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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.356 ! jose 19: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 23: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
24: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
25: Page 58, eWeek,
26: June 2, 2003.
27: </strong></font><br>
28: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
29: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
30: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
31: been addressed in -current.
32: <p>
33:
1.356 ! jose 34: </ul>
! 35:
! 36: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
! 37: <ul>
! 38:
1.355 jose 39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 40: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
41: Beyond Linux</a>,
42: InfoWorld,
43: May 23, 2003.
44: </strong></font><br>
45: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
46: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
47: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
48: compared to the GPL.
49: <p>
50:
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 52: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
53: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
54: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 55: May 17, 2003.
56: </strong></font><br>
57: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
58: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
59: the business section and half of another page inside
60: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
61: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
62: in talking about the project's history and goals.
63: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
64: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
65: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
66: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 67: <br>
68: This article can also be found online at:
69: <ul>
70: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
71: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
72: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
73: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
74: May 17, 2003
75: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 76: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
77: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
78: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
79: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
80: Montreal Gazette,
81: May 21, 2003
82: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 83: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 84: <p>
1.346 ian 85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 87: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 88: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 89: May 7, 2003.
90: </strong></font><br>
91: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
92: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
93: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
94: <p>
95:
96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 97: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
98: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
99: OsOpinion,
100: May 6, 2003.
101: </strong></font><br>
102: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
103: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
104: <br>
105: This article can also be found online at:
106: <ul>
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
108: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
109: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
110: NewsFactor Network.
111: </strong></font>
112: </ul>
113: <p>
114:
115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 116: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 117: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
118: ITBusiness,
119: May 2, 2003.
120: </strong></font><br>
121: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
122: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
123: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
124: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 128: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
129: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
130: InfoWorld,
131: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 132: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 133: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
134: <br>
135: This article can also be found online at:
136: <ul>
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
138: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
139: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
140: IDG Singapore.
141: </strong></font>
142: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 143: <p>
144:
1.339 jose 145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
146: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
147: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 148: ZDNet,
149: May 1, 2003.
150: </strong></font><br>
151: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 152: someone using parts from previous articles.
153: <br>
1.341 deraadt 154: This article can also be found online at:
155: <ul>
156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
157: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
158: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
159: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 160: </strong></font>
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
162: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
163: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
164: CNET News.com.
165: </strong></font>
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
167: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
168: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
169: ZDNet UK.
170: </strong></font>
171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
172: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
173: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
174: Help Net Security, Croatia.
175: </strong></font>
176: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 177: <p>
1.339 jose 178:
1.341 deraadt 179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 180: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 181: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
182: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
183: May 1, 2003.
184: </strong></font><br>
185: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
186: that have been added
187: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
188: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
189: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 190: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 191: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
192: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
193: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 194: <p>
195:
196: </ul>
197:
1.253 ian 198: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
199: <ul>
1.255 ian 200:
1.260 ian 201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 202: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 203: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
204: TechRepublic,
205: April 28, 2003.
206: </strong></font><br>
207: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
208: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 209: work.<br>
210: Can also be found online at:
211: <ul>
212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
213: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
214: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
215: ZDNet UK.
216: </strong></font>
217: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 221: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
222: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
223: IDG,
224: April 24, 2003.
225: </strong></font><br>
226: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
227: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
228: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
229: Can also be found online at:
230: <ul>
231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
232: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
233: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 234: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 235: </strong></font>
236: </ul>
237: <p>
238:
239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
240: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 241: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 242: Slate,
243: April 24, 2003.
244: </strong></font><br>
245: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
246: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
247: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
248: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 252: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
253: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
254: April 24, 2003.
255: </strong></font><br>
256: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
257: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
258: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
259: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 263: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
264: April 24, 2003.
265: </strong></font><br>
266: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
267: the free software community".
268: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
269: other articles.
270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 273: <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>,
1.324 ian 274: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
275: </strong></font><br>
276: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
277: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
278: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
279: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
280: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
281: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
282: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
283: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
284: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
285: <br/>
286: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
287: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
288: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
289: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 290: <br>
291: Can also be found online at:
292: <ul>
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
294: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
295: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
296: Common Dreams NewsCenter
297: </strong></font>
298: </ul>
1.324 ian 299: <p>
300:
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
302: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
303: Wired, April 24, 2003.
304: </strong></font><br>
305: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
306: article above.
307: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
308: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
309: wasting them."
1.332 ian 310: <br>
311: Can also be found online at:
312: <ul>
313: <li>
314: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
315: </strong></font>
316: </ul>
1.324 ian 317: <p>
318:
319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 320: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
321: </strong></font><br>
322: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 326: <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.
327: </strong></font><br>
328: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
329: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
330: <p>
331:
332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 333: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
334: April 23, 2003.
335: </strong></font><br>
336: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 340: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 341: April 22, 2003.
342: </strong></font><br>
343: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
344: <p>
345:
346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 347: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
348: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
349: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 350: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 351: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
352: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
353: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
354: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
355: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
356: Can also be found online at:
357: <ul>
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
359: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 360: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
361: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 362: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
364: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 365: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
366: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 367: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 368: </ul>
369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 372: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
373: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 374: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 375: </strong></font><br>
376: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 377: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
378: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
379: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
380: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
381: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
382: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 386: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
387: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 388: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
389: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 390: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
391: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
392: at UPenn and DARPA.
393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 396: [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
397: April 18, 2003.
398: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 399: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 403: [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 404: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 405: </strong></font><br>
406: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 410: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
411: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
412: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 413: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 414: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
415: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
416: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
417: <p>
418:
419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 420: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
421: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 422: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 423: </strong></font><br>
424: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
425: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
426: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 427: American century.
1.267 deraadt 428: <p>
429:
430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 431: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
432: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 433: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 434: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 435: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
436: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
437: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
438: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
439: Can also be found online at:
440: <ul>
441: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
442: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 443: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 444: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 445: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 449: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 450: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 451: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 452: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 453: </strong></font><br>
454: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 455: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
456: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
457: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
458: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 459:
460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
461: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
462: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
463: New York Times.
464: </strong></font>(free registration required)
465:
1.273 deraadt 466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
467: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 468: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 469: ABC News.
470: </strong></font>
471:
472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 473: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 474: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 475: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 476: </strong></font>
477:
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 479: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 480: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 481: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 482: </strong></font>
483:
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 485: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
486: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 487: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 488: </strong></font>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 491: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 492: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 493: Times Daily, AL.
494: </strong></font>
495:
496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
497: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
498: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
499: Boston.com, MA.
500: </strong></font>
501:
502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 503: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 504: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 505: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
506: </strong></font>
507:
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 509: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
510: [Article was pulled]</a>
511: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 512: </strong></font>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
515: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
516: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
517: Infoshop News.
518: </strong></font>
519:
520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
521: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
522: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
523: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
524: </strong></font>
525:
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 527: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
528: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
529: Raleigh News, NC.
530: </strong></font>
531:
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 533: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 534: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
535: Napa News, CA.
536: </strong></font>
537:
538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 539: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 540: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
541: NEPA News, PA.
542: </strong></font>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
545: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
546: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
547: Wired News.
548: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 549: <br>
550: <li>
1.333 deraadt 551: <font color="#009000"><strong>
552: [JAPANESE]
553: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
554: Wired News Japan</a>
555: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 556:
1.271 deraadt 557: </ul>
558: <p>
1.272 deraadt 559: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
560: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 561: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
562: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
563: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
564: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
565: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
566: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 567: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 568: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
569: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
570: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 571: <p>
572: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 575: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 576: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
577: Indianapolis Star, IN.
578: </strong></font>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 581: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
582: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
583: Miami Herald, FL.
584: </strong></font>
585:
586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 587: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 588: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
589: </strong></font>
590:
591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
592: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 593: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 594: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 595: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 596:
597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
598: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
599: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
600: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
601: ABC News.
602: </strong></font>
603:
1.276 deraadt 604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
605: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 606: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 607: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 608: </strong></font>
609:
1.286 dhartmei 610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 611: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 612: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
613: Wilmington Star, NC.
614: </strong></font>
615:
1.300 jose 616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
617: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
618: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
619: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
620: </strong></font>
621:
1.309 jose 622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
623: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
624: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
625: Globe Technology.
626: </strong></font>
627:
1.263 deraadt 628: </ul>
1.262 beck 629: <p>
630:
631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 632: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
633: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 634: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 635: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 636: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 637: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
638: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
639: <p>
640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 642: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
643: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
644: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 645: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 646: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
647: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
648: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
649: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
650: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
651: and simply restates other press reports.
652: <p>
653:
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 655: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
656: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
657: OS News, April 18, 2003.
658: </strong></font><br>
659: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
660: <p>
661:
662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 663: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
664: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 665: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 666: </strong></font><br>
667: Another report on the DARPA funding.
668: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
669: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
670: <p>
671:
672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 673: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
674: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
675: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
676: April 17, 2003.
677: </strong></font><br>
678: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
679: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
680: Tech Anthems</a>
681: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
682: 4 so far.
683: <p>
684:
685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 686: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
687: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 688: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 689: </strong></font><br>
690: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
691: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
692: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
693: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
694: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
695: Goes on to say:
696: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
697: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
698: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
699: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 700: This article is also found online at:
701: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
703: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
704: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
705: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 706: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
708: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
709: ZDnet</a>,
710: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 711: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
713: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
714: ZDnet Australia</a>,
715: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 716: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 717: </ul>
1.260 ian 718: <p>
1.279 deraadt 719:
1.260 ian 720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 721: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 722: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 723: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 724: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 725: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 726: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
727: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
728: without notice or justification.
729: <p>
730:
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 732: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 733: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 734: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 735: </strong></font><br>
736: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
737: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 738: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 739: effective today, without any warning..."
740: <p>
1.257 ian 741:
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 743: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
744: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 745: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 746: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 747: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
748: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
749: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
750: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
751: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 755: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
756: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 757: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 758: </strong></font><br>
759: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
760: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
761: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
762: quoting two of them:
763: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
764: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
765: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
766: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
767: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
768: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
769: <p>
770:
1.255 ian 771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 772: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
773: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 774: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 775: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 776: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 777: <p>
778:
779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 780: [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 781: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 782: </strong></font><br>
783: New security concepts in OpenBSD
784: <p>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 787: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
788: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 789: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 790: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 791: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 792: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
793: security experts for more than three decades."
794: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
795: <p>
1.261 ian 796:
1.254 drahn 797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 798: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 799: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 800: </strong></font><br>
801: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
802: <p>
803:
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 805: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
806: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
807: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
808: </strong></font><br>
809: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
810: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
811: discussion OpenBSD's path.
812: <p>
813:
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 815: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
816: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 817: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 818: </strong></font><br>
819: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
820: from US DARPA.
821: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
822: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
823: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
824: the BSD license.
825: <p>
826: </ul>
827:
1.251 ian 828: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
829: <ul>
830:
831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 832: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
833: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
834: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
835: </strong></font><br>
836:
837: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
838: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
839: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
840: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
841: <p>
842:
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 844: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
845: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 846: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 847: </strong></font><br>
848: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
849: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
850: Mentions
851: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
852: and
853: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
854: programs.
855: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 856: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 857: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
858: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
859: <p>
1.325 ian 860: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
861: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 862:
863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
864: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
865: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
866: </strong></font><br>
867: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
868: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
869: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
870: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
871: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
872: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
873: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
874: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
875: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
876: put into service."
877: <p>
878: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
879: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
880: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
881: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
882: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
883: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
884: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
885: computers with security features."
886: <p>
1.329 ian 887:
888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
889: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
890: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
891: Slate,
892: March 3, 2003.
893: </strong></font><br>
894: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
895: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
896: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
897: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
898: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
899: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
900: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
901: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
902: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
903: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
904: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
905: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
906: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
907: of more secure open-source solutions like
908: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
909: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
910: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
911: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
912: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
913: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
914: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
915: the Beltway."
916: <p>
1.251 ian 917: </ul>
918:
1.249 jufi 919: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
920: <ul>
921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
922: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
923: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 924: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 925: </strong></font><br>
926: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
927: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 928: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 929: <p>
1.334 ian 930:
931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
932: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
933: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
934: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
935: </strong></font><br>
936: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
937: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
938: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
939: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
940: "... the hypothetical question ...
941: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
942: <br>
943: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
944: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
945: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
946: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
947: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
948: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 949: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 950: support network security.
951: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
952: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
953: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
954: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
955: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
956: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
957: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
958: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
959: <br>
960: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
961: <p>
962:
1.249 jufi 963: </ul>
964:
1.246 jufi 965: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 966: <ul>
1.246 jufi 967:
1.247 jufi 968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 969: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 970: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
971: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 972: </strong></font><br>
973: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
974: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
975: <p>
976:
1.247 jufi 977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 978: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
979: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
980: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
981: </strong></font><br>
982: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
983: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
984: <p>
985:
986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 987: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 988: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
989: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 990: </strong></font><br>
991: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
992: in their annual OpenHack security test.
993: <p>
1.247 jufi 994: </ul>
1.246 jufi 995:
1.244 jufi 996: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 997: <ul>
1.246 jufi 998:
1.247 jufi 999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1000: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1001: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1002: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1003: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1004: </strong></font><br>
1005: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1006: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1007: md5 digests.
1008: <p>
1009:
1.247 jufi 1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1011: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1012: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1013: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1014: </strong></font><br>
1015: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1016: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1017: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1018: right the first time."
1019: <p>
1.247 jufi 1020: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1021:
1022:
1023: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1024: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1025:
1.247 jufi 1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1027: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1028: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1029: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1030: </strong></font><br>
1031: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1032: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1033: part 6</a>.
1034: <p>
1035:
1.247 jufi 1036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1037: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1038: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1039: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1040: </strong></font><br>
1041: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1042: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1043: <p>
1.301 jose 1044:
1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1046: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1047: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1048: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1049: </strong></font><br>
1050:
1051: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1052: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1053: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1054: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1055: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1056: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1057: <i>Here's the
1058: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1059: <p>
1.247 jufi 1060: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1061:
1062: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1063: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1064:
1.247 jufi 1065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1066: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1067: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1068: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1069: </strong></font><br>
1070: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1071: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1072: <p>
1073:
1.247 jufi 1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1075: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1076: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1077: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1078: </strong></font><br>
1079: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1080: this time using pf.
1081: <p>
1.247 jufi 1082: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1083:
1084: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1085: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1086:
1.247 jufi 1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1088: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1089: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1090: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1091: </strong></font><br>
1092: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1093: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1094: their rotation.
1095: <p>
1096:
1.247 jufi 1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1098: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1099: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1100: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1101: </strong></font><br>
1102: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1103: <p>
1.247 jufi 1104: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1105:
1.239 jufi 1106: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1107: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1108:
1.247 jufi 1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1110: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1111: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1112: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1113: </strong></font><br>
1114: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1115: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1116: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1117: <p>
1118:
1.247 jufi 1119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1120: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1121: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1122: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1123: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1124: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1125: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1126: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1127: <p>
1.247 jufi 1128: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1129:
1.235 lebel 1130: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1131: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1132:
1.239 jufi 1133:
1.247 jufi 1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1135: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1136: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1137: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1138: </strong></font><br>
1139: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1140: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1141: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1142: <p>
1.301 jose 1143:
1.247 jufi 1144: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1145:
1.228 horacio 1146: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1147: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1148:
1.247 jufi 1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1150: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1151: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1152: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1153: </strong></font><br>
1154: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1155: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1156: <p>
1157:
1.247 jufi 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1159: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1160: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1161: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1162: </strong></font><br>
1163: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1164: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1165: <p>
1166:
1.247 jufi 1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1168: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1169: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1170: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1171: </strong></font><br>
1172: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1173: on the desktop of his parents.
1174: <p>
1175:
1.247 jufi 1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1177: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1178: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1179: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1182: using IPFilter.
1183:
1184: <p>
1185:
1.247 jufi 1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1187: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1188: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1189: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1190: </strong></font><br>
1191: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1192: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1193: perspectives of the four OS.
1194: <br>
1195: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1196: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1197: <p>
1198:
1.247 jufi 1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1200: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1201: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1202: software and security</a>,
1203: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1204: </strong></font><br>
1205:
1206: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1207: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1208: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1209: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1210: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1211: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1212: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1213: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1214: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1215: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1216: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1217: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1218: <p>
1.247 jufi 1219: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1220:
1.225 horacio 1221: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1222: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1225: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1226: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1227: Interview</a>,
1228: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1229: </strong></font><br>
1230:
1231: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1232: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1233: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1234: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1235: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1236: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1237: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1238: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1239: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1240: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1241: of choice.
1242: <p>
1.247 jufi 1243: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1244:
1245: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1246: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1247:
1.247 jufi 1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1249: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1250: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1251: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1252: </strong></font><br>
1253:
1254: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1255: <p>
1256:
1.247 jufi 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1258: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1259: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1260: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1261: </strong></font><br>
1262:
1263: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1264: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1265: <p>
1.247 jufi 1266: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1267:
1.218 horacio 1268: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1269: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1272: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1273: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1274: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1275: </strong></font><br>
1276:
1277: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1278: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1279: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1280: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1281: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1282: subjects. Worth a read.
1283: <p>
1284:
1285:
1.247 jufi 1286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1287: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1288: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1289: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1290: </strong></font><br>
1291:
1292: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1293: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1294: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1295: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1296: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1297: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1298: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1299: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1300: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1301: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1302: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1303: on other operating systems.<br>
1304: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1305: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1306: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1307: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1308: <p>
1309:
1.247 jufi 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1311: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1312: Operating System 2010</a>,
1313: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1314: </strong></font><br>
1315:
1316: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1317: covering the level of software integration into the core
1318: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1319: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1320: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1321: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1322: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1323: <p>
1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1326: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1327: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1328: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1329: </strong></font><br>
1330:
1331: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1332: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1333: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1334: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1335: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1336: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1337: <p>
1.247 jufi 1338: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1339:
1.210 jufi 1340: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1341: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1342:
1.247 jufi 1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1344: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1345: Already a Contender</a>,
1346: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1347: </strong></font><br>
1348:
1349: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1350: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1351: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1352: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1353: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1354: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1355: <p>
1356:
1.247 jufi 1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1358: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1359: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1360: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1361: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1362:
1.224 horacio 1363: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1364: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1365: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1366: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1367: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1368: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1369: <p>
1.247 jufi 1370: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1371:
1372: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1373: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1374:
1.247 jufi 1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1376: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1377: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1378: Division</a>,
1379: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1380: </strong></font><br>
1381:
1382: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1383: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1384: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1385: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1386: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1387: investment</em>.<br>
1388: The implementation details can be seen on their
1389: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1390: <p>
1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1393: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1394: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1395: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1399: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1400: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1401: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1402: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1403: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1404: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1405: <p>
1406:
1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1408: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1409: Thinking about Security</a>,
1410: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1411: </strong></font><br>
1412:
1413: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1414: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1415: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1416: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1417: to time.<br>
1418: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1419: system and just the most secure system.
1420: <p>
1421:
1.247 jufi 1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1423: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1424: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1425: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1426: </strong></font><br>
1427:
1428: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1429: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1430: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1431: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1432: choice:<br>
1433: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1434: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1435: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1436: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1437: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1438: network security devices and as such must be well
1439: armored."</em><br>
1440: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1441: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1442: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1443: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1444: <br>
1445: Bravo!
1446: <p>
1.247 jufi 1447: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1448:
1.207 ian 1449: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1450: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1451:
1.247 jufi 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1453: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1454: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1455: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1456:
1.207 ian 1457: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1458: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1459: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1460: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1461: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1462: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1463: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1464: <p>
1.247 jufi 1465: </ul>
1.207 ian 1466:
1.194 jufi 1467: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1468: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1469:
1.247 jufi 1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1471: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1472: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1473: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1474: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1475:
1.240 miod 1476: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1477: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1478: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1479: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1480: <p>
1481:
1.247 jufi 1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1483: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1484: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1485: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1486:
1487: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1488: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1489: <p>
1490:
1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1492: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1493: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1494: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1495:
1496: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1497: <p>
1498:
1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1500: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1501: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1502: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1503: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1504:
1.240 miod 1505: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1506: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1507: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1508: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1509: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1510: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1511: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1512: <br>
1513: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1514: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1515: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1516: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1517: <p>
1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1520: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1521: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1522: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1523: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1524:
1.194 jufi 1525: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1526: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1527: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1528: <br>
1529: The new
1530: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1531: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1532: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1533: <p>
1.247 jufi 1534: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1535:
1.190 horacio 1536: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1537: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1538:
1.247 jufi 1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1540:
1541: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1542: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1543:
1.301 jose 1544:
1.191 jufi 1545: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1546: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1547:
1548: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1549: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1550:
1.212 horacio 1551: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1552: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1553: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1554:
1.211 horacio 1555: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1556: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1557: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1558:
1.247 jufi 1559: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1560: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1561:
1.247 jufi 1562: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1563: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1564:
1.212 horacio 1565: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1566: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1567: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1568:
1569: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1570: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1571:
1572: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1573: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1574:
1.301 jose 1575: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1576: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1577:
1.191 jufi 1578: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1579: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1580:
1581: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1582: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1583:
1.192 jufi 1584: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1585: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1586: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1587:
1.193 deraadt 1588: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1589: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1590: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1591:
1.247 jufi 1592: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1593: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1594:
1.247 jufi 1595: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1596: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1597: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1598:
1.213 horacio 1599: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1600: 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 1601: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1602:
1.190 horacio 1603: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1604: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1605: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1606: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1607: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1608: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1609: <p>
1.190 horacio 1610:
1.247 jufi 1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1612: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1613: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1614: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1615: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1616:
1.195 jufi 1617: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1618: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1619: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1620: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1621: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1622: <p>
1623:
1.247 jufi 1624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1625: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1626: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1627: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1628: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1629:
1.191 jufi 1630: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1631: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1632: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1633: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1634: <p>
1635:
1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1637: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1638: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1639: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1640:
1641: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1642: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1643: <p>
1.247 jufi 1644: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1645:
1.191 jufi 1646:
1.186 jufi 1647: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1648: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1649:
1.247 jufi 1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1651: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1652: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1653: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1654: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1655:
1.188 jufi 1656: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1657: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1658: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1659: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1660: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1661: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1662: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1663: <p>
1664:
1.301 jose 1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1666: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1667: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1668: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1669:
1670: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1671: <p>
1.191 jufi 1672:
1.247 jufi 1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1674: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1675: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1676: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1677: </strong></font><br>
1678:
1679: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1680: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1681: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1682: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1683: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1684: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1685: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1686: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1687: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1688: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1689: familiar?
1690: <p>
1.247 jufi 1691: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1692:
1.178 louis 1693: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1694: <ul>
1.178 louis 1695:
1.247 jufi 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1697: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1698: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1699: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1700: </strong></font><br>
1701:
1702: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1703: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1704: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1705: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1706: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1707: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1708: <p>
1709:
1.247 jufi 1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1711: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1712: Open source under the hood</a>,
1713: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1714: </strong></font><br>
1715:
1716: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1717: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1718: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1719: <p>
1720:
1.247 jufi 1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1722: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1723: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1724: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1725: </strong></font><br>
1726:
1727: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1728: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1729: <p>
1.247 jufi 1730: </ul>
1.179 louis 1731:
1.174 louis 1732:
1.175 louis 1733: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1734: <ul>
1.175 louis 1735:
1.247 jufi 1736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1737: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1738: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1739: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1740: </strong></font><br>
1741:
1742: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1743: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1744: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1745: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1746: <p>
1747:
1.247 jufi 1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1749: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1750: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1751: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1752: </strong></font><br>
1753:
1754: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1755: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1756: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1757: <p>
1.247 jufi 1758: </ul>
1.175 louis 1759:
1.176 louis 1760:
1.172 mickey 1761: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1762: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1765: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1766: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1767: </strong></font><br>
1768:
1769: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1770: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1771: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1772: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1773: <p>
1774:
1.247 jufi 1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1776: <a
1.269 deraadt 1777: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1778: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1779: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1780: </strong></font><br>
1781:
1782: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1783: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1784: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1785: <p>
1786:
1.247 jufi 1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1788: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1789: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1790: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1791: </strong></font><br>
1792:
1793: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1794: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1795: <p>
1796:
1.247 jufi 1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1798: <a
1.269 deraadt 1799: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1800: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1801: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1802: </strong></font><br>
1803:
1804: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1805: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1806: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1807: our own Theo de Raadt.
1808: <p>
1809:
1.247 jufi 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1811: <a
1.269 deraadt 1812: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1813: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1814: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1815: </strong></font><br>
1816:
1817: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1818: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1819: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1820: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1821: shut down.]
1822: <p>
1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1825: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1826: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1827: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1828: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1829: </strong></font><br>
1830:
1831: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1832: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1833: <p>
1.247 jufi 1834: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1835:
1.161 louis 1836: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1837: <ul>
1.161 louis 1838:
1.247 jufi 1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1840: <a
1.269 deraadt 1841: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1842: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1843: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1844: </strong></font><br>
1845:
1846: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1847: by John Wolley
1848: <p>
1849:
1.247 jufi 1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1851: <a
1.269 deraadt 1852: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1853: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1854: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1855: </strong></font><br>
1856:
1857: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1858: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1859: OpenBSD).
1860: <p>
1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1863: <a
1.247 jufi 1864: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1865: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1868: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1869: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1870: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1871: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1872: and hindsight.
1873: <p>
1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1876: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1877: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1878: </strong></font><br>
1879:
1880: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1881: <p>
1882:
1.247 jufi 1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1884: <a
1.168 provos 1885: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1886: December 7, 2000
1887: </strong></font><br>
1888:
1889: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1890: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1891: us explain.
1892: <p>
1893:
1.247 jufi 1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1895: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1896: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1897: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1898: December 6, 2000
1899: </strong></font><br>
1900:
1901: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1902: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1903: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1904: <p>
1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1907: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1908: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1909: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1910: </strong></font><br>
1911:
1912: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1913: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1914: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1915: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1916: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1917: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1918: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1919: <p>
1920:
1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1922: <a
1.226 horacio 1923: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1924: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1925: </strong></font><br>
1926:
1927: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1928: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1929: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1930: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1931: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1932: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1933: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1934: <p>
1.162 millert 1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1937: <a
1.161 louis 1938: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1939: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1940: </strong></font><br>
1941:
1942: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1943: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1944: <p>
1945:
1.247 jufi 1946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1947: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1948: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1949: </strong></font><br>
1950:
1951: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1952: <p>
1953:
1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1956: <a
1.226 horacio 1957: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1958: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1959: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1960: </strong></font><br>
1961:
1962: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1963: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1964: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1965: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1966: <p>
1.247 jufi 1967: </ul>
1.169 louis 1968:
1.158 louis 1969: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1970: <ul>
1.147 louis 1971:
1.247 jufi 1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1973: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1974: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1975: </strong></font><br>
1976:
1977: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1978: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1979: <p>
1980:
1.247 jufi 1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1982: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1983: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1984: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1985: </strong></font><br>
1986: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1987: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1988: <p>
1989:
1.247 jufi 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1991: <a
1992: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1993: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1994: </strong></font><br>
1995:
1996: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1997: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1998: <p>
1999:
1.247 jufi 2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2001: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2002: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2003: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2004:
1.213 horacio 2005: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2006: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2007: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2008: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2009: <p>
1.215 horacio 2010:
1.247 jufi 2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2012: <a
2013: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2014: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2015: </strong></font><br>
2016:
2017: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2018: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2019: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2020: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2021: much of the attitude too).
2022: <p>
1.161 louis 2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2025: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2026: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2028:
1.157 louis 2029: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2030: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2031: <p>
1.247 jufi 2032: </ul>
1.157 louis 2033:
2034: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2035: <ul>
1.157 louis 2036:
1.247 jufi 2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2038: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2039: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2040: </strong></font><br>
2041:
2042: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2043: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2044: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2045: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2046: <p>
2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2049: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2050: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2051: </strong></font><br>
2052:
2053: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2054: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2055: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2056: it because they love coding...
2057: <p>
2058:
1.247 jufi 2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2060: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2061: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2062: </strong></font><br>
2063:
2064: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2065: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2066: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2067: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2068: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2069: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2070: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2071: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2072: <p>
2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2075: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2076: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2077: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2078: </strong></font><br>
2079:
2080: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2081: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2082: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2083: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2084: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2085: the pizza.
2086: <p>
2087:
1.247 jufi 2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2089: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2090: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2091: </strong></font><br>
2092:
2093: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2094: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2095: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2096: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2097: problems.
2098: <p>
2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2101: <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 2102: </strong></font><br>
2103:
1.222 miod 2104: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2105: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2106: - whether they like it or not.
2107: <p>
2108:
1.247 jufi 2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2110: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2111: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2112: </strong></font><br>
2113:
2114: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2115: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2116: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2117: <p>
1.148 aaron 2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2120: <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 2121: </strong></font><br>
2122:
2123: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2124: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2125: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2126: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2127: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2128: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2129: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2130: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2131: <p>
2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2134: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2135: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2136: </strong></font><br>
2137:
2138: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2139: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2140: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2141: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2142: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2143: <p>
1.247 jufi 2144: </ul>
1.147 louis 2145:
1.138 louis 2146: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2147: <ul>
1.138 louis 2148:
1.247 jufi 2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2150: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2151: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2152: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2153: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2154: </strong></font><br>
2155:
1.227 horacio 2156: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2157: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2158: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2159: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2160: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2161: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2162: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2163: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2164: <p>
2165:
1.247 jufi 2166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2167: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2168: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2169: </strong></font><br>
2170:
2171: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2172: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2173: groups, and even Linux.
2174: <p>
2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2177: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2178: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2179: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2180: </strong></font><br>
2181:
2182: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2183: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2184: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2185: library after installing the OS.
2186: <p>
2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2189: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2190: Sys Admin, September 2000
2191: </strong></font><br>
2192:
2193: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2194: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2195: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2196: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2197: (<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>,
2198: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2199: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2200: <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 2201: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2202: out of the system.
2203: <p>
2204:
1.247 jufi 2205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2206: <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
2207: </strong></font><br>
2208:
2209: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2210: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2211: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2212: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2213: the IP filtering and address translation.
2214: <p>
1.301 jose 2215:
2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2217: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2218: </strong></font><br>
2219:
2220: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2221: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2222: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2223: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2224: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2225: <p>
1.247 jufi 2226: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2227:
1.131 louis 2228: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2229: <ul>
1.131 louis 2230:
1.247 jufi 2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2232: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2233: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2234: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2235: </strong></font><br>
2236:
2237: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2238: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2239: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2240: <p>
2241:
1.247 jufi 2242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2243: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2244: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2245: </strong></font><br>
2246:
2247: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2248: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2249: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2250: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2251: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2252: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2253: note of"</i>.
2254: <p>
2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2257: <a
1.247 jufi 2258: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2259: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2260: </strong></font><br>
2261:
2262: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2263: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2264: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2265: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2266: <p>
2267:
1.247 jufi 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2269: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2270: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2271: </strong></font><br>
2272:
2273: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2274: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2275: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2276: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2277: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2278: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2279: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2280: <p>
2281:
1.247 jufi 2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2283: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2284: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2285: 2000
2286: </strong></font><br>
2287:
2288: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2289: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2290: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2291: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2292: against current industry practices.
2293: <p>
2294:
1.247 jufi 2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2296: <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
2297: </strong></font><br>
2298:
2299: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2300: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2301: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2302: <p>
2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2305: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2306: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2307: </strong></font><br>
2308:
2309: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2310: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2311: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2312: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2313: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2314: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2315: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2316: <p>
2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2319: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2320: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2321: </strong></font><br>
2322:
2323: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2324: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2325: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2326: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2327: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2328: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2329: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2330: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2331: <p>
1.247 jufi 2332: </ul>
1.131 louis 2333:
1.118 louis 2334: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2335: <ul>
1.118 louis 2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2338: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2339: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2340: </strong></font><br>
2341:
2342: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2343: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2344: about time. The article mentions that
2345: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2346: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2347: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2348: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2349: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2350: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2351: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2352: <p>
2353:
1.247 jufi 2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2355: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2356: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2357: </strong></font><br>
2358:
2359: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2360: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2361: of OpenSSH.
2362: <p>
2363:
1.247 jufi 2364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2365: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2366: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2367: </strong></font><br>
2368:
2369: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2370: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2371: bridging.
2372: <p>
2373:
1.247 jufi 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2375: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2376: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2377: </strong></font><br>
2378:
1.121 deraadt 2379: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2380: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2381: <p>
2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2384: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2385: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2386: </strong></font><br>
2387:
2388: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2389: <p>
2390:
1.247 jufi 2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2392: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2393: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2394: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2395: </strong></font><br>
2396:
1.120 deraadt 2397: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2398: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2399: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2400: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2401: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2402: <p>
2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2405: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2406: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2407: </strong></font><br>
2408:
1.222 miod 2409: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2410: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2411: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2412: protocols and their quirks.
2413: <p>
2414:
1.247 jufi 2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2416: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2417: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2418: </strong></font><br>
2419:
2420: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2421: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2422: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2423: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2424: <p>
2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2427: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2428: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2429: </strong></font><br>
2430:
2431: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2432: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2433: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2434: <p>
2435:
1.247 jufi 2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2437: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2438: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2439: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2440: </strong></font><br>
2441:
2442: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2443: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2444: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2445: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2446: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2447: <p>
1.247 jufi 2448: </ul>
1.118 louis 2449:
1.104 louis 2450: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2451: <ul>
1.104 louis 2452:
1.247 jufi 2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2454: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2455: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2456: </strong></font><br>
2457:
2458: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2459: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2460: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2461: be a bit dry.
2462: <p>
2463:
1.247 jufi 2464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2465: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2466: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2467: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2468: </strong></font><br>
2469: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2470: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2471: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2472: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2473: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2474: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2475: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2476: <p>
2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2479: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2480: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2481: 2000
1.128 louis 2482: </strong></font><br>
2483:
2484: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2485: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2486: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2487: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2488: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2489: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2490: <p>
2491:
1.247 jufi 2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2493: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2494: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2495: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2496:
2497: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2498: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2499: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2500: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2501: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2502: <p>
1.110 louis 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2505: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2506: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2507: </strong></font><br>
2508:
2509: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2510: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2511: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2512: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2513: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2514: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2515: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2516: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2517: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2518: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2519: <p>
2520:
1.247 jufi 2521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2522: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2523: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2524:
2525: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2526: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2527: <p>
1.108 louis 2528:
1.247 jufi 2529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2530: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2531: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2532: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2533:
2534: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2535: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2536: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2537: <p>
1.106 louis 2538:
1.247 jufi 2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2540: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2541: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2542: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2543:
2544: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2545: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2546: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2547: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2548: <p>
1.107 louis 2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2551: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2552: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2553: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2554:
2555: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2556: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2557: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2558: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2559: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2560: <p>
1.105 louis 2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2563: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2564: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2565: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2566:
1.113 naddy 2567: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2568: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2569: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2570: <p>
1.104 louis 2571:
1.247 jufi 2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2573: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2574: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2575: </strong></font><br>
2576:
2577: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2578: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2579: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2580: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2581: <p>
1.301 jose 2582:
2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2584: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2585: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2586: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2587:
2588: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2589: hardware-supported cryptography.
2590: <p>
1.247 jufi 2591: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2592:
1.85 louis 2593: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2594: <ul>
1.85 louis 2595:
1.247 jufi 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2597: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2598: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2599: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2600:
2601: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2602: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2603: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2604: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2605: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2606: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2607: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2608: <p>
1.99 louis 2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2611: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2612: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2614:
2615: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2616: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2617: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2618: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2619: <p>
1.100 louis 2620:
1.247 jufi 2621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2622: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2623: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2624: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2625:
2626: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2627: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2628: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2629: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2630: <p>
1.95 louis 2631:
1.247 jufi 2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2633: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2634: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2635: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2636:
2637: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2638: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2639: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2640: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2641: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2642: <p>
1.92 louis 2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2645: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2646: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2647: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2648:
2649: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2650: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2651: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2652: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2653: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2654: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2655: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2656: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2657: <p>
1.91 louis 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2660: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2661: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2662: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2663:
2664: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2665: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2666: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2667: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2668: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2669: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2670: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2671: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2672: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2673: <p>
1.90 louis 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2676: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2677: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2678: </strong></font><br>
2679: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2680: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2681: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2682: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2683: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2684: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2685: <p>
2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2688: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2689: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2690: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2691:
1.113 naddy 2692: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2693: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2694: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2695: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2696: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2697: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2698: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2699: <p>
1.87 louis 2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2702: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2703: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2704: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2705:
2706: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2707: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2708: <p>
1.85 louis 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2711: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2712: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2713: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2714:
2715: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2716: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2717: <p>
2718:
2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2720: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2721: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2722: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2723:
2724: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2725: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2726: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2727: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2728: <p>
1.89 louis 2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2731: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2732: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2733: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2734:
2735: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2736: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2737: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2738: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2739: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2740: </ul>
1.85 louis 2741:
1.78 deraadt 2742: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2743: <ul>
1.74 louis 2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2746: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2747: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2748: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2749: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2750:
2751: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2752: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2753: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2754: <p>
1.83 louis 2755:
1.247 jufi 2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2757: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2758: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2759: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2760:
2761: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2762: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2763: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2764: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2765: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2766: <p>
1.93 louis 2767:
1.247 jufi 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2769: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2770: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2771: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2772: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2773:
1.83 louis 2774: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2775: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2776: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2777: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2778: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2779: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2780: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2781: <p>
1.82 aaron 2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2784: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2785: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2786: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2787:
1.83 louis 2788: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2789: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2790: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2791: <p>
1.80 louis 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2794: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2795: Bad Press</a>,
2796: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2797: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2798:
2799: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2800: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2801: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2802: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2803: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2804: <p>
1.247 jufi 2805: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2806:
2807: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2808: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2811: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2812: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2813: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2814: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2815:
2816: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2817: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2818: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2819: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2820: <p>
1.74 louis 2821:
1.247 jufi 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2823: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2824: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2825: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2826:
1.219 horacio 2827: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2828: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2829: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2830: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2831: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2832: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2833: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2834: <p>
1.88 louis 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2837: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2838: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2839: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2840:
2841: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2842: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2843: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2844: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2845: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2846: <p>
1.81 louis 2847:
1.247 jufi 2848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2849: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2850: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2851: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2852:
2853: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2854: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2855: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2856: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2857: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2858: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2859: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2860: <p>
1.90 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2863: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2864: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2866:
2867: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2868: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2869: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2870: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2871: <p>
1.247 jufi 2872: </ul>
1.71 louis 2873:
1.69 deraadt 2874: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2875: <ul>
1.70 louis 2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2878: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2879: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2880: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2881:
2882: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2883: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2884: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2885: <p>
1.70 louis 2886:
1.247 jufi 2887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2888: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2889: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2890: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2891:
2892: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2893: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2894: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2895: <p>
1.68 louis 2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2898: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2899: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2900: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2901: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2902:
1.111 jufi 2903: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2904: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2905: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2906: "secure by default" installation.
2907: <p>
1.64 louis 2908:
1.247 jufi 2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2910: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2911: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2912: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2913:
1.113 naddy 2914: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2915: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2916: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2917: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2918: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2919: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2920: <p>
1.66 louis 2921:
1.247 jufi 2922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2923: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2924: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2925: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2926:
2927: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2928: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2929: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2930: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2931: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2932: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2933: <p>
1.83 louis 2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2936: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2937: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2938: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2939:
2940: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2941: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2942: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2943: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2944: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2945: <p>
1.64 louis 2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2948: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2949: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2950: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2951:
2952: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2953: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2954: <p>
1.301 jose 2955:
2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2957: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2958: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2959: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2960: </strong></font><br>
2961:
2962: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2963: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2964: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2965: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2966: Giving way to
2967: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2968: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2969: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2970: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2971: <p>
1.247 jufi 2972: </ul>
1.65 louis 2973:
1.69 deraadt 2974: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2975: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2976:
1.247 jufi 2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2978: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2979: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2980: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2981:
2982: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2983: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2984: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2985: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2986: <p>
1.88 louis 2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2989: <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 2990: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2991:
2992: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2993: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2994: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2995: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2996: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2997: <p>
1.60 louis 2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3000: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3001: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3002: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3003: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3004:
3005: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3006: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3007: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3008: <p>
1.58 louis 3009:
1.247 jufi 3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3011: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3012: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3013:
3014: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3015: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3016: <p>
1.53 louis 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3019: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3020: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3021: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3022:
3023: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3024: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3025: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3026: <p>
1.99 louis 3027:
1.247 jufi 3028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3029: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3030: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3031:
3032: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3033: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3034: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3035: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3036: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3039: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3040: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3041: </strong></font><br>
3042:
3043: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3044: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3045: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3046: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3047: <p>
3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3050: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3051: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3052: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3053:
3054: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3055: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3056: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3059: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3060: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3061:
3062: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3063: in
1.247 jufi 3064: <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 3065: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3066: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3067: <p>
1.53 louis 3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3070: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3071: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3072: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3073: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3074:
1.58 louis 3075: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3076: <p>
1.301 jose 3077:
3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3079: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3080: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3081: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3082: Informacyjny, January 2000
3083: </strong></font><br>
3084:
3085: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3086: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3087: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3088: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3089: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3090: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3091: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3092: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3093: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3094: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3095: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3096: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3097: <p>
3098:
3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3100: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3101: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3102: </strong></font><br>
3103:
3104: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3105: <p>
3106: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3107:
1.69 deraadt 3108: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3109: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3110:
1.247 jufi 3111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3112: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3113: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3114: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3115: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3116:
1.58 louis 3117: Kurt Seifried
3118: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3119: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3120: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3121: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3124: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3125: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3126: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3127:
3128: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3129: <p>
1.96 louis 3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3132: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3133: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3134: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3135: </strong></font><br>
3136:
3137: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3138: <p>
3139:
3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3141: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3142: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3143: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3144:
3145: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3146: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3147: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3148: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3149: <p>
1.247 jufi 3150: </ul>
1.86 louis 3151:
1.69 deraadt 3152: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3153: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3156: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3157: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3158: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3159:
3160: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3161: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3162: <p>
1.61 louis 3163:
1.247 jufi 3164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3165: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3166: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3167: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3168: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3169:
3170: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3171: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3172: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3173: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3174: right -- or at least strives to".
3175: <p>
1.48 louis 3176:
1.247 jufi 3177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3178: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3179: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3180: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3181: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3182: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3183: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3184: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3185: <p>
1.61 louis 3186:
1.247 jufi 3187: <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 3188: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3189: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3190:
3191: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3192: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3193: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3194: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3195: <p>
1.46 louis 3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3198: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3199: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3200: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3201:
3202: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3203: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3204: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3207: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3208: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3210:
3211: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3212: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3213: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3214: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3215: <p>
1.247 jufi 3216: </ul>
1.70 louis 3217:
1.69 deraadt 3218: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3219: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3220:
1.247 jufi 3221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3222: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3223: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3224: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3225: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3226:
3227: Kurt Seifried
3228: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3229: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3230: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3231: <p>
1.44 philen 3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <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 3234: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3235: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3236:
3237: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3238: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <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 3241: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3242: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3243:
3244: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3245: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <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 3248: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3249: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3250:
3251: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3252: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3253: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3254: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3255: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3256:
1.247 jufi 3257: <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 3258: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3259: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3260:
1.36 louis 3261: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3262: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3263:
1.247 jufi 3264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3265: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3266: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3267: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3268:
3269: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3270: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3271: </ul>
1.38 louis 3272:
1.69 deraadt 3273: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3274: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <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 3277: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3278: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3279:
3280: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3281: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3282: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3283:
1.113 naddy 3284: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3285: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3286: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3287: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3288:
3289: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3290: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3291: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3292: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3293: <blockquote>
3294: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3295: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3296: <br>
3297: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3298: </code>
3299: </blockquote>
3300: <p>
3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3303: <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 3304: <p>
3305:
3306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3307: <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 3308: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3309:
3310: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3311: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3312: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3313: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3316: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3317: Sept. 28, 1999
3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3321: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3322: translating and reprinting articles from
3323: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3324: <p>
3325:
3326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3327: <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 3328: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3329:
3330: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3331: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3332: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3333: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3334: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3335: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3336: <p>
1.19 louis 3337:
1.113 naddy 3338: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3339: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3340: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3341:
3342: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3343: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3344: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3345: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3346: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3347: <p>
1.16 louis 3348:
1.247 jufi 3349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3350: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3351: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3352: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3353:
1.57 louis 3354: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3355: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3356: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3357: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3360: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3361: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3362: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3363:
1.113 naddy 3364: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3367: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3368: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3369: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3370:
1.23 louis 3371: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3372: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3373: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3374: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3375: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3376: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3379: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3380: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3381: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3382:
1.199 pvalchev 3383: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3384: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3385: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3386: installation.
1.113 naddy 3387: <p>
1.47 louis 3388:
1.247 jufi 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3390: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3391: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3392: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3393:
1.301 jose 3394: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3395: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3396: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3397: </ul>
1.57 louis 3398:
1.69 deraadt 3399: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3400: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3401:
1.247 jufi 3402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3403: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3404: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3405: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3406:
3407: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3408: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3409: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3410: <p>
1.12 louis 3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3413: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3414: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3415: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3416:
3417: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3418: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3419: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3420: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3421: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3422: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3423: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3424: <p>
1.247 jufi 3425: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3426:
1.69 deraadt 3427: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3428: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3429:
1.247 jufi 3430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3431: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3432: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3433:
3434: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3435: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3436: available."
1.113 naddy 3437: <p>
1.301 jose 3438:
3439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3440: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3441: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3442: </strong></font><br>
3443:
3444: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3445: <p>
1.247 jufi 3446: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3447:
1.69 deraadt 3448: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3449: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3450:
1.247 jufi 3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3452: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3453: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3454:
3455: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3456: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3457: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3458: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3459: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3460: <p>
1.33 louis 3461:
1.247 jufi 3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3463: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3464: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3465: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3466:
1.113 naddy 3467: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3468: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3469: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3470: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3471: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3472: <p>
1.247 jufi 3473: </ul>
1.57 louis 3474:
1.69 deraadt 3475: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3476: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3477:
1.247 jufi 3478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3479: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3480: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3481: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3482:
3483: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3484: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3485: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3488: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3489: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3490: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3491: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3492:
3493: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3494: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3497: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3498:
1.113 naddy 3499: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3502: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3503: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3504: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3505:
3506: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3507: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3508: </ul>
1.23 louis 3509:
1.69 deraadt 3510: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3511: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3512:
1.247 jufi 3513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3514: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3515: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3516:
3517: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3518: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3519: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3522: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3523: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3524: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3525:
3526: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3527: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3528: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3529: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3530: </ul>
1.57 louis 3531:
1.69 deraadt 3532: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3533: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3534:
1.247 jufi 3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3536: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3537: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3538: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3539:
3540: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3541: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3542: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3543: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3544: <p>
1.15 louis 3545:
1.247 jufi 3546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3547: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3548: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3549: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3550:
3551: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3552: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3553: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3554: columns."
1.113 naddy 3555: <p>
1.247 jufi 3556: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3557:
1.69 deraadt 3558: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3559: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3560:
1.247 jufi 3561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3562: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3563: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3564: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3565:
3566: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3567: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3568:
1.113 naddy 3569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3570: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3571: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3572:
3573: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3574: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3575: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3576: </ul>
1.57 louis 3577:
1.69 deraadt 3578: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3579: <ul>
1.301 jose 3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3581: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3582: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3583: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3584:
3585: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3586: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3587: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3588: <p>
3589:
3590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3591: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3592: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3593: Nov 13, 1998 and
3594: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3595: Datateknik</a>,
3596: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3597:
3598: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3599: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3600: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3601: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3602: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3603:
1.113 naddy 3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3605: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3606: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3607: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3608:
1.222 miod 3609: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3610: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3611: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3612: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3613: <p>
1.247 jufi 3614: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3615:
1.69 deraadt 3616: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3617: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3620: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3621: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3622:
1.69 deraadt 3623: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3624: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3625: <p>
1.247 jufi 3626: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3627:
1.69 deraadt 3628: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3629: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3630:
1.247 jufi 3631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3632: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3633: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3634: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3635:
3636: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3637: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3638: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3639:
1.247 jufi 3640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3641: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3642: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3643: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3644: <p>
1.247 jufi 3645: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3646:
1.69 deraadt 3647: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3648: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3649:
1.247 jufi 3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3651: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3652: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3653: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3654: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3655: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3656:
3657: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3658: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3659: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3660: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3661: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3662: <p>
1.247 jufi 3663: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3664:
3665: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3666: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3667:
1.247 jufi 3668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3669: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3670: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3671:
1.69 deraadt 3672: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3673: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3674: <p>
1.112 naddy 3675:
1.247 jufi 3676: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3677: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3678:
1.292 camield 3679: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3680: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3681: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.356 ! jose 3682: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.355 2003/06/03 14:28:30 jose Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3683:
3684: </body>
3685: </html>
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