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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>
1.349 deraadt 23: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
24: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
25: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 26: May 17, 2003.
27: </strong></font><br>
28: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
29: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
30: the business section and half of another page inside
31: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
32: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
33: in talking about the project's history and goals.
34: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
35: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
36: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
37: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ! ian 38: <br>
! 39: This article can also be found online at:
! 40: <ul>
! 41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 42: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
! 43: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
! 44: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
! 45: May 17, 2003
! 46: </strong></font>
! 47: (somewhat shortened version).
! 48: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 49: <p>
1.346 ian 50:
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 52: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 53: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 54: May 7, 2003.
55: </strong></font><br>
56: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
57: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
58: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
59: <p>
60:
61: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 62: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
63: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
64: OsOpinion,
65: May 6, 2003.
66: </strong></font><br>
67: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
68: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
69: <br>
70: This article can also be found online at:
71: <ul>
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
73: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
74: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
75: NewsFactor Network.
76: </strong></font>
77: </ul>
78: <p>
79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.343 deraadt 81: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
82: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
83: ITBusiness,
84: May 2, 2003.
85: </strong></font><br>
86: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
87: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
88: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
89: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 93: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
94: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
95: InfoWorld,
96: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 97: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 98: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
99: <br>
100: This article can also be found online at:
101: <ul>
102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
103: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
104: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
105: IDG Singapore.
106: </strong></font>
107: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 108: <p>
109:
1.339 jose 110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
111: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
112: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 113: ZDNet,
114: May 1, 2003.
115: </strong></font><br>
116: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 117: someone using parts from previous articles.
118: <br>
1.341 deraadt 119: This article can also be found online at:
120: <ul>
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
122: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
123: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
124: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 125: </strong></font>
126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
127: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
128: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
129: CNET News.com.
130: </strong></font>
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
132: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
133: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
134: ZDNet UK.
135: </strong></font>
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
137: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
138: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
139: Help Net Security, Croatia.
140: </strong></font>
141: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 142: <p>
1.339 jose 143:
1.341 deraadt 144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
145: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
146: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
147: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
148: May 1, 2003.
149: </strong></font><br>
150: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
151: that have been added
152: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
153: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
154: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 155: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 156: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
157: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
158: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 159: <p>
160:
161: </ul>
162:
1.253 ian 163: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
164: <ul>
1.255 ian 165:
1.260 ian 166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 167: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 168: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
169: TechRepublic,
170: April 28, 2003.
171: </strong></font><br>
172: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
173: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 174: work.<br>
175: Can also be found online at:
176: <ul>
177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
178: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
179: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
180: ZDNet UK.
181: </strong></font>
182: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 186: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
187: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
188: IDG,
189: April 24, 2003.
190: </strong></font><br>
191: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
192: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
193: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
194: Can also be found online at:
195: <ul>
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
197: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
198: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 199: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 200: </strong></font>
201: </ul>
202: <p>
203:
204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
205: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 206: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 207: Slate,
208: April 24, 2003.
209: </strong></font><br>
210: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
211: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
212: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
213: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 217: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
218: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
219: April 24, 2003.
220: </strong></font><br>
221: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
222: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
223: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
224: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 228: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
229: April 24, 2003.
230: </strong></font><br>
231: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
232: the free software community".
233: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
234: other articles.
235: <p>
236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
238: <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>,
239: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
240: </strong></font><br>
241: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
242: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
243: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
244: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
245: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
246: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
247: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
248: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
249: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
250: <br/>
251: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
252: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
253: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
254: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 255: <br>
256: Can also be found online at:
257: <ul>
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
259: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
260: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
261: Common Dreams NewsCenter
262: </strong></font>
263: </ul>
1.324 ian 264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
267: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
268: Wired, April 24, 2003.
269: </strong></font><br>
270: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
271: article above.
272: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
273: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
274: wasting them."
1.332 ian 275: <br>
276: Can also be found online at:
277: <ul>
278: <li>
279: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
280: </strong></font>
281: </ul>
1.324 ian 282: <p>
283:
284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 285: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
286: </strong></font><br>
287: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
288: <p>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 291: <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.
292: </strong></font><br>
293: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
294: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 298: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
299: April 23, 2003.
300: </strong></font><br>
301: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
302: <p>
303:
304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 305: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 306: April 22, 2003.
307: </strong></font><br>
308: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 312: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
313: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
314: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 315: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 316: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
317: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
318: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
319: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
320: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
321: Can also be found online at:
322: <ul>
323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
324: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 325: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
326: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 327: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
329: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 330: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
331: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 332: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 333: </ul>
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 337: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
338: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 339: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 340: </strong></font><br>
341: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 342: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
343: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
344: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
345: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
346: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
347: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 348: <p>
349:
350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 351: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
352: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 353: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
354: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 355: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
356: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
357: at UPenn and DARPA.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 361: [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
362: April 18, 2003.
363: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 364: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 368: [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 369: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 370: </strong></font><br>
371: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 375: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
376: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
377: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 378: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 379: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
380: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
381: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
382: <p>
383:
384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 385: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
386: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 387: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 388: </strong></font><br>
389: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
390: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
391: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 392: American century.
1.267 deraadt 393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 396: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
397: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 398: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 399: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 400: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
401: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
402: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
403: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
404: Can also be found online at:
405: <ul>
406: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
407: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 408: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 409: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 410: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 414: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 415: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 416: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 417: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 418: </strong></font><br>
419: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 420: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
421: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
422: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
423: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 424:
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
426: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
427: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
428: New York Times.
429: </strong></font>(free registration required)
430:
1.273 deraadt 431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
432: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 433: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 434: ABC News.
435: </strong></font>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 438: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 439: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 440: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 441: </strong></font>
442:
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 444: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 445: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 446: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 447: </strong></font>
448:
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 450: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
451: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 452: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 453: </strong></font>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 456: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 457: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 458: Times Daily, AL.
459: </strong></font>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
462: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
463: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
464: Boston.com, MA.
465: </strong></font>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 468: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 469: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 470: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
471: </strong></font>
472:
473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 474: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
475: [Article was pulled]</a>
476: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 477: </strong></font>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
480: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
481: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
482: Infoshop News.
483: </strong></font>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
486: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
487: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
488: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
489: </strong></font>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 492: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
493: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
494: Raleigh News, NC.
495: </strong></font>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 498: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
499: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
500: Napa News, CA.
501: </strong></font>
502:
503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 504: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 505: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
506: NEPA News, PA.
507: </strong></font>
508:
509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
510: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
511: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
512: Wired News.
513: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 514: <br>
515: <li>
1.333 deraadt 516: <font color="#009000"><strong>
517: [JAPANESE]
518: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
519: Wired News Japan</a>
520: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 521:
1.271 deraadt 522: </ul>
523: <p>
1.272 deraadt 524: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
525: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 526: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
527: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
528: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
529: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
530: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
531: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 532: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 533: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
534: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
535: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 536: <p>
537: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 540: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 541: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
542: Indianapolis Star, IN.
543: </strong></font>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 546: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
547: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
548: Miami Herald, FL.
549: </strong></font>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 552: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 553: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
554: </strong></font>
555:
556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
557: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 558: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 559: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 560: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
563: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
564: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
565: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
566: ABC News.
567: </strong></font>
568:
1.276 deraadt 569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
570: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 571: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 572: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 573: </strong></font>
574:
1.286 dhartmei 575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 576: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 577: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
578: Wilmington Star, NC.
579: </strong></font>
580:
1.300 jose 581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
582: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
583: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
584: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
585: </strong></font>
586:
1.309 jose 587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
588: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
589: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
590: Globe Technology.
591: </strong></font>
592:
1.263 deraadt 593: </ul>
1.262 beck 594: <p>
595:
596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 597: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
598: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 599: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 600: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 601: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 602: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
603: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
604: <p>
605:
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 607: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
608: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
609: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 610: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 611: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
612: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
613: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
614: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
615: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
616: and simply restates other press reports.
617: <p>
618:
619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 620: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
621: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
622: OS News, April 18, 2003.
623: </strong></font><br>
624: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
625: <p>
626:
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 628: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
629: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 630: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 631: </strong></font><br>
632: Another report on the DARPA funding.
633: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
634: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 638: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
639: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
640: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
641: April 17, 2003.
642: </strong></font><br>
643: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
644: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
645: Tech Anthems</a>
646: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
647: 4 so far.
648: <p>
649:
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 651: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
652: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 653: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 654: </strong></font><br>
655: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
656: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
657: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
658: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
659: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
660: Goes on to say:
661: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
662: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
663: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
664: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 665: This article is also found online at:
666: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
668: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
669: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
670: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 671: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
673: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
674: ZDnet</a>,
675: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 676: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
678: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
679: ZDnet Australia</a>,
680: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 681: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 682: </ul>
1.260 ian 683: <p>
1.279 deraadt 684:
1.260 ian 685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 686: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 687: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 688: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 689: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 690: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 691: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
692: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
693: without notice or justification.
694: <p>
695:
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 697: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 698: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 699: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 700: </strong></font><br>
701: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
702: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 703: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 704: effective today, without any warning..."
705: <p>
1.257 ian 706:
707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 708: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
709: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 710: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 711: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 712: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
713: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
714: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
715: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
716: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 717: <p>
718:
719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 720: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
721: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 722: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 723: </strong></font><br>
724: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
725: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
726: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
727: quoting two of them:
728: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
729: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
730: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
731: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
732: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
733: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
734: <p>
735:
1.255 ian 736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 737: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
738: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 739: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 740: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 741: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 742: <p>
743:
744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 745: [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 746: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 747: </strong></font><br>
748: New security concepts in OpenBSD
749: <p>
750:
751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 752: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
753: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 754: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 755: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 756: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 757: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
758: security experts for more than three decades."
759: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
760: <p>
1.261 ian 761:
1.254 drahn 762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 763: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 764: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 765: </strong></font><br>
766: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 770: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
771: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
772: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
773: </strong></font><br>
774: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
775: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
776: discussion OpenBSD's path.
777: <p>
778:
779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 780: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
781: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 782: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 783: </strong></font><br>
784: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
785: from US DARPA.
786: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
787: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
788: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
789: the BSD license.
790: <p>
791: </ul>
792:
1.251 ian 793: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
794: <ul>
795:
796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 797: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
798: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
799: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
800: </strong></font><br>
801:
802: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
803: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
804: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
805: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
806: <p>
807:
808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 809: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
810: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 811: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 812: </strong></font><br>
813: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
814: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
815: Mentions
816: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
817: and
818: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
819: programs.
820: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 821: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 822: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
823: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
824: <p>
1.325 ian 825: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
826: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 827:
828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
829: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
830: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
831: </strong></font><br>
832: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
833: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
834: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
835: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
836: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
837: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
838: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
839: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
840: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
841: put into service."
842: <p>
843: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
844: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
845: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
846: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
847: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
848: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
849: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
850: computers with security features."
851: <p>
1.329 ian 852:
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
854: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
855: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
856: Slate,
857: March 3, 2003.
858: </strong></font><br>
859: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
860: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
861: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
862: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
863: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
864: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
865: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
866: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
867: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
868: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
869: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
870: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
871: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
872: of more secure open-source solutions like
873: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
874: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
875: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
876: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
877: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
878: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
879: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
880: the Beltway."
881: <p>
1.251 ian 882: </ul>
883:
1.249 jufi 884: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
885: <ul>
886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
887: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
888: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 889: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 890: </strong></font><br>
891: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
892: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 893: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 894: <p>
1.334 ian 895:
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
897: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
898: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
899: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
900: </strong></font><br>
901: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
902: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
903: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
904: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
905: "... the hypothetical question ...
906: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
907: <br>
908: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
909: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
910: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
911: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
912: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
913: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 914: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 915: support network security.
916: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
917: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
918: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
919: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
920: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
921: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
922: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
923: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
924: <br>
925: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
926: <p>
927:
1.249 jufi 928: </ul>
929:
1.246 jufi 930: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 931: <ul>
1.246 jufi 932:
1.247 jufi 933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 934: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 935: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
936: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 937: </strong></font><br>
938: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
939: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
940: <p>
941:
1.247 jufi 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 943: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
944: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
945: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
946: </strong></font><br>
947: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
948: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
949: <p>
950:
951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 952: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 953: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
954: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 955: </strong></font><br>
956: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
957: in their annual OpenHack security test.
958: <p>
1.247 jufi 959: </ul>
1.246 jufi 960:
1.244 jufi 961: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 962: <ul>
1.246 jufi 963:
1.247 jufi 964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 965: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
966: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
967: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 968: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 969: </strong></font><br>
970: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
971: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
972: md5 digests.
973: <p>
974:
1.247 jufi 975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 976: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 977: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
978: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 979: </strong></font><br>
980: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
981: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
982: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
983: right the first time."
984: <p>
1.247 jufi 985: </ul>
1.244 jufi 986:
987:
988: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 989: <ul>
1.244 jufi 990:
1.247 jufi 991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 992: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 993: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
994: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 995: </strong></font><br>
996: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
997: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
998: part 6</a>.
999: <p>
1000:
1.247 jufi 1001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1002: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1003: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1004: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1005: </strong></font><br>
1006: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1007: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1008: <p>
1.301 jose 1009:
1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1011: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1012: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1013: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1014: </strong></font><br>
1015:
1016: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1017: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1018: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1019: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1020: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1021: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1022: <i>Here's the
1023: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1024: <p>
1.247 jufi 1025: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1026:
1027: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1028: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1029:
1.247 jufi 1030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1031: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1032: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1033: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1034: </strong></font><br>
1035: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1036: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1037: <p>
1038:
1.247 jufi 1039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1040: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1041: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1042: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1043: </strong></font><br>
1044: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1045: this time using pf.
1046: <p>
1.247 jufi 1047: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1048:
1049: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1050: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1051:
1.247 jufi 1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1053: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1054: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1055: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1056: </strong></font><br>
1057: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1058: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1059: their rotation.
1060: <p>
1061:
1.247 jufi 1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1063: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1064: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1065: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1066: </strong></font><br>
1067: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1068: <p>
1.247 jufi 1069: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1070:
1.239 jufi 1071: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1072: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1073:
1.247 jufi 1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1075: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1076: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1077: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1078: </strong></font><br>
1079: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1080: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1081: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1082: <p>
1083:
1.247 jufi 1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1085: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1086: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1087: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1088: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1089: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1090: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1091: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1092: <p>
1.247 jufi 1093: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1094:
1.235 lebel 1095: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1096: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1097:
1.239 jufi 1098:
1.247 jufi 1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1100: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1101: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1102: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1103: </strong></font><br>
1104: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1105: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1106: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1107: <p>
1.301 jose 1108:
1.247 jufi 1109: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1110:
1.228 horacio 1111: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1112: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1113:
1.247 jufi 1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1115: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1116: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1117: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1118: </strong></font><br>
1119: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1120: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1121: <p>
1122:
1.247 jufi 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1124: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1125: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1126: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1127: </strong></font><br>
1128: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1129: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1130: <p>
1131:
1.247 jufi 1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1133: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1134: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1135: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1136: </strong></font><br>
1137: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1138: on the desktop of his parents.
1139: <p>
1140:
1.247 jufi 1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1142: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1143: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1144: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1147: using IPFilter.
1148:
1149: <p>
1150:
1.247 jufi 1151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1152: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1153: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1154: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1155: </strong></font><br>
1156: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1157: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1158: perspectives of the four OS.
1159: <br>
1160: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1161: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1162: <p>
1163:
1.247 jufi 1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1165: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1166: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1167: software and security</a>,
1168: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1169: </strong></font><br>
1170:
1171: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1172: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1173: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1174: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1175: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1176: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1177: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1178: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1179: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1180: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1181: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1182: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1183: <p>
1.247 jufi 1184: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1185:
1.225 horacio 1186: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1187: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1188:
1.247 jufi 1189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1190: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1191: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1192: Interview</a>,
1193: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1194: </strong></font><br>
1195:
1196: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1197: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1198: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1199: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1200: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1201: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1202: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1203: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1204: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1205: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1206: of choice.
1207: <p>
1.247 jufi 1208: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1209:
1210: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1211: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1212:
1.247 jufi 1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1214: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1215: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1216: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1217: </strong></font><br>
1218:
1219: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1220: <p>
1221:
1.247 jufi 1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1223: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1224: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1225: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1226: </strong></font><br>
1227:
1228: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1229: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1230: <p>
1.247 jufi 1231: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1232:
1.218 horacio 1233: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1234: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1235:
1.247 jufi 1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1237: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1238: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1239: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1240: </strong></font><br>
1241:
1242: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1243: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1244: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1245: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1246: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1247: subjects. Worth a read.
1248: <p>
1249:
1250:
1.247 jufi 1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1252: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1253: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1254: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1257: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1258: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1259: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1260: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1261: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1262: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1263: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1264: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1265: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1266: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1267: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1268: on other operating systems.<br>
1269: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1270: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1271: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1272: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1273: <p>
1274:
1.247 jufi 1275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1276: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1277: Operating System 2010</a>,
1278: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1279: </strong></font><br>
1280:
1281: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1282: covering the level of software integration into the core
1283: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1284: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1285: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1286: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1287: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1288: <p>
1289:
1.247 jufi 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1291: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1292: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1293: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1294: </strong></font><br>
1295:
1296: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1297: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1298: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1299: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1300: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1301: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1302: <p>
1.247 jufi 1303: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1304:
1.210 jufi 1305: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1306: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1307:
1.247 jufi 1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1309: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1310: Already a Contender</a>,
1311: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1312: </strong></font><br>
1313:
1314: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1315: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1316: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1317: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1318: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1319: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1320: <p>
1321:
1.247 jufi 1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1323: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1324: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1325: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1326: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1327:
1.224 horacio 1328: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1329: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1330: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1331: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1332: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1333: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1334: <p>
1.247 jufi 1335: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1336:
1337: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1338: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1339:
1.247 jufi 1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1341: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1342: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1343: Division</a>,
1344: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1345: </strong></font><br>
1346:
1347: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1348: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1349: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1350: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1351: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1352: investment</em>.<br>
1353: The implementation details can be seen on their
1354: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1355: <p>
1356:
1.247 jufi 1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1358: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1359: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1360: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1361: </strong></font><br>
1362:
1363: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1364: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1365: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1366: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1367: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1368: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1369: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1370: <p>
1371:
1372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1373: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1374: Thinking about Security</a>,
1375: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1376: </strong></font><br>
1377:
1378: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1379: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1380: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1381: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1382: to time.<br>
1383: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1384: system and just the most secure system.
1385: <p>
1386:
1.247 jufi 1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1388: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1389: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1390: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1391: </strong></font><br>
1392:
1393: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1394: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1395: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1396: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1397: choice:<br>
1398: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1399: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1400: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1401: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1402: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1403: network security devices and as such must be well
1404: armored."</em><br>
1405: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1406: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1407: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1408: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1409: <br>
1410: Bravo!
1411: <p>
1.247 jufi 1412: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1413:
1.207 ian 1414: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1415: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1416:
1.247 jufi 1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1418: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1419: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1420: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1421:
1.207 ian 1422: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1423: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1424: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1425: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1426: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1427: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1428: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1429: <p>
1.247 jufi 1430: </ul>
1.207 ian 1431:
1.194 jufi 1432: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1433: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1434:
1.247 jufi 1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1436: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1437: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1438: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1439: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1440:
1.240 miod 1441: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1442: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1443: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1444: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1445: <p>
1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1448: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1449: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1450: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1451:
1452: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1453: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1454: <p>
1455:
1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1457: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1458: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1459: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1460:
1461: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1462: <p>
1463:
1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1465: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1466: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1467: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1468: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1469:
1.240 miod 1470: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1471: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1472: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1473: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1474: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1475: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1476: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1477: <br>
1478: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1479: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1480: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1481: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1482: <p>
1483:
1.247 jufi 1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1485: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1486: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1487: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1488: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1489:
1.194 jufi 1490: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1491: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1492: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1493: <br>
1494: The new
1495: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1496: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1497: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1498: <p>
1.247 jufi 1499: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1500:
1.190 horacio 1501: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1502: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1503:
1.247 jufi 1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1505:
1506: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1507: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1508:
1.301 jose 1509:
1.191 jufi 1510: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1511: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1512:
1513: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1514: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1515:
1.212 horacio 1516: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1517: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1518: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1519:
1.211 horacio 1520: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1521: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1522: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1523:
1.247 jufi 1524: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1525: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1526:
1.247 jufi 1527: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1528: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1529:
1.212 horacio 1530: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1531: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1532: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1533:
1534: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1535: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1536:
1537: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1538: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1539:
1.301 jose 1540: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1541: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1542:
1.191 jufi 1543: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1544: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1545:
1546: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1547: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1548:
1.192 jufi 1549: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1550: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1551: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1552:
1.193 deraadt 1553: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1554: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1555: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1556:
1.247 jufi 1557: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1558: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1559:
1.247 jufi 1560: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1561: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1562: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1563:
1.213 horacio 1564: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1565: 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 1566: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1567:
1.190 horacio 1568: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1569: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1570: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1571: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1572: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1573: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1574: <p>
1.190 horacio 1575:
1.247 jufi 1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1577: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1578: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1579: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1581:
1.195 jufi 1582: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1583: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1584: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1585: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1586: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1587: <p>
1588:
1.247 jufi 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1590: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1591: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1592: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1593: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1594:
1.191 jufi 1595: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1596: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1597: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1598: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1599: <p>
1600:
1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1602: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1603: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1604: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1605:
1606: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1607: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1608: <p>
1.247 jufi 1609: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1610:
1.191 jufi 1611:
1.186 jufi 1612: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1613: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1614:
1.247 jufi 1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1616: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1617: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1618: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1619: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1620:
1.188 jufi 1621: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1622: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1623: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1624: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1625: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1626: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1627: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1628: <p>
1629:
1.301 jose 1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1631: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1632: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1633: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1634:
1635: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1636: <p>
1.191 jufi 1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1639: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1640: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1641: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1642: </strong></font><br>
1643:
1644: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1645: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1646: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1647: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1648: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1649: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1650: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1651: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1652: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1653: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1654: familiar?
1655: <p>
1.247 jufi 1656: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1657:
1.178 louis 1658: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1659: <ul>
1.178 louis 1660:
1.247 jufi 1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1662: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1663: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1664: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1665: </strong></font><br>
1666:
1667: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1668: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1669: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1670: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1671: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1672: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1673: <p>
1674:
1.247 jufi 1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1676: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1677: Open source under the hood</a>,
1678: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1679: </strong></font><br>
1680:
1681: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1682: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1683: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1684: <p>
1685:
1.247 jufi 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1687: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1688: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1689: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1690: </strong></font><br>
1691:
1692: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1693: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1694: <p>
1.247 jufi 1695: </ul>
1.179 louis 1696:
1.174 louis 1697:
1.175 louis 1698: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1699: <ul>
1.175 louis 1700:
1.247 jufi 1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1702: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1703: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1704: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1705: </strong></font><br>
1706:
1707: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1708: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1709: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1710: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1711: <p>
1712:
1.247 jufi 1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1714: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1715: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1716: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1717: </strong></font><br>
1718:
1719: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1720: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1721: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1722: <p>
1.247 jufi 1723: </ul>
1.175 louis 1724:
1.176 louis 1725:
1.172 mickey 1726: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1727: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1730: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1731: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1732: </strong></font><br>
1733:
1734: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1735: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1736: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1737: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1738: <p>
1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1741: <a
1.269 deraadt 1742: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1743: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1744: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1745: </strong></font><br>
1746:
1747: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1748: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1749: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1750: <p>
1751:
1.247 jufi 1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1753: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1754: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1755: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1756: </strong></font><br>
1757:
1758: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1759: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1760: <p>
1761:
1.247 jufi 1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1763: <a
1.269 deraadt 1764: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1765: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1766: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1767: </strong></font><br>
1768:
1769: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1770: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1771: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1772: our own Theo de Raadt.
1773: <p>
1774:
1.247 jufi 1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1776: <a
1.269 deraadt 1777: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1778: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1779: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1780: </strong></font><br>
1781:
1782: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1783: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1784: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1785: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1786: shut down.]
1787: <p>
1788:
1.247 jufi 1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1790: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1791: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1792: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1793: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1794: </strong></font><br>
1795:
1796: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1797: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1798: <p>
1.247 jufi 1799: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1800:
1.161 louis 1801: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1802: <ul>
1.161 louis 1803:
1.247 jufi 1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1805: <a
1.269 deraadt 1806: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1807: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1808: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1809: </strong></font><br>
1810:
1811: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1812: by John Wolley
1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1816: <a
1.269 deraadt 1817: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1818: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1819: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1820: </strong></font><br>
1821:
1822: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1823: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1824: OpenBSD).
1825: <p>
1826:
1.247 jufi 1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1828: <a
1.247 jufi 1829: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1830: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1831: </strong></font><br>
1832:
1833: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1834: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1835: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1836: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1837: and hindsight.
1838: <p>
1839:
1.247 jufi 1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1841: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1842: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1843: </strong></font><br>
1844:
1845: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1846: <p>
1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1849: <a
1.168 provos 1850: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1851: December 7, 2000
1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1855: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1856: us explain.
1857: <p>
1858:
1.247 jufi 1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1860: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1861: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1862: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1863: December 6, 2000
1864: </strong></font><br>
1865:
1866: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1867: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1868: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1869: <p>
1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1872: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1873: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1874: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1875: </strong></font><br>
1876:
1877: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1878: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1879: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1880: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1881: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1882: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1883: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1884: <p>
1885:
1886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1887: <a
1.226 horacio 1888: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1889: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1890: </strong></font><br>
1891:
1892: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1893: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1894: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1895: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1896: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1897: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1898: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1899: <p>
1.162 millert 1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1902: <a
1.161 louis 1903: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1904: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1905: </strong></font><br>
1906:
1907: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1908: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1909: <p>
1910:
1.247 jufi 1911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1912: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1913: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1914: </strong></font><br>
1915:
1916: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1917: <p>
1918:
1919:
1.247 jufi 1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1921: <a
1.226 horacio 1922: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1923: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1924: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1925: </strong></font><br>
1926:
1927: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1928: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1929: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1930: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1931: <p>
1.247 jufi 1932: </ul>
1.169 louis 1933:
1.158 louis 1934: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1935: <ul>
1.147 louis 1936:
1.247 jufi 1937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1938: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1939: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1940: </strong></font><br>
1941:
1942: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1943: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1944: <p>
1945:
1.247 jufi 1946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1947: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1948: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1949: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1950: </strong></font><br>
1951: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1952: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1953: <p>
1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1956: <a
1957: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1958: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1959: </strong></font><br>
1960:
1961: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1962: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1963: <p>
1964:
1.247 jufi 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1966: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1967: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1968: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1969:
1.213 horacio 1970: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1971: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1972: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1973: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1974: <p>
1.215 horacio 1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1977: <a
1978: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1979: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1980: </strong></font><br>
1981:
1982: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1983: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1984: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1985: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1986: much of the attitude too).
1987: <p>
1.161 louis 1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1990: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1991: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1992: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1993:
1.157 louis 1994: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1995: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1996: <p>
1.247 jufi 1997: </ul>
1.157 louis 1998:
1999: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2000: <ul>
1.157 louis 2001:
1.247 jufi 2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2003: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2004: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2005: </strong></font><br>
2006:
2007: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2008: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2009: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2010: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2011: <p>
2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2014: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2015: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2016: </strong></font><br>
2017:
2018: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2019: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2020: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2021: it because they love coding...
2022: <p>
2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2025: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2026: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2027: </strong></font><br>
2028:
2029: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2030: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2031: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2032: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2033: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2034: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2035: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2036: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2037: <p>
2038:
1.247 jufi 2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2040: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2041: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2042: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2043: </strong></font><br>
2044:
2045: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2046: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2047: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2048: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2049: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2050: the pizza.
2051: <p>
2052:
1.247 jufi 2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2054: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2055: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2056: </strong></font><br>
2057:
2058: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2059: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2060: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2061: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2062: problems.
2063: <p>
2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2066: <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 2067: </strong></font><br>
2068:
1.222 miod 2069: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2070: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2071: - whether they like it or not.
2072: <p>
2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2075: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2076: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2077: </strong></font><br>
2078:
2079: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2080: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2081: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2082: <p>
1.148 aaron 2083:
1.247 jufi 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2085: <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 2086: </strong></font><br>
2087:
2088: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2089: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2090: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2091: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2092: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2093: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2094: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2095: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2096: <p>
2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2099: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2100: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2101: </strong></font><br>
2102:
2103: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2104: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2105: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2106: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2107: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2108: <p>
1.247 jufi 2109: </ul>
1.147 louis 2110:
1.138 louis 2111: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2112: <ul>
1.138 louis 2113:
1.247 jufi 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2115: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2116: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2117: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2118: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2119: </strong></font><br>
2120:
1.227 horacio 2121: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2122: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2123: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2124: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2125: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2126: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2127: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2128: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2129: <p>
2130:
1.247 jufi 2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2132: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2133: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2134: </strong></font><br>
2135:
2136: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2137: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2138: groups, and even Linux.
2139: <p>
2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2142: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2143: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2144: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2145: </strong></font><br>
2146:
2147: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2148: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2149: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2150: library after installing the OS.
2151: <p>
2152:
1.247 jufi 2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2154: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2155: Sys Admin, September 2000
2156: </strong></font><br>
2157:
2158: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2159: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2160: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2161: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2162: (<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>,
2163: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2164: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2165: <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 2166: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2167: out of the system.
2168: <p>
2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2171: <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
2172: </strong></font><br>
2173:
2174: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2175: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2176: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2177: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2178: the IP filtering and address translation.
2179: <p>
1.301 jose 2180:
2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2182: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2183: </strong></font><br>
2184:
2185: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2186: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2187: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2188: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2189: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2190: <p>
1.247 jufi 2191: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2192:
1.131 louis 2193: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2194: <ul>
1.131 louis 2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2197: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2198: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2199: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2200: </strong></font><br>
2201:
2202: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2203: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2204: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2205: <p>
2206:
1.247 jufi 2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2208: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2209: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2210: </strong></font><br>
2211:
2212: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2213: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2214: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2215: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2216: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2217: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2218: note of"</i>.
2219: <p>
2220:
1.247 jufi 2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2222: <a
1.247 jufi 2223: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2224: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2225: </strong></font><br>
2226:
2227: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2228: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2229: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2230: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2231: <p>
2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2234: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2235: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2236: </strong></font><br>
2237:
2238: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2239: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2240: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2241: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2242: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2243: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2244: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2245: <p>
2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2248: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2249: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2250: 2000
2251: </strong></font><br>
2252:
2253: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2254: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2255: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2256: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2257: against current industry practices.
2258: <p>
2259:
1.247 jufi 2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2261: <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
2262: </strong></font><br>
2263:
2264: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2265: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2266: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2267: <p>
2268:
1.247 jufi 2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2270: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2271: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2272: </strong></font><br>
2273:
2274: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2275: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2276: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2277: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2278: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2279: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2280: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2281: <p>
2282:
1.247 jufi 2283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2284: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2285: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2286: </strong></font><br>
2287:
2288: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2289: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2290: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2291: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2292: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2293: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2294: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2295: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2296: <p>
1.247 jufi 2297: </ul>
1.131 louis 2298:
1.118 louis 2299: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2300: <ul>
1.118 louis 2301:
1.247 jufi 2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2303: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2304: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2305: </strong></font><br>
2306:
2307: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2308: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2309: about time. The article mentions that
2310: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2311: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2312: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2313: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2314: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2315: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2316: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2317: <p>
2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2320: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2321: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2322: </strong></font><br>
2323:
2324: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2325: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2326: of OpenSSH.
2327: <p>
2328:
1.247 jufi 2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2330: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2331: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2332: </strong></font><br>
2333:
2334: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2335: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2336: bridging.
2337: <p>
2338:
1.247 jufi 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2340: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2341: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343:
1.121 deraadt 2344: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2345: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2346: <p>
2347:
1.247 jufi 2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2349: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2350: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2351: </strong></font><br>
2352:
2353: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2354: <p>
2355:
1.247 jufi 2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2357: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2358: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2359: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2360: </strong></font><br>
2361:
1.120 deraadt 2362: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2363: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2364: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2365: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2366: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2367: <p>
2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2370: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2371: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
1.222 miod 2374: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2375: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2376: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2377: protocols and their quirks.
2378: <p>
2379:
1.247 jufi 2380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2381: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2382: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2383: </strong></font><br>
2384:
2385: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2386: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2387: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2388: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2389: <p>
2390:
1.247 jufi 2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2392: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2393: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2394: </strong></font><br>
2395:
2396: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2397: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2398: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2402: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2403: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2404: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2405: </strong></font><br>
2406:
2407: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2408: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2409: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2410: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2411: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2412: <p>
1.247 jufi 2413: </ul>
1.118 louis 2414:
1.104 louis 2415: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2416: <ul>
1.104 louis 2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2419: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2420: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2421: </strong></font><br>
2422:
2423: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2424: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2425: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2426: be a bit dry.
2427: <p>
2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2430: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2431: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2432: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2433: </strong></font><br>
2434: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2435: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2436: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2437: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2438: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2439: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2440: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2441: <p>
2442:
1.247 jufi 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2444: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2445: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2446: 2000
1.128 louis 2447: </strong></font><br>
2448:
2449: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2450: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2451: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2452: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2453: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2454: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2455: <p>
2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2458: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2459: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2460: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2461:
2462: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2463: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2464: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2465: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2466: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2467: <p>
1.110 louis 2468:
1.247 jufi 2469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2470: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2471: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2472: </strong></font><br>
2473:
2474: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2475: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2476: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2477: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2478: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2479: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2480: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2481: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2482: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2483: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2484: <p>
2485:
1.247 jufi 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2487: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2488: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2489:
2490: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2491: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2492: <p>
1.108 louis 2493:
1.247 jufi 2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2495: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2496: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2497: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2498:
2499: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2500: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2501: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2502: <p>
1.106 louis 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2505: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2506: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2508:
2509: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2510: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2511: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2512: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2513: <p>
1.107 louis 2514:
1.247 jufi 2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2516: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2517: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2518: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2519:
2520: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2521: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2522: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2523: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2524: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2525: <p>
1.105 louis 2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2528: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2529: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2530: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2531:
1.113 naddy 2532: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2533: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2534: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2535: <p>
1.104 louis 2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2538: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2539: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2540: </strong></font><br>
2541:
2542: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2543: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2544: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2545: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2546: <p>
1.301 jose 2547:
2548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2549: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2550: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2551: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2552:
2553: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2554: hardware-supported cryptography.
2555: <p>
1.247 jufi 2556: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2557:
1.85 louis 2558: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2559: <ul>
1.85 louis 2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2562: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2563: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2564: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2565:
2566: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2567: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2568: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2569: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2570: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2571: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2572: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2573: <p>
1.99 louis 2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2576: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2577: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2578: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2579:
2580: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2581: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2582: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2583: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2584: <p>
1.100 louis 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2587: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2588: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2589: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2590:
2591: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2592: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2593: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2594: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2595: <p>
1.95 louis 2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2598: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2599: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2600: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2601:
2602: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2603: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2604: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2605: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2606: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2607: <p>
1.92 louis 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2610: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2611: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2612: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2613:
2614: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2615: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2616: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2617: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2618: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2619: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2620: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2621: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2622: <p>
1.91 louis 2623:
1.247 jufi 2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2625: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2626: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2627: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2628:
2629: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2630: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2631: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2632: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2633: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2634: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2635: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2636: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2637: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2638: <p>
1.90 louis 2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2641: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2642: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2643: </strong></font><br>
2644: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2645: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2646: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2647: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2648: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2649: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2650: <p>
2651:
1.247 jufi 2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2653: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2654: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2655: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2656:
1.113 naddy 2657: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2658: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2659: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2660: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2661: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2662: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2663: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2664: <p>
1.87 louis 2665:
1.247 jufi 2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2667: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2668: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2669: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2670:
2671: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2672: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2673: <p>
1.85 louis 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2676: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2677: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2678: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2679:
2680: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2681: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2682: <p>
2683:
2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2685: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2686: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2687: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2688:
2689: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2690: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2691: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2692: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2693: <p>
1.89 louis 2694:
1.247 jufi 2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2696: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2697: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2698: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2699:
2700: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2701: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2702: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2703: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2704: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2705: </ul>
1.85 louis 2706:
1.78 deraadt 2707: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2708: <ul>
1.74 louis 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2711: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2712: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2713: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2714: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2715:
2716: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2717: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2718: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2719: <p>
1.83 louis 2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2722: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2723: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2724: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2725:
2726: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2727: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2728: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2729: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2730: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2731: <p>
1.93 louis 2732:
1.247 jufi 2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2734: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2735: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2736: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2737: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2738:
1.83 louis 2739: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2740: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2741: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2742: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2743: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2744: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2745: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2746: <p>
1.82 aaron 2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2749: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2750: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2751: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2752:
1.83 louis 2753: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2754: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2755: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2756: <p>
1.80 louis 2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2759: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2760: Bad Press</a>,
2761: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2762: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2763:
2764: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2765: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2766: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2767: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2768: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2769: <p>
1.247 jufi 2770: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2771:
2772: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2773: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2776: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2777: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2778: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2779: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2780:
2781: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2782: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2783: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2784: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2785: <p>
1.74 louis 2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2788: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2789: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2790: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2791:
1.219 horacio 2792: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2793: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2794: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2795: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2796: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2797: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2798: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2799: <p>
1.88 louis 2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2802: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2803: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2804: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2805:
2806: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2807: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2808: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2809: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2810: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2811: <p>
1.81 louis 2812:
1.247 jufi 2813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2814: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2815: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2816: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2817:
2818: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2819: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2820: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2821: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2822: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2823: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2824: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2825: <p>
1.90 louis 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2828: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2829: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2830: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2831:
2832: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2833: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2834: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2835: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2836: <p>
1.247 jufi 2837: </ul>
1.71 louis 2838:
1.69 deraadt 2839: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2840: <ul>
1.70 louis 2841:
1.247 jufi 2842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2843: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2844: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2845: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2846:
2847: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2848: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2849: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2850: <p>
1.70 louis 2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2853: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2854: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2855: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2856:
2857: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2858: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2859: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2860: <p>
1.68 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2863: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2864: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2865: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2866: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2867:
1.111 jufi 2868: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2869: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2870: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2871: "secure by default" installation.
2872: <p>
1.64 louis 2873:
1.247 jufi 2874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2875: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2876: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2877: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2878:
1.113 naddy 2879: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2880: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2881: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2882: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2883: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2884: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2885: <p>
1.66 louis 2886:
1.247 jufi 2887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2888: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2889: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2890: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2891:
2892: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2893: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2894: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2895: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2896: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2897: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2898: <p>
1.83 louis 2899:
1.247 jufi 2900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2901: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2902: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2903: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2904:
2905: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2906: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2907: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2908: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2909: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2910: <p>
1.64 louis 2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2913: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2914: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2915: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2916:
2917: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2918: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2919: <p>
1.301 jose 2920:
2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2922: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2923: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2924: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2925: </strong></font><br>
2926:
2927: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2928: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2929: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2930: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2931: Giving way to
2932: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2933: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2934: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2935: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2936: <p>
1.247 jufi 2937: </ul>
1.65 louis 2938:
1.69 deraadt 2939: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2940: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2943: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2944: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2945: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2946:
2947: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2948: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2949: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2950: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.88 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2954: <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 2955: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2956:
2957: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2958: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2959: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2960: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2961: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2962: <p>
1.60 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2965: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2966: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2967: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2968: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2969:
2970: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2971: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2972: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2973: <p>
1.58 louis 2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2976: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2977: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2978:
2979: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2980: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2981: <p>
1.53 louis 2982:
1.247 jufi 2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2984: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2985: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2986: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2987:
2988: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2989: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2990: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2991: <p>
1.99 louis 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2994: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2995: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2996:
2997: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2998: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2999: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3000: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3001: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3004: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3005: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3006: </strong></font><br>
3007:
3008: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3009: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3010: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3011: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3012: <p>
3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3015: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3016: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3017: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3018:
3019: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3020: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3021: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3024: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3025: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3026:
3027: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3028: in
1.247 jufi 3029: <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 3030: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3031: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3032: <p>
1.53 louis 3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3035: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3036: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3037: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3038: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3039:
1.58 louis 3040: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3041: <p>
1.301 jose 3042:
3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3044: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3045: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3046: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3047: Informacyjny, January 2000
3048: </strong></font><br>
3049:
3050: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3051: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3052: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3053: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3054: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3055: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3056: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3057: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3058: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3059: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3060: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3061: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3062: <p>
3063:
3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3065: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3066: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3067: </strong></font><br>
3068:
3069: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3070: <p>
3071: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3072:
1.69 deraadt 3073: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3074: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3075:
1.247 jufi 3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3077: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3078: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3079: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3080: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3081:
1.58 louis 3082: Kurt Seifried
3083: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3084: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3085: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3086: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3087:
1.247 jufi 3088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3089: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3090: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3091: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3092:
3093: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3094: <p>
1.96 louis 3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3097: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3098: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3099: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3100: </strong></font><br>
3101:
3102: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3103: <p>
3104:
3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3106: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3107: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3108: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3109:
3110: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3111: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3113: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3114: <p>
1.247 jufi 3115: </ul>
1.86 louis 3116:
1.69 deraadt 3117: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3118: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3121: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3122: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3123: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3124:
3125: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3126: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3127: <p>
1.61 louis 3128:
1.247 jufi 3129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3130: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3131: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3132: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3133: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3134:
3135: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3136: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3137: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3138: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3139: right -- or at least strives to".
3140: <p>
1.48 louis 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3143: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3144: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3145: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3146: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3147: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3148: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3149: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3150: <p>
1.61 louis 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <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 3153: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3154: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3155:
3156: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3157: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3158: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3159: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3160: <p>
1.46 louis 3161:
1.247 jufi 3162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3163: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3164: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3165: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3166:
3167: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3168: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3169: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3172: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3173: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3174: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3175:
3176: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3177: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3178: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3179: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3180: <p>
1.247 jufi 3181: </ul>
1.70 louis 3182:
1.69 deraadt 3183: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3184: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3187: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3188: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3189: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3190: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3191:
3192: Kurt Seifried
3193: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3194: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3195: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3196: <p>
1.44 philen 3197:
1.247 jufi 3198: <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 3199: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3200: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3201:
3202: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3203: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <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 3206: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3207: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3208:
3209: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3210: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3211:
1.247 jufi 3212: <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 3213: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3214: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3215:
3216: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3217: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3218: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3219: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3220: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3221:
1.247 jufi 3222: <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 3223: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3224: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3225:
1.36 louis 3226: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3227: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3230: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3231: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3232: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3233:
3234: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3235: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3236: </ul>
1.38 louis 3237:
1.69 deraadt 3238: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3239: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3240:
1.247 jufi 3241: <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 3242: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3243: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3244:
3245: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3246: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3247: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3248:
1.113 naddy 3249: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3250: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3251: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3252: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3253:
3254: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3255: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3256: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3257: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3258: <blockquote>
3259: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3260: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3261: <br>
3262: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3263: </code>
3264: </blockquote>
3265: <p>
3266:
1.247 jufi 3267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3268: <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 3269: <p>
3270:
3271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3272: <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 3273: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3274:
3275: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3276: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3277: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3278: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3281: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3282: Sept. 28, 1999
3283: </strong></font><br>
3284:
3285: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3286: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3287: translating and reprinting articles from
3288: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3289: <p>
3290:
3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3292: <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 3293: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3294:
3295: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3296: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3297: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3298: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3299: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3300: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3301: <p>
1.19 louis 3302:
1.113 naddy 3303: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3304: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3305: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3306:
3307: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3308: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3309: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3310: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3311: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3312: <p>
1.16 louis 3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3315: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3316: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3317: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3318:
1.57 louis 3319: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3320: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3321: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3322: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3325: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3326: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3327: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3328:
1.113 naddy 3329: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3332: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3333: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3334: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3335:
1.23 louis 3336: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3337: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3338: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3339: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3340: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3341: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3344: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3345: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3346: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3347:
1.199 pvalchev 3348: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3349: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3350: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3351: installation.
1.113 naddy 3352: <p>
1.47 louis 3353:
1.247 jufi 3354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3355: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3356: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3357: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3358:
1.301 jose 3359: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3360: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3361: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3362: </ul>
1.57 louis 3363:
1.69 deraadt 3364: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3365: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3366:
1.247 jufi 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3368: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3369: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3370: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3371:
3372: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3373: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3374: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3375: <p>
1.12 louis 3376:
1.247 jufi 3377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3378: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3379: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3380: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3381:
3382: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3383: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3384: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3385: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3386: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3387: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3388: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3389: <p>
1.247 jufi 3390: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3391:
1.69 deraadt 3392: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3393: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3396: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3397: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3398:
3399: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3400: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3401: available."
1.113 naddy 3402: <p>
1.301 jose 3403:
3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3405: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3406: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3407: </strong></font><br>
3408:
3409: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3410: <p>
1.247 jufi 3411: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3412:
1.69 deraadt 3413: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3414: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3417: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3418: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3419:
3420: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3421: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3422: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3423: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3424: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3425: <p>
1.33 louis 3426:
1.247 jufi 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3428: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3429: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3430: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3431:
1.113 naddy 3432: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3433: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3434: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3435: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3436: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3437: <p>
1.247 jufi 3438: </ul>
1.57 louis 3439:
1.69 deraadt 3440: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3441: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3442:
1.247 jufi 3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3444: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3445: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3446: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3447:
3448: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3449: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3450: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3451:
1.247 jufi 3452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3453: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3454: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3455: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3456: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3457:
3458: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3459: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3460:
1.247 jufi 3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3462: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3463:
1.113 naddy 3464: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3467: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3468: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3469: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3470:
3471: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3472: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3473: </ul>
1.23 louis 3474:
1.69 deraadt 3475: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3476: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3477:
1.247 jufi 3478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3479: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3480: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3481:
3482: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3483: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3484: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3487: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3488: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3489: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3490:
3491: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3492: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3493: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3494: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3495: </ul>
1.57 louis 3496:
1.69 deraadt 3497: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3498: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3499:
1.247 jufi 3500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3501: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3502: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3503: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3504:
3505: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3506: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3507: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3508: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3509: <p>
1.15 louis 3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3512: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3513: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3514: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3515:
3516: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3517: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3518: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3519: columns."
1.113 naddy 3520: <p>
1.247 jufi 3521: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3522:
1.69 deraadt 3523: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3524: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3525:
1.247 jufi 3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3527: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3528: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3529: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3530:
3531: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3532: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3533:
1.113 naddy 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3535: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3536: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3537:
3538: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3539: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3540: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3541: </ul>
1.57 louis 3542:
1.69 deraadt 3543: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3544: <ul>
1.301 jose 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3546: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3547: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3548: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3549:
3550: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3551: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3552: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3553: <p>
3554:
3555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3556: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3557: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3558: Nov 13, 1998 and
3559: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3560: Datateknik</a>,
3561: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3562:
3563: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3564: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3565: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3566: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3567: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3568:
1.113 naddy 3569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3570: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3571: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3572: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3573:
1.222 miod 3574: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3575: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3576: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3577: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3578: <p>
1.247 jufi 3579: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3580:
1.69 deraadt 3581: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3582: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3583:
1.247 jufi 3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3585: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3586: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3587:
1.69 deraadt 3588: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3589: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3590: <p>
1.247 jufi 3591: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3592:
1.69 deraadt 3593: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3594: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3597: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3598: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3599: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3600:
3601: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3602: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3603: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3604:
1.247 jufi 3605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3606: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3607: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3608: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3609: <p>
1.247 jufi 3610: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3611:
1.69 deraadt 3612: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3613: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3614:
1.247 jufi 3615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3616: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3617: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3618: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3619: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3620: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3621:
3622: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3623: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3624: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3625: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3626: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3627: <p>
1.247 jufi 3628: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3629:
3630: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3631: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3634: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3635: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3636:
1.69 deraadt 3637: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3638: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3639: <p>
1.112 naddy 3640:
1.247 jufi 3641: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3642: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3643:
1.292 camield 3644: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3645: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3646: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.351 ! ian 3647: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.350 2003/05/17 18:51:20 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3648:
3649: </body>
3650: </html>
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