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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>
1.353 ! jose 23: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
! 24: Beyond Linux</a>,
! 25: InfoWorld,
! 26: May 23, 2003.
! 27: </strong></font><br>
! 28: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
! 29: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
! 30: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
! 31: compared to the GPL.
! 32: <p>
! 33:
! 34: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 35: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
36: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
37: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 38: May 17, 2003.
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
41: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
42: the business section and half of another page inside
43: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
44: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
45: in talking about the project's history and goals.
46: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
47: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
48: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
49: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 50: <br>
51: This article can also be found online at:
52: <ul>
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
54: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
55: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
56: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
57: May 17, 2003
58: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 59: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
61: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
62: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
63: Montreal Gazette,
64: May 21, 2003
65: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 66: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 67: <p>
1.346 ian 68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 70: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 71: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 72: May 7, 2003.
73: </strong></font><br>
74: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
75: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
76: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 80: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
81: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
82: OsOpinion,
83: May 6, 2003.
84: </strong></font><br>
85: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
86: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
87: <br>
88: This article can also be found online at:
89: <ul>
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
91: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
92: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
93: NewsFactor Network.
94: </strong></font>
95: </ul>
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.343 deraadt 99: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
100: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
101: ITBusiness,
102: May 2, 2003.
103: </strong></font><br>
104: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
105: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
106: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
107: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 111: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
112: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
113: InfoWorld,
114: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 115: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 116: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
117: <br>
118: This article can also be found online at:
119: <ul>
120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
121: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
122: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
123: IDG Singapore.
124: </strong></font>
125: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 126: <p>
127:
1.339 jose 128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
129: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
130: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 131: ZDNet,
132: May 1, 2003.
133: </strong></font><br>
134: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 135: someone using parts from previous articles.
136: <br>
1.341 deraadt 137: This article can also be found online at:
138: <ul>
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
140: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
141: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
142: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 143: </strong></font>
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
145: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
146: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
147: CNET News.com.
148: </strong></font>
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
150: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
151: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
152: ZDNet UK.
153: </strong></font>
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
155: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
156: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
157: Help Net Security, Croatia.
158: </strong></font>
159: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 160: <p>
1.339 jose 161:
1.341 deraadt 162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
163: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
164: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
165: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
166: May 1, 2003.
167: </strong></font><br>
168: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
169: that have been added
170: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
171: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
172: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 173: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 174: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
175: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
176: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 177: <p>
178:
179: </ul>
180:
1.253 ian 181: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
182: <ul>
1.255 ian 183:
1.260 ian 184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 185: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 186: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
187: TechRepublic,
188: April 28, 2003.
189: </strong></font><br>
190: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
191: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 192: work.<br>
193: Can also be found online at:
194: <ul>
195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
196: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
197: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
198: ZDNet UK.
199: </strong></font>
200: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 201: <p>
202:
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 204: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
205: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
206: IDG,
207: April 24, 2003.
208: </strong></font><br>
209: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
210: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
211: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
212: Can also be found online at:
213: <ul>
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
215: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
216: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 217: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 218: </strong></font>
219: </ul>
220: <p>
221:
222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
223: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 224: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 225: Slate,
226: April 24, 2003.
227: </strong></font><br>
228: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
229: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
230: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
231: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
232: <p>
233:
234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 235: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
236: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
237: April 24, 2003.
238: </strong></font><br>
239: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
240: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
241: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
242: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
243: <p>
244:
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 246: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
247: April 24, 2003.
248: </strong></font><br>
249: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
250: the free software community".
251: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
252: other articles.
253: <p>
254:
255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
256: <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>,
257: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
258: </strong></font><br>
259: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
260: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
261: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
262: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
263: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
264: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
265: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
266: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
267: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
268: <br/>
269: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
270: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
271: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
272: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 273: <br>
274: Can also be found online at:
275: <ul>
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
277: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
278: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
279: Common Dreams NewsCenter
280: </strong></font>
281: </ul>
1.324 ian 282: <p>
283:
284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
285: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
286: Wired, April 24, 2003.
287: </strong></font><br>
288: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
289: article above.
290: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
291: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
292: wasting them."
1.332 ian 293: <br>
294: Can also be found online at:
295: <ul>
296: <li>
297: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
298: </strong></font>
299: </ul>
1.324 ian 300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 303: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
304: </strong></font><br>
305: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 309: <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.
310: </strong></font><br>
311: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
312: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 316: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
317: April 23, 2003.
318: </strong></font><br>
319: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
320: <p>
321:
322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 323: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 324: April 22, 2003.
325: </strong></font><br>
326: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
327: <p>
328:
329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 330: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
331: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
332: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 333: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 334: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
335: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
336: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
337: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
338: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
339: Can also be found online at:
340: <ul>
341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
342: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 343: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
344: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 345: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
347: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 348: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
349: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 350: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 351: </ul>
352: <p>
353:
354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 355: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
356: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 357: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 358: </strong></font><br>
359: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 360: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
361: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
362: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
363: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
364: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
365: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 366: <p>
367:
368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 369: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
370: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 371: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
372: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 373: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
374: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
375: at UPenn and DARPA.
376: <p>
377:
378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 379: [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
380: April 18, 2003.
381: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 382: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 386: [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 387: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 388: </strong></font><br>
389: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
390: <p>
391:
392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 393: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
394: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
395: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 396: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 397: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
398: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
399: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 403: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
404: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 405: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 406: </strong></font><br>
407: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
408: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
409: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 410: American century.
1.267 deraadt 411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 414: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
415: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 416: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 417: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 418: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
419: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
420: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
421: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
422: Can also be found online at:
423: <ul>
424: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
425: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 426: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 427: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 428: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 432: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 433: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 434: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 435: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 436: </strong></font><br>
437: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 438: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
439: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
440: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
441: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 442:
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
444: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
445: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
446: New York Times.
447: </strong></font>(free registration required)
448:
1.273 deraadt 449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
450: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 451: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 452: ABC News.
453: </strong></font>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 456: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 457: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 458: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 459: </strong></font>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 462: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 463: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 464: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 465: </strong></font>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 468: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
469: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 470: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 471: </strong></font>
472:
473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 474: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 475: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 476: Times Daily, AL.
477: </strong></font>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
480: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
481: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
482: Boston.com, MA.
483: </strong></font>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 486: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 487: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 488: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
489: </strong></font>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 492: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
493: [Article was pulled]</a>
494: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 495: </strong></font>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
498: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
499: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
500: Infoshop News.
501: </strong></font>
502:
503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
504: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
505: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
506: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
507: </strong></font>
508:
509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 510: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
511: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
512: Raleigh News, NC.
513: </strong></font>
514:
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 516: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
517: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
518: Napa News, CA.
519: </strong></font>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 522: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 523: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
524: NEPA News, PA.
525: </strong></font>
526:
527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
528: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
529: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
530: Wired News.
531: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 532: <br>
533: <li>
1.333 deraadt 534: <font color="#009000"><strong>
535: [JAPANESE]
536: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
537: Wired News Japan</a>
538: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 539:
1.271 deraadt 540: </ul>
541: <p>
1.272 deraadt 542: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
543: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 544: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
545: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
546: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
547: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
548: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
549: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 550: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 551: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
552: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
553: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 554: <p>
555: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 556:
557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 558: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 559: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
560: Indianapolis Star, IN.
561: </strong></font>
562:
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 564: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
565: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
566: Miami Herald, FL.
567: </strong></font>
568:
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 570: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 571: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
572: </strong></font>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
575: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 576: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 577: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 578: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
581: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
582: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
583: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
584: ABC News.
585: </strong></font>
586:
1.276 deraadt 587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
588: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 589: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 590: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 591: </strong></font>
592:
1.286 dhartmei 593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 594: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 595: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
596: Wilmington Star, NC.
597: </strong></font>
598:
1.300 jose 599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
600: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
601: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
602: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
603: </strong></font>
604:
1.309 jose 605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
606: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
607: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
608: Globe Technology.
609: </strong></font>
610:
1.263 deraadt 611: </ul>
1.262 beck 612: <p>
613:
614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 615: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
616: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 617: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 618: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 619: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 620: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
621: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 625: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
626: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
627: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 628: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 629: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
630: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
631: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
632: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
633: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
634: and simply restates other press reports.
635: <p>
636:
637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 638: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
639: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
640: OS News, April 18, 2003.
641: </strong></font><br>
642: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 646: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
647: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 648: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 649: </strong></font><br>
650: Another report on the DARPA funding.
651: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
652: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
653: <p>
654:
655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 656: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
657: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
658: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
659: April 17, 2003.
660: </strong></font><br>
661: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
662: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
663: Tech Anthems</a>
664: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
665: 4 so far.
666: <p>
667:
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 669: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
670: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 671: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 672: </strong></font><br>
673: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
674: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
675: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
676: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
677: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
678: Goes on to say:
679: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
680: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
681: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
682: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 683: This article is also found online at:
684: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
686: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
687: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
688: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 689: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
691: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
692: ZDnet</a>,
693: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 694: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
696: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
697: ZDnet Australia</a>,
698: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 699: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 700: </ul>
1.260 ian 701: <p>
1.279 deraadt 702:
1.260 ian 703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 704: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 705: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 706: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 707: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 708: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 709: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
710: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
711: without notice or justification.
712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 715: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 716: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 717: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 718: </strong></font><br>
719: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
720: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 721: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 722: effective today, without any warning..."
723: <p>
1.257 ian 724:
725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 726: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
727: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 728: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 729: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 730: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
731: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
732: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
733: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
734: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 738: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
739: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 740: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 741: </strong></font><br>
742: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
743: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
744: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
745: quoting two of them:
746: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
747: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
748: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
749: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
750: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
751: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
752: <p>
753:
1.255 ian 754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 755: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
756: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 757: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 758: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 759: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 760: <p>
761:
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 763: [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 764: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 765: </strong></font><br>
766: New security concepts in OpenBSD
767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 770: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
771: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 772: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 773: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 774: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 775: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
776: security experts for more than three decades."
777: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
778: <p>
1.261 ian 779:
1.254 drahn 780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 781: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 782: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 783: </strong></font><br>
784: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
785: <p>
786:
787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 788: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
789: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
790: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
791: </strong></font><br>
792: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
793: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
794: discussion OpenBSD's path.
795: <p>
796:
797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 798: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
799: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 800: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 801: </strong></font><br>
802: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
803: from US DARPA.
804: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
805: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
806: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
807: the BSD license.
808: <p>
809: </ul>
810:
1.251 ian 811: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
812: <ul>
813:
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 815: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
816: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
817: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
818: </strong></font><br>
819:
820: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
821: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
822: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
823: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
824: <p>
825:
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 827: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
828: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 829: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 830: </strong></font><br>
831: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
832: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
833: Mentions
834: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
835: and
836: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
837: programs.
838: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 839: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 840: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
841: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
842: <p>
1.325 ian 843: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
844: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 845:
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
847: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
848: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
849: </strong></font><br>
850: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
851: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
852: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
853: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
854: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
855: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
856: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
857: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
858: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
859: put into service."
860: <p>
861: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
862: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
863: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
864: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
865: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
866: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
867: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
868: computers with security features."
869: <p>
1.329 ian 870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
872: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
873: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
874: Slate,
875: March 3, 2003.
876: </strong></font><br>
877: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
878: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
879: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
880: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
881: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
882: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
883: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
884: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
885: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
886: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
887: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
888: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
889: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
890: of more secure open-source solutions like
891: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
892: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
893: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
894: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
895: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
896: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
897: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
898: the Beltway."
899: <p>
1.251 ian 900: </ul>
901:
1.249 jufi 902: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
903: <ul>
904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
905: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
906: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 907: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 908: </strong></font><br>
909: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
910: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 911: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 912: <p>
1.334 ian 913:
914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
915: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
916: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
917: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
918: </strong></font><br>
919: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
920: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
921: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
922: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
923: "... the hypothetical question ...
924: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
925: <br>
926: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
927: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
928: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
929: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
930: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
931: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 932: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 933: support network security.
934: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
935: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
936: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
937: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
938: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
939: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
940: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
941: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
942: <br>
943: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
944: <p>
945:
1.249 jufi 946: </ul>
947:
1.246 jufi 948: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 949: <ul>
1.246 jufi 950:
1.247 jufi 951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 952: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 953: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
954: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 955: </strong></font><br>
956: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
957: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
958: <p>
959:
1.247 jufi 960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 961: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
962: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
963: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
964: </strong></font><br>
965: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
966: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
967: <p>
968:
969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 970: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 971: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
972: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 973: </strong></font><br>
974: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
975: in their annual OpenHack security test.
976: <p>
1.247 jufi 977: </ul>
1.246 jufi 978:
1.244 jufi 979: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 980: <ul>
1.246 jufi 981:
1.247 jufi 982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 983: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
984: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
985: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 986: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 987: </strong></font><br>
988: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
989: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
990: md5 digests.
991: <p>
992:
1.247 jufi 993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 994: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 995: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
996: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 997: </strong></font><br>
998: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
999: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1000: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1001: right the first time."
1002: <p>
1.247 jufi 1003: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1004:
1005:
1006: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1007: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1008:
1.247 jufi 1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1010: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1011: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1012: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1013: </strong></font><br>
1014: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1015: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1016: part 6</a>.
1017: <p>
1018:
1.247 jufi 1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1020: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1021: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1022: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1023: </strong></font><br>
1024: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1025: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1026: <p>
1.301 jose 1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1029: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1030: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1031: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1032: </strong></font><br>
1033:
1034: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1035: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1036: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1037: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1038: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1039: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1040: <i>Here's the
1041: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1042: <p>
1.247 jufi 1043: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1044:
1045: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1046: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1047:
1.247 jufi 1048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1049: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1050: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1051: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1052: </strong></font><br>
1053: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1054: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1055: <p>
1056:
1.247 jufi 1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1058: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1059: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1060: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1061: </strong></font><br>
1062: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1063: this time using pf.
1064: <p>
1.247 jufi 1065: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1066:
1067: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1068: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1069:
1.247 jufi 1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1071: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1072: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1073: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1074: </strong></font><br>
1075: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1076: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1077: their rotation.
1078: <p>
1079:
1.247 jufi 1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1081: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1082: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1083: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1084: </strong></font><br>
1085: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1086: <p>
1.247 jufi 1087: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1088:
1.239 jufi 1089: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1090: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1091:
1.247 jufi 1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1093: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1094: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1095: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1096: </strong></font><br>
1097: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1098: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1099: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1100: <p>
1101:
1.247 jufi 1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1103: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1104: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1105: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1106: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1107: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1108: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1109: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1110: <p>
1.247 jufi 1111: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1112:
1.235 lebel 1113: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1114: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1115:
1.239 jufi 1116:
1.247 jufi 1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1118: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1119: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1120: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1121: </strong></font><br>
1122: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1123: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1124: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1125: <p>
1.301 jose 1126:
1.247 jufi 1127: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1128:
1.228 horacio 1129: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1130: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1131:
1.247 jufi 1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1133: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1134: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1135: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1136: </strong></font><br>
1137: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1138: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1139: <p>
1140:
1.247 jufi 1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1142: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1143: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1144: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1147: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1148: <p>
1149:
1.247 jufi 1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1151: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1152: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1153: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1154: </strong></font><br>
1155: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1156: on the desktop of his parents.
1157: <p>
1158:
1.247 jufi 1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1160: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1161: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1162: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1163: </strong></font><br>
1164: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1165: using IPFilter.
1166:
1167: <p>
1168:
1.247 jufi 1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1170: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1171: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1172: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1173: </strong></font><br>
1174: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1175: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1176: perspectives of the four OS.
1177: <br>
1178: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1179: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1180: <p>
1181:
1.247 jufi 1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1183: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1184: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1185: software and security</a>,
1186: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1190: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1191: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1192: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1193: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1194: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1195: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1196: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1197: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1198: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1199: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1200: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1201: <p>
1.247 jufi 1202: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1203:
1.225 horacio 1204: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1205: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1206:
1.247 jufi 1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1208: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1209: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1210: Interview</a>,
1211: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1212: </strong></font><br>
1213:
1214: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1215: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1216: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1217: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1218: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1219: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1220: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1221: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1222: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1223: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1224: of choice.
1225: <p>
1.247 jufi 1226: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1227:
1228: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1229: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1230:
1.247 jufi 1231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1232: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1233: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1234: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1235: </strong></font><br>
1236:
1237: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1238: <p>
1239:
1.247 jufi 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1241: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1242: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1243: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1244: </strong></font><br>
1245:
1246: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1247: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1248: <p>
1.247 jufi 1249: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1250:
1.218 horacio 1251: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1252: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1253:
1.247 jufi 1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1255: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1256: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1257: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1258: </strong></font><br>
1259:
1260: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1261: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1262: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1263: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1264: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1265: subjects. Worth a read.
1266: <p>
1267:
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1270: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1271: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1272: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1275: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1276: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1277: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1278: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1279: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1280: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1281: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1282: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1283: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1284: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1285: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1286: on other operating systems.<br>
1287: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1288: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1289: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1290: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1291: <p>
1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1294: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1295: Operating System 2010</a>,
1296: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1297: </strong></font><br>
1298:
1299: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1300: covering the level of software integration into the core
1301: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1302: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1303: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1304: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1305: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1306: <p>
1307:
1.247 jufi 1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1309: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1310: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1311: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1312: </strong></font><br>
1313:
1314: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1315: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1316: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1317: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1318: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1319: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1320: <p>
1.247 jufi 1321: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1322:
1.210 jufi 1323: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1324: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1327: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1328: Already a Contender</a>,
1329: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1330: </strong></font><br>
1331:
1332: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1333: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1334: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1335: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1336: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1337: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1338: <p>
1339:
1.247 jufi 1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1341: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1342: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1343: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1344: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1345:
1.224 horacio 1346: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1347: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1348: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1349: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1350: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1351: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1352: <p>
1.247 jufi 1353: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1354:
1355: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1356: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1357:
1.247 jufi 1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1359: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1360: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1361: Division</a>,
1362: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1363: </strong></font><br>
1364:
1365: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1366: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1367: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1368: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1369: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1370: investment</em>.<br>
1371: The implementation details can be seen on their
1372: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1373: <p>
1374:
1.247 jufi 1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1376: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1377: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1378: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1379: </strong></font><br>
1380:
1381: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1382: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1383: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1384: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1385: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1386: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1387: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1388: <p>
1389:
1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1391: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1392: Thinking about Security</a>,
1393: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1394: </strong></font><br>
1395:
1396: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1397: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1398: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1399: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1400: to time.<br>
1401: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1402: system and just the most secure system.
1403: <p>
1404:
1.247 jufi 1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1406: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1407: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1408: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1409: </strong></font><br>
1410:
1411: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1412: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1413: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1414: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1415: choice:<br>
1416: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1417: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1418: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1419: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1420: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1421: network security devices and as such must be well
1422: armored."</em><br>
1423: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1424: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1425: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1426: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1427: <br>
1428: Bravo!
1429: <p>
1.247 jufi 1430: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1431:
1.207 ian 1432: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1433: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1434:
1.247 jufi 1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1436: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1437: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1438: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1439:
1.207 ian 1440: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1441: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1442: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1443: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1444: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1445: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1446: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1447: <p>
1.247 jufi 1448: </ul>
1.207 ian 1449:
1.194 jufi 1450: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1451: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1452:
1.247 jufi 1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1454: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1455: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1456: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1457: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1458:
1.240 miod 1459: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1460: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1461: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1462: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1463: <p>
1464:
1.247 jufi 1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1466: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1467: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1468: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1469:
1470: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1471: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1472: <p>
1473:
1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1475: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1476: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1477: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1478:
1479: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1480: <p>
1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1483: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1484: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1485: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1486: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1487:
1.240 miod 1488: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1489: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1490: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1491: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1492: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1493: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1494: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1495: <br>
1496: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1497: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1498: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1499: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1500: <p>
1501:
1.247 jufi 1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1503: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1504: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1505: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1506: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1507:
1.194 jufi 1508: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1509: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1510: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1511: <br>
1512: The new
1513: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1514: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1515: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1516: <p>
1.247 jufi 1517: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1518:
1.190 horacio 1519: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1520: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1521:
1.247 jufi 1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1523:
1524: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1525: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1526:
1.301 jose 1527:
1.191 jufi 1528: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1529: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1530:
1531: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1532: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1533:
1.212 horacio 1534: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1535: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1536: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1537:
1.211 horacio 1538: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1539: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1540: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1541:
1.247 jufi 1542: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1543: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1546: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1547:
1.212 horacio 1548: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1549: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1550: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1551:
1552: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1553: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1554:
1555: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1556: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1557:
1.301 jose 1558: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1559: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1560:
1.191 jufi 1561: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1562: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1563:
1564: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1565: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1566:
1.192 jufi 1567: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1568: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1569: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1570:
1.193 deraadt 1571: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1572: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1573: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1574:
1.247 jufi 1575: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1576: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1577:
1.247 jufi 1578: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1579: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1580: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1581:
1.213 horacio 1582: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1583: 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 1584: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1585:
1.190 horacio 1586: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1587: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1588: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1589: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1590: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1591: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1592: <p>
1.190 horacio 1593:
1.247 jufi 1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1595: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1596: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1597: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1598: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1599:
1.195 jufi 1600: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1601: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1602: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1603: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1604: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1605: <p>
1606:
1.247 jufi 1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1608: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1609: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1610: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1611: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1612:
1.191 jufi 1613: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1614: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1615: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1616: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1617: <p>
1618:
1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1620: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1621: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1622: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1623:
1624: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1625: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1626: <p>
1.247 jufi 1627: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1628:
1.191 jufi 1629:
1.186 jufi 1630: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1631: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1632:
1.247 jufi 1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1634: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1635: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1636: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1637: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1638:
1.188 jufi 1639: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1640: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1641: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1642: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1643: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1644: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1645: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1646: <p>
1647:
1.301 jose 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1649: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1650: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1651: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1652:
1653: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1654: <p>
1.191 jufi 1655:
1.247 jufi 1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1657: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1658: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1659: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1660: </strong></font><br>
1661:
1662: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1663: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1664: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1665: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1666: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1667: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1668: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1669: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1670: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1671: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1672: familiar?
1673: <p>
1.247 jufi 1674: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1675:
1.178 louis 1676: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1677: <ul>
1.178 louis 1678:
1.247 jufi 1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1680: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1681: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1682: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1683: </strong></font><br>
1684:
1685: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1686: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1687: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1688: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1689: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1690: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1691: <p>
1692:
1.247 jufi 1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1694: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1695: Open source under the hood</a>,
1696: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1697: </strong></font><br>
1698:
1699: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1700: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1701: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1702: <p>
1703:
1.247 jufi 1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1705: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1706: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1707: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1708: </strong></font><br>
1709:
1710: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1711: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1712: <p>
1.247 jufi 1713: </ul>
1.179 louis 1714:
1.174 louis 1715:
1.175 louis 1716: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1717: <ul>
1.175 louis 1718:
1.247 jufi 1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1720: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1721: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1722: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1723: </strong></font><br>
1724:
1725: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1726: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1727: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1728: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1729: <p>
1730:
1.247 jufi 1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1732: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1733: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1734: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1735: </strong></font><br>
1736:
1737: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1738: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1739: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1740: <p>
1.247 jufi 1741: </ul>
1.175 louis 1742:
1.176 louis 1743:
1.172 mickey 1744: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1745: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1746:
1.247 jufi 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1748: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1749: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1750: </strong></font><br>
1751:
1752: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1753: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1754: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1755: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1756: <p>
1757:
1.247 jufi 1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1759: <a
1.269 deraadt 1760: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1761: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1762: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1763: </strong></font><br>
1764:
1765: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1766: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1767: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1768: <p>
1769:
1.247 jufi 1770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1771: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1772: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1773: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1774: </strong></font><br>
1775:
1776: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1777: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1778: <p>
1779:
1.247 jufi 1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1781: <a
1.269 deraadt 1782: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1783: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1784: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1785: </strong></font><br>
1786:
1787: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1788: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1789: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1790: our own Theo de Raadt.
1791: <p>
1792:
1.247 jufi 1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1794: <a
1.269 deraadt 1795: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1796: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1797: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1798: </strong></font><br>
1799:
1800: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1801: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1802: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1803: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1804: shut down.]
1805: <p>
1806:
1.247 jufi 1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1808: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1809: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1810: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1811: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1812: </strong></font><br>
1813:
1814: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1815: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1816: <p>
1.247 jufi 1817: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1818:
1.161 louis 1819: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1820: <ul>
1.161 louis 1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1823: <a
1.269 deraadt 1824: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1825: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1826: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1827: </strong></font><br>
1828:
1829: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1830: by John Wolley
1831: <p>
1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1834: <a
1.269 deraadt 1835: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1836: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1837: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1838: </strong></font><br>
1839:
1840: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1841: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1842: OpenBSD).
1843: <p>
1844:
1.247 jufi 1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1846: <a
1.247 jufi 1847: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1848: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1849: </strong></font><br>
1850:
1851: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1852: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1853: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1854: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1855: and hindsight.
1856: <p>
1857:
1.247 jufi 1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1859: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1860: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1861: </strong></font><br>
1862:
1863: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1864: <p>
1865:
1.247 jufi 1866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1867: <a
1.168 provos 1868: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1869: December 7, 2000
1870: </strong></font><br>
1871:
1872: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1873: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1874: us explain.
1875: <p>
1876:
1.247 jufi 1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1878: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1879: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1880: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1881: December 6, 2000
1882: </strong></font><br>
1883:
1884: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1885: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1886: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1887: <p>
1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1890: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1891: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1892: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1893: </strong></font><br>
1894:
1895: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1896: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1897: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1898: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1899: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1900: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1901: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1902: <p>
1903:
1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1905: <a
1.226 horacio 1906: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1907: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1908: </strong></font><br>
1909:
1910: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1911: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1912: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1913: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1914: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1915: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1916: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1917: <p>
1.162 millert 1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1920: <a
1.161 louis 1921: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1922: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1923: </strong></font><br>
1924:
1925: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1926: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1927: <p>
1928:
1.247 jufi 1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1930: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1931: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1932: </strong></font><br>
1933:
1934: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1935: <p>
1936:
1937:
1.247 jufi 1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1939: <a
1.226 horacio 1940: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1941: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1942: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1943: </strong></font><br>
1944:
1945: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1946: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1947: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1948: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1949: <p>
1.247 jufi 1950: </ul>
1.169 louis 1951:
1.158 louis 1952: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1953: <ul>
1.147 louis 1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1956: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1957: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1958: </strong></font><br>
1959:
1960: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1961: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1962: <p>
1963:
1.247 jufi 1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1965: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1966: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1967: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1968: </strong></font><br>
1969: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1970: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1971: <p>
1972:
1.247 jufi 1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1974: <a
1975: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1976: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1977: </strong></font><br>
1978:
1979: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1980: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1981: <p>
1982:
1.247 jufi 1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1984: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1985: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1986: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1987:
1.213 horacio 1988: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1989: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1990: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1991: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1992: <p>
1.215 horacio 1993:
1.247 jufi 1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1995: <a
1996: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1997: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1998: </strong></font><br>
1999:
2000: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2001: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2002: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2003: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2004: much of the attitude too).
2005: <p>
1.161 louis 2006:
1.247 jufi 2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2008: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2009: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2010: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2011:
1.157 louis 2012: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2013: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2014: <p>
1.247 jufi 2015: </ul>
1.157 louis 2016:
2017: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2018: <ul>
1.157 louis 2019:
1.247 jufi 2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2021: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2022: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2023: </strong></font><br>
2024:
2025: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2026: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2027: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2028: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2029: <p>
2030:
1.247 jufi 2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2032: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2033: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2034: </strong></font><br>
2035:
2036: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2037: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2038: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2039: it because they love coding...
2040: <p>
2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2043: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2044: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2045: </strong></font><br>
2046:
2047: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2048: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2049: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2050: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2051: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2052: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2053: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2054: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2055: <p>
2056:
1.247 jufi 2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2058: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2059: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2060: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2061: </strong></font><br>
2062:
2063: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2064: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2065: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2066: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2067: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2068: the pizza.
2069: <p>
2070:
1.247 jufi 2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2072: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2073: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2074: </strong></font><br>
2075:
2076: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2077: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2078: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2079: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2080: problems.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2084: <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 2085: </strong></font><br>
2086:
1.222 miod 2087: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2088: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2089: - whether they like it or not.
2090: <p>
2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2093: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2094: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2095: </strong></font><br>
2096:
2097: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2098: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2099: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2100: <p>
1.148 aaron 2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2103: <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 2104: </strong></font><br>
2105:
2106: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2107: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2108: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2109: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2110: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2111: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2112: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2113: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2114: <p>
2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2117: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2118: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2119: </strong></font><br>
2120:
2121: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2122: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2123: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2124: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2125: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2126: <p>
1.247 jufi 2127: </ul>
1.147 louis 2128:
1.138 louis 2129: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2130: <ul>
1.138 louis 2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2133: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2134: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2135: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2136: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2137: </strong></font><br>
2138:
1.227 horacio 2139: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2140: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2141: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2142: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2143: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2144: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2145: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2146: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2147: <p>
2148:
1.247 jufi 2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2150: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2151: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2152: </strong></font><br>
2153:
2154: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2155: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2156: groups, and even Linux.
2157: <p>
2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2160: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2161: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2162: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2163: </strong></font><br>
2164:
2165: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2166: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2167: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2168: library after installing the OS.
2169: <p>
2170:
1.247 jufi 2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2172: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2173: Sys Admin, September 2000
2174: </strong></font><br>
2175:
2176: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2177: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2178: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2179: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2180: (<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>,
2181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2182: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2183: <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 2184: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2185: out of the system.
2186: <p>
2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2189: <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
2190: </strong></font><br>
2191:
2192: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2193: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2194: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2195: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2196: the IP filtering and address translation.
2197: <p>
1.301 jose 2198:
2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2200: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2201: </strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2204: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2205: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2206: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2207: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2208: <p>
1.247 jufi 2209: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2210:
1.131 louis 2211: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2212: <ul>
1.131 louis 2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2215: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2216: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2217: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2218: </strong></font><br>
2219:
2220: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2221: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2222: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2223: <p>
2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2226: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2227: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2228: </strong></font><br>
2229:
2230: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2231: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2232: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2233: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2234: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2235: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2236: note of"</i>.
2237: <p>
2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2240: <a
1.247 jufi 2241: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2242: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2243: </strong></font><br>
2244:
2245: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2246: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2247: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2248: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2249: <p>
2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2252: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2253: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2254: </strong></font><br>
2255:
2256: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2257: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2258: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2259: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2260: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2261: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2262: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2263: <p>
2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2266: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2267: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2268: 2000
2269: </strong></font><br>
2270:
2271: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2272: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2273: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2274: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2275: against current industry practices.
2276: <p>
2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2279: <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
2280: </strong></font><br>
2281:
2282: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2283: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2284: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2285: <p>
2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2288: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2289: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2290: </strong></font><br>
2291:
2292: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2293: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2294: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2295: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2296: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2297: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2298: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2299: <p>
2300:
1.247 jufi 2301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2302: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2303: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2304: </strong></font><br>
2305:
2306: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2307: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2308: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2309: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2310: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2311: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2312: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2313: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2314: <p>
1.247 jufi 2315: </ul>
1.131 louis 2316:
1.118 louis 2317: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2318: <ul>
1.118 louis 2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2321: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2322: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2323: </strong></font><br>
2324:
2325: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2326: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2327: about time. The article mentions that
2328: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2329: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2330: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2331: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2332: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2333: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2334: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2335: <p>
2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2338: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2339: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2340: </strong></font><br>
2341:
2342: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2343: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2344: of OpenSSH.
2345: <p>
2346:
1.247 jufi 2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2348: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2349: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2350: </strong></font><br>
2351:
2352: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2353: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2354: bridging.
2355: <p>
2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2358: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2359: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2360: </strong></font><br>
2361:
1.121 deraadt 2362: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2363: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2364: <p>
2365:
1.247 jufi 2366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2367: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2368: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2369: </strong></font><br>
2370:
2371: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2372: <p>
2373:
1.247 jufi 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2375: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2376: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2377: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2378: </strong></font><br>
2379:
1.120 deraadt 2380: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2381: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2382: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2383: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2384: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2385: <p>
2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2388: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2389: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2390: </strong></font><br>
2391:
1.222 miod 2392: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2393: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2394: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2395: protocols and their quirks.
2396: <p>
2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2399: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2400: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2401: </strong></font><br>
2402:
2403: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2404: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2405: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2406: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2407: <p>
2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2410: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2411: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2412: </strong></font><br>
2413:
2414: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2415: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2416: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2417: <p>
2418:
1.247 jufi 2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2420: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2421: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2422: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2423: </strong></font><br>
2424:
2425: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2426: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2427: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2428: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2429: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2430: <p>
1.247 jufi 2431: </ul>
1.118 louis 2432:
1.104 louis 2433: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2434: <ul>
1.104 louis 2435:
1.247 jufi 2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2437: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2438: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2439: </strong></font><br>
2440:
2441: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2442: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2443: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2444: be a bit dry.
2445: <p>
2446:
1.247 jufi 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2448: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2449: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2450: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2451: </strong></font><br>
2452: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2453: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2454: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2455: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2456: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2457: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2458: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2459: <p>
2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2462: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2463: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2464: 2000
1.128 louis 2465: </strong></font><br>
2466:
2467: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2468: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2469: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2470: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2471: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2472: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2473: <p>
2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2476: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2477: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2478: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2479:
2480: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2481: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2482: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2483: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2484: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2485: <p>
1.110 louis 2486:
1.247 jufi 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2488: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2489: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2490: </strong></font><br>
2491:
2492: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2493: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2494: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2495: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2496: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2497: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2498: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2499: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2500: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2501: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2502: <p>
2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2505: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2506: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2507:
2508: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2509: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2510: <p>
1.108 louis 2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2513: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2514: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2515: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2516:
2517: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2518: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2519: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2520: <p>
1.106 louis 2521:
1.247 jufi 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2523: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2524: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2525: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2526:
2527: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2528: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2529: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2530: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2531: <p>
1.107 louis 2532:
1.247 jufi 2533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2534: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2535: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2536: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2537:
2538: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2539: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2540: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2541: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2542: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2543: <p>
1.105 louis 2544:
1.247 jufi 2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2546: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2547: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2548: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2549:
1.113 naddy 2550: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2551: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2552: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2553: <p>
1.104 louis 2554:
1.247 jufi 2555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2556: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2557: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2558: </strong></font><br>
2559:
2560: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2561: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2562: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2563: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2564: <p>
1.301 jose 2565:
2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2567: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2568: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2569: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2570:
2571: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2572: hardware-supported cryptography.
2573: <p>
1.247 jufi 2574: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2575:
1.85 louis 2576: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2577: <ul>
1.85 louis 2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2580: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2581: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2582: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2583:
2584: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2585: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2586: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2587: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2588: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2589: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2590: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2591: <p>
1.99 louis 2592:
1.247 jufi 2593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2594: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2595: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2596: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2597:
2598: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2599: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2600: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2601: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2602: <p>
1.100 louis 2603:
1.247 jufi 2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2605: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2606: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2607: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2608:
2609: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2610: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2611: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2612: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2613: <p>
1.95 louis 2614:
1.247 jufi 2615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2616: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2617: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2618: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2619:
2620: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2621: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2622: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2623: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2624: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2625: <p>
1.92 louis 2626:
1.247 jufi 2627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2628: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2629: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2630: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2631:
2632: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2633: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2634: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2635: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2636: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2637: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2638: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2639: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2640: <p>
1.91 louis 2641:
1.247 jufi 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2643: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2644: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2645: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2646:
2647: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2648: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2649: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2650: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2651: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2652: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2653: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2654: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2655: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2656: <p>
1.90 louis 2657:
1.247 jufi 2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2659: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2660: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2661: </strong></font><br>
2662: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2663: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2664: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2665: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2666: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2667: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2668: <p>
2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2671: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2672: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2673: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2674:
1.113 naddy 2675: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2676: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2677: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2678: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2679: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2680: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2681: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2682: <p>
1.87 louis 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2685: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2686: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2687: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2688:
2689: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2690: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2691: <p>
1.85 louis 2692:
1.247 jufi 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2694: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2695: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2696: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2697:
2698: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2699: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2700: <p>
2701:
2702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2703: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2704: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2705: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2706:
2707: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2708: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2709: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2710: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2711: <p>
1.89 louis 2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2714: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2715: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2716: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2717:
2718: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2719: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2720: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2721: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2722: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2723: </ul>
1.85 louis 2724:
1.78 deraadt 2725: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2726: <ul>
1.74 louis 2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2729: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2730: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2731: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2732: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2733:
2734: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2735: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2736: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2737: <p>
1.83 louis 2738:
1.247 jufi 2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2740: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2741: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2742: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2743:
2744: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2745: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2746: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2747: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2748: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2749: <p>
1.93 louis 2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2752: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2753: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2754: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2755: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2756:
1.83 louis 2757: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2758: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2759: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2760: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2761: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2762: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2763: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2764: <p>
1.82 aaron 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2767: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2768: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2770:
1.83 louis 2771: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2772: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2773: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2774: <p>
1.80 louis 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2777: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2778: Bad Press</a>,
2779: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2780: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2781:
2782: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2783: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2784: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2785: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2786: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2787: <p>
1.247 jufi 2788: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2789:
2790: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2791: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2794: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2795: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2796: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2797: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2798:
2799: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2800: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2801: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2802: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2803: <p>
1.74 louis 2804:
1.247 jufi 2805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2806: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2807: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2808: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2809:
1.219 horacio 2810: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2811: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2812: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2813: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2814: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2815: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2816: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2817: <p>
1.88 louis 2818:
1.247 jufi 2819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2820: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2821: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2822: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2823:
2824: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2825: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2826: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2827: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2828: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2829: <p>
1.81 louis 2830:
1.247 jufi 2831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2832: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2833: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2834: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2835:
2836: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2837: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2838: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2839: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2840: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2841: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2842: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2843: <p>
1.90 louis 2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2846: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2847: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2848: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2849:
2850: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2851: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2852: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2853: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2854: <p>
1.247 jufi 2855: </ul>
1.71 louis 2856:
1.69 deraadt 2857: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2858: <ul>
1.70 louis 2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2861: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2862: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2863: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2864:
2865: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2866: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2867: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2868: <p>
1.70 louis 2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2871: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2872: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2873: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2874:
2875: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2876: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2877: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2878: <p>
1.68 louis 2879:
1.247 jufi 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2881: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2882: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2883: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2884: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2885:
1.111 jufi 2886: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2887: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2888: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2889: "secure by default" installation.
2890: <p>
1.64 louis 2891:
1.247 jufi 2892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2893: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2894: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2895: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2896:
1.113 naddy 2897: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2898: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2899: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2900: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2901: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2902: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.66 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2906: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2907: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2908: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2909:
2910: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2911: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2912: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2913: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2914: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2915: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2916: <p>
1.83 louis 2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2919: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2920: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2921: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2922:
2923: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2924: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2925: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2926: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2927: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2928: <p>
1.64 louis 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2931: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2932: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2933: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2934:
2935: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2936: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2937: <p>
1.301 jose 2938:
2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2940: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2941: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2942: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2943: </strong></font><br>
2944:
2945: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2946: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2947: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2948: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2949: Giving way to
2950: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2951: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2952: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2953: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2954: <p>
1.247 jufi 2955: </ul>
1.65 louis 2956:
1.69 deraadt 2957: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2958: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2959:
1.247 jufi 2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2961: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2962: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2963: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2964:
2965: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2966: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2967: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2968: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2969: <p>
1.88 louis 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2972: <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 2973: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2974:
2975: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2976: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2977: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2978: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2979: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2980: <p>
1.60 louis 2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2983: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2984: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2985: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2986: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2987:
2988: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2989: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2990: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2991: <p>
1.58 louis 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2994: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2995: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2996:
2997: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2998: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2999: <p>
1.53 louis 3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3002: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3003: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3004: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3005:
3006: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3007: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3008: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3009: <p>
1.99 louis 3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3012: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3013: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3014:
3015: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3016: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3017: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3018: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3019: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3020:
1.247 jufi 3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3022: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3023: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3024: </strong></font><br>
3025:
3026: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3027: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3028: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3029: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3030: <p>
3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3033: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3034: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3035: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3036:
3037: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3038: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3039: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3042: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3043: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3044:
3045: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3046: in
1.247 jufi 3047: <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 3048: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3049: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3050: <p>
1.53 louis 3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3053: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3054: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3055: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3056: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3057:
1.58 louis 3058: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3059: <p>
1.301 jose 3060:
3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3062: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3063: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3064: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3065: Informacyjny, January 2000
3066: </strong></font><br>
3067:
3068: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3069: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3070: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3071: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3072: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3073: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3074: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3075: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3076: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3077: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3078: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3079: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3080: <p>
3081:
3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3083: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3084: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
3087: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3088: <p>
3089: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3090:
1.69 deraadt 3091: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3092: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3095: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3096: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3097: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3098: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3099:
1.58 louis 3100: Kurt Seifried
3101: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3102: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3103: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3104: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3105:
1.247 jufi 3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3107: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3108: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3109: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3110:
3111: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3112: <p>
1.96 louis 3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3115: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3116: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3117: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3118: </strong></font><br>
3119:
3120: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3121: <p>
3122:
3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3124: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3125: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3126: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3127:
3128: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3129: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3131: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3132: <p>
1.247 jufi 3133: </ul>
1.86 louis 3134:
1.69 deraadt 3135: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3136: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3137:
1.247 jufi 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3139: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3140: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3141: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3142:
3143: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3144: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3145: <p>
1.61 louis 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3148: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3149: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3150: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3151: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3152:
3153: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3154: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3155: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3156: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3157: right -- or at least strives to".
3158: <p>
1.48 louis 3159:
1.247 jufi 3160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3161: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3162: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3163: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3164: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3165: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3166: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3167: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3168: <p>
1.61 louis 3169:
1.247 jufi 3170: <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 3171: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3172: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3173:
3174: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3175: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3176: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3177: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3178: <p>
1.46 louis 3179:
1.247 jufi 3180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3181: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3182: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3183: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3184:
3185: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3186: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3187: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3188:
1.247 jufi 3189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3190: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3191: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3192: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3193:
3194: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3195: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3196: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3197: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3198: <p>
1.247 jufi 3199: </ul>
1.70 louis 3200:
1.69 deraadt 3201: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3202: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3203:
1.247 jufi 3204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3205: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3206: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3207: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3208: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3209:
3210: Kurt Seifried
3211: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3212: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3213: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3214: <p>
1.44 philen 3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <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 3217: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3218: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3219:
3220: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3221: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3222:
1.247 jufi 3223: <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 3224: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3225: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3226:
3227: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3228: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <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 3231: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3232: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3233:
3234: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3235: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3236: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3237: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3238: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <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 3241: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3242: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3243:
1.36 louis 3244: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3245: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3248: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3249: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3250: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3251:
3252: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3253: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3254: </ul>
1.38 louis 3255:
1.69 deraadt 3256: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3257: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <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 3260: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3261: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3262:
3263: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3264: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3265: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3266:
1.113 naddy 3267: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3268: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3269: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3270: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3271:
3272: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3273: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3274: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3275: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3276: <blockquote>
3277: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3278: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3279: <br>
3280: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3281: </code>
3282: </blockquote>
3283: <p>
3284:
1.247 jufi 3285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3286: <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 3287: <p>
3288:
3289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3290: <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 3291: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3292:
3293: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3294: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3295: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3296: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3297:
1.247 jufi 3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3299: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3300: Sept. 28, 1999
3301: </strong></font><br>
3302:
3303: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3304: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3305: translating and reprinting articles from
3306: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3307: <p>
3308:
3309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3310: <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 3311: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3312:
3313: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3314: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3315: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3316: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3317: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3318: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3319: <p>
1.19 louis 3320:
1.113 naddy 3321: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3322: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3323: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3324:
3325: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3326: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3327: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3328: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3329: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3330: <p>
1.16 louis 3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3333: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3334: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3335: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3336:
1.57 louis 3337: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3338: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3339: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3340: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3343: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3344: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3345: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3346:
1.113 naddy 3347: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3348:
1.247 jufi 3349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3350: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3351: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3352: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3353:
1.23 louis 3354: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3355: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3356: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3357: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3358: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3359: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3362: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3363: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3364: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3365:
1.199 pvalchev 3366: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3367: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3368: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3369: installation.
1.113 naddy 3370: <p>
1.47 louis 3371:
1.247 jufi 3372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3373: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3374: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3375: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3376:
1.301 jose 3377: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3378: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3379: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3380: </ul>
1.57 louis 3381:
1.69 deraadt 3382: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3383: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3386: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3387: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3388: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3389:
3390: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3391: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3392: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3393: <p>
1.12 louis 3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3396: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3397: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3398: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3399:
3400: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3401: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3402: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3403: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3404: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3405: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3406: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3407: <p>
1.247 jufi 3408: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3409:
1.69 deraadt 3410: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3411: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3414: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3415: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3416:
3417: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3418: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3419: available."
1.113 naddy 3420: <p>
1.301 jose 3421:
3422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3423: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3424: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3425: </strong></font><br>
3426:
3427: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3428: <p>
1.247 jufi 3429: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3430:
1.69 deraadt 3431: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3432: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3433:
1.247 jufi 3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3435: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3436: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3437:
3438: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3439: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3440: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3441: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3442: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3443: <p>
1.33 louis 3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3446: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3447: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3448: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3449:
1.113 naddy 3450: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3451: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3452: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3453: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3454: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3455: <p>
1.247 jufi 3456: </ul>
1.57 louis 3457:
1.69 deraadt 3458: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3459: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3460:
1.247 jufi 3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3462: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3463: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3464: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3465:
3466: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3467: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3468: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3469:
1.247 jufi 3470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3471: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3472: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3473: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3474: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3475:
3476: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3477: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3480: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3481:
1.113 naddy 3482: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3485: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3486: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3487: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3488:
3489: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3490: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3491: </ul>
1.23 louis 3492:
1.69 deraadt 3493: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3494: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3497: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3498: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3499:
3500: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3501: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3502: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3503:
1.247 jufi 3504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3505: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3506: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3507: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3508:
3509: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3510: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3511: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3512: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3513: </ul>
1.57 louis 3514:
1.69 deraadt 3515: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3516: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3519: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3520: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3521: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3522:
3523: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3524: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3525: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3526: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3527: <p>
1.15 louis 3528:
1.247 jufi 3529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3530: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3531: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3532: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3533:
3534: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3535: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3536: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3537: columns."
1.113 naddy 3538: <p>
1.247 jufi 3539: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3540:
1.69 deraadt 3541: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3542: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3545: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3546: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3547: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3548:
3549: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3550: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3551:
1.113 naddy 3552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3553: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3554: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3555:
3556: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3557: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3558: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3559: </ul>
1.57 louis 3560:
1.69 deraadt 3561: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3562: <ul>
1.301 jose 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3564: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3565: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3566: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3567:
3568: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3569: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3570: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3571: <p>
3572:
3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3574: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3575: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3576: Nov 13, 1998 and
3577: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3578: Datateknik</a>,
3579: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3582: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3583: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3584: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3585: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3586:
1.113 naddy 3587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3588: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3589: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3590: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3591:
1.222 miod 3592: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3593: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3594: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3595: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3596: <p>
1.247 jufi 3597: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3598:
1.69 deraadt 3599: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3600: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3601:
1.247 jufi 3602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3603: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3604: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3605:
1.69 deraadt 3606: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3607: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3608: <p>
1.247 jufi 3609: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3610:
1.69 deraadt 3611: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3612: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3613:
1.247 jufi 3614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3615: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3616: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3617: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3618:
3619: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3620: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3621: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3624: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3625: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3626: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3627: <p>
1.247 jufi 3628: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3629:
1.69 deraadt 3630: <h2>June, 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://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3635: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3636: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3637: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3638: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3639:
3640: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3641: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3642: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3643: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3644: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3645: <p>
1.247 jufi 3646: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3647:
3648: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3649: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3650:
1.247 jufi 3651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3652: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3653: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3654:
1.69 deraadt 3655: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3656: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3657: <p>
1.112 naddy 3658:
1.247 jufi 3659: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3660: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3661:
1.292 camield 3662: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3663: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3664: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.353 ! jose 3665: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.352 2003/05/21 17:08:47 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3666:
3667: </body>
3668: </html>
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