufi 3187: <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 3188: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3189: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3190:
3191: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3192: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <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 3195: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3196: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3197:
3198: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3199: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3200:
1.247 jufi 3201: <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 3202: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3204:
3205: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3206: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3207: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3208: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3209: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3210:
1.247 jufi 3211: <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 3212: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3213: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3214:
1.36 louis 3215: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3216: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3219: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3220: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3221: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3222:
3223: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3224: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3225: </ul>
1.38 louis 3226:
1.69 deraadt 3227: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3228: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <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 3231: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3232: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3233:
3234: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3235: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3236: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3237:
1.113 naddy 3238: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3239: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3240: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3241: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3242:
3243: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3244: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3245: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3246: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3247: <blockquote>
3248: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3249: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3250: <br>
3251: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3252: </code>
3253: </blockquote>
3254: <p>
3255:
1.247 jufi 3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3257: <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 3258: <p>
3259:
3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3261: <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 3262: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3263:
3264: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3265: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3266: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3267: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3270: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3271: Sept. 28, 1999
3272: </strong></font><br>
3273:
3274: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3275: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3276: translating and reprinting articles from
3277: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3278: <p>
3279:
3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3281: <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 3282: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3283:
3284: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3285: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3286: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3287: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3288: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3289: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3290: <p>
1.19 louis 3291:
1.113 naddy 3292: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3293: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3294: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3295:
3296: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3297: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3298: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3299: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3300: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3301: <p>
1.16 louis 3302:
1.247 jufi 3303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3304: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3305: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3306: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3307:
1.57 louis 3308: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3309: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3310: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3311: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3312:
1.247 jufi 3313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3314: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3315: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3316: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3317:
1.113 naddy 3318: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3321: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3322: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3323: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3324:
1.23 louis 3325: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3326: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3327: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3328: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3329: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3330: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3333: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3334: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3335: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3336:
1.199 pvalchev 3337: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3338: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3339: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3340: installation.
1.113 naddy 3341: <p>
1.47 louis 3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3344: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3345: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3346: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3347:
1.301 jose 3348: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3349: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3350: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3351: </ul>
1.57 louis 3352:
1.69 deraadt 3353: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3354: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3357: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3358: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3359: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3360:
3361: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3362: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3363: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3364: <p>
1.12 louis 3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3367: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3368: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3369: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3370:
3371: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3372: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3373: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3374: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3375: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3376: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3377: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3378: <p>
1.247 jufi 3379: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3380:
1.69 deraadt 3381: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3382: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3385: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3386: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3387:
3388: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3389: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3390: available."
1.113 naddy 3391: <p>
1.301 jose 3392:
3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3394: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3395: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3396: </strong></font><br>
3397:
3398: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3399: <p>
1.247 jufi 3400: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3401:
1.69 deraadt 3402: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3403: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3404:
1.247 jufi 3405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3406: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3407: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3408:
3409: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3410: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3411: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3412: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3413: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3414: <p>
1.33 louis 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3417: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3418: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3419: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3420:
1.113 naddy 3421: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3422: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3423: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3424: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3425: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3426: <p>
1.247 jufi 3427: </ul>
1.57 louis 3428:
1.69 deraadt 3429: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3430: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3433: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3434: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3435: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3436:
3437: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3438: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3439: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3440:
1.247 jufi 3441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3442: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3443: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3444: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3445: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3446:
3447: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3448: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3451: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3452:
1.113 naddy 3453: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3456: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3457: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3458: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3459:
3460: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3461: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3462: </ul>
1.23 louis 3463:
1.69 deraadt 3464: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3465: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3466:
1.247 jufi 3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3468: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3469: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3470:
3471: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3472: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3473: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3474:
1.247 jufi 3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3476: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3477: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3478: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3479:
3480: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3481: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3482: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3483: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3484: </ul>
1.57 louis 3485:
1.69 deraadt 3486: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3487: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3488:
1.247 jufi 3489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3490: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3491: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3492: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3493:
3494: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3495: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3496: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3497: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3498: <p>
1.15 louis 3499:
1.247 jufi 3500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3501: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3502: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3503: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3504:
3505: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3506: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3507: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3508: columns."
1.113 naddy 3509: <p>
1.247 jufi 3510: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3511:
1.69 deraadt 3512: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3513: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3516: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3517: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3518: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3519:
3520: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3521: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3522:
1.113 naddy 3523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3524: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3525: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3526:
3527: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3528: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3529: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3530: </ul>
1.57 louis 3531:
1.69 deraadt 3532: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3533: <ul>
1.301 jose 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3535: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3536: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3537: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3538:
3539: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3540: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3541: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3542: <p>
3543:
3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3545: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3546: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3547: Nov 13, 1998 and
3548: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3549: Datateknik</a>,
3550: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3551:
3552: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3553: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3554: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3555: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3556: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3557:
1.113 naddy 3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3559: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3560: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3561: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3562:
1.222 miod 3563: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3564: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3565: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3566: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3567: <p>
1.247 jufi 3568: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3569:
1.69 deraadt 3570: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3571: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3574: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3575: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3576:
1.69 deraadt 3577: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3578: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3579: <p>
1.247 jufi 3580: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3581:
1.69 deraadt 3582: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3583: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3584:
1.247 jufi 3585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3586: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3587: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3588: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3589:
3590: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3591: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3592: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3593:
1.247 jufi 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3595: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3596: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3597: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3598: <p>
1.247 jufi 3599: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3600:
1.69 deraadt 3601: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3602: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3603:
1.247 jufi 3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3605: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3606: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3607: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3608: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3609: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3610:
3611: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3612: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3613: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3614: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3615: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3616: <p>
1.247 jufi 3617: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3618:
3619: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3620: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3621:
1.247 jufi 3622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3623: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3624: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3625:
1.69 deraadt 3626: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3627: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3628: <p>
1.112 naddy 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3631: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3632:
1.292 camield 3633: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3634: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3635: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.348 ! ian 3636: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.347 2003/05/17 16:39:59 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3637:
3638: </body>
3639: </html>
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