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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.356 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>
1.357 ! jose 40: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
! 41: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
! 42: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
! 43: </strong></font><br>
! 44: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
! 45: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
! 46: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
! 47: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
! 48: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
! 49: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
! 50: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
! 51: <p>
! 52:
! 53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 54: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
55: Beyond Linux</a>,
56: InfoWorld,
57: May 23, 2003.
58: </strong></font><br>
59: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
60: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
61: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
62: compared to the GPL.
63: <p>
64:
65: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 66: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
67: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
68: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 69: May 17, 2003.
70: </strong></font><br>
71: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
72: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
73: the business section and half of another page inside
74: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
75: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
76: in talking about the project's history and goals.
77: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
78: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
79: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
80: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 81: <br>
82: This article can also be found online at:
83: <ul>
84: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
85: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
86: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
87: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
88: May 17, 2003
89: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 90: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
92: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
93: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
94: Montreal Gazette,
95: May 21, 2003
96: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 97: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 98: <p>
1.346 ian 99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 101: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 102: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 103: May 7, 2003.
104: </strong></font><br>
105: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
106: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
107: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 111: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
112: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
113: OsOpinion,
114: May 6, 2003.
115: </strong></font><br>
116: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
117: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
118: <br>
119: This article can also be found online at:
120: <ul>
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
122: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
123: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
124: NewsFactor Network.
125: </strong></font>
126: </ul>
127: <p>
128:
129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 130: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 131: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
132: ITBusiness,
133: May 2, 2003.
134: </strong></font><br>
135: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
136: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
137: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
138: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
139: <p>
140:
141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 142: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
143: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
144: InfoWorld,
145: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 146: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 147: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
148: <br>
149: This article can also be found online at:
150: <ul>
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
152: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
153: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
154: IDG Singapore.
155: </strong></font>
156: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 157: <p>
158:
1.339 jose 159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
160: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
161: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 162: ZDNet,
163: May 1, 2003.
164: </strong></font><br>
165: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 166: someone using parts from previous articles.
167: <br>
1.341 deraadt 168: This article can also be found online at:
169: <ul>
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
171: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
172: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
173: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 174: </strong></font>
175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
176: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
177: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
178: CNET News.com.
179: </strong></font>
180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
181: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
182: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
183: ZDNet UK.
184: </strong></font>
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
186: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
187: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
188: Help Net Security, Croatia.
189: </strong></font>
190: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 191: <p>
1.339 jose 192:
1.341 deraadt 193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 194: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 195: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
196: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
197: May 1, 2003.
198: </strong></font><br>
199: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
200: that have been added
201: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
202: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
203: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 204: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 205: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
206: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
207: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 208: <p>
209:
210: </ul>
211:
1.253 ian 212: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
213: <ul>
1.255 ian 214:
1.260 ian 215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 216: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 217: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
218: TechRepublic,
219: April 28, 2003.
220: </strong></font><br>
221: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
222: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 223: work.<br>
224: Can also be found online at:
225: <ul>
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
227: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
228: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
229: ZDNet UK.
230: </strong></font>
231: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 232: <p>
233:
234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 235: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
236: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
237: IDG,
238: April 24, 2003.
239: </strong></font><br>
240: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
241: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
242: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
243: Can also be found online at:
244: <ul>
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
246: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
247: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 248: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 249: </strong></font>
250: </ul>
251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
254: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 255: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 256: Slate,
257: April 24, 2003.
258: </strong></font><br>
259: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
260: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
261: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
262: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
263: <p>
264:
265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 266: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
267: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
268: April 24, 2003.
269: </strong></font><br>
270: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
271: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
272: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
273: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
274: <p>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 277: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
278: April 24, 2003.
279: </strong></font><br>
280: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
281: the free software community".
282: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
283: other articles.
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 287: <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 288: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
289: </strong></font><br>
290: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
291: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
292: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
293: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
294: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
295: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
296: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
297: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
298: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
299: <br/>
300: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
301: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
302: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
303: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 304: <br>
305: Can also be found online at:
306: <ul>
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
308: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
309: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
310: Common Dreams NewsCenter
311: </strong></font>
312: </ul>
1.324 ian 313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
316: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
317: Wired, April 24, 2003.
318: </strong></font><br>
319: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
320: article above.
321: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
322: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
323: wasting them."
1.332 ian 324: <br>
325: Can also be found online at:
326: <ul>
327: <li>
328: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
329: </strong></font>
330: </ul>
1.324 ian 331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 334: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
335: </strong></font><br>
336: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
337: <p>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 340: <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.
341: </strong></font><br>
342: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
343: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
344: <p>
345:
346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 347: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
348: April 23, 2003.
349: </strong></font><br>
350: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 354: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 355: April 22, 2003.
356: </strong></font><br>
357: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 361: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
362: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
363: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 364: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 365: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
366: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
367: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
368: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
369: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
370: Can also be found online at:
371: <ul>
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
373: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 374: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
375: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 376: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
378: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 379: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
380: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 381: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 382: </ul>
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 386: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
387: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 388: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 389: </strong></font><br>
390: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 391: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
392: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
393: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
394: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
395: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
396: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 397: <p>
398:
399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 400: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
401: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 402: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
403: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 404: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
405: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
406: at UPenn and DARPA.
407: <p>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 410: [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
411: April 18, 2003.
412: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 413: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 417: [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 418: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 419: </strong></font><br>
420: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
421: <p>
422:
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 424: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
425: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
426: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 427: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 428: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
429: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
430: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
431: <p>
432:
433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 434: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
435: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 436: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 437: </strong></font><br>
438: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
439: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
440: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 441: American century.
1.267 deraadt 442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 445: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
446: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 447: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 448: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 449: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
450: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
451: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
452: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
453: Can also be found online at:
454: <ul>
455: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
456: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 457: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 458: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 459: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 460: <p>
461:
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 463: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 464: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 465: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 466: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 467: </strong></font><br>
468: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 469: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
470: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
471: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
472: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 473:
474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
475: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
476: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
477: New York Times.
478: </strong></font>(free registration required)
479:
1.273 deraadt 480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
481: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 482: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 483: ABC News.
484: </strong></font>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 487: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 488: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 489: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 490: </strong></font>
491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 493: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 494: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 495: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 496: </strong></font>
497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 499: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
500: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 501: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 502: </strong></font>
503:
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 505: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 506: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 507: Times Daily, AL.
508: </strong></font>
509:
510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
511: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
512: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
513: Boston.com, MA.
514: </strong></font>
515:
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 517: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 518: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 519: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
520: </strong></font>
521:
522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 523: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
524: [Article was pulled]</a>
525: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 526: </strong></font>
527:
528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
529: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
530: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
531: Infoshop News.
532: </strong></font>
533:
534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
535: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
536: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
537: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
538: </strong></font>
539:
540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 541: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
542: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
543: Raleigh News, NC.
544: </strong></font>
545:
546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 547: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 548: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
549: Napa News, CA.
550: </strong></font>
551:
552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 553: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 554: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
555: NEPA News, PA.
556: </strong></font>
557:
558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
559: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
560: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
561: Wired News.
562: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 563: <br>
564: <li>
1.333 deraadt 565: <font color="#009000"><strong>
566: [JAPANESE]
567: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
568: Wired News Japan</a>
569: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 570:
1.271 deraadt 571: </ul>
572: <p>
1.272 deraadt 573: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
574: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 575: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
576: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
577: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
578: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
579: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
580: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 581: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 582: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
583: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
584: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 585: <p>
586: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 587:
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 589: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 590: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
591: Indianapolis Star, IN.
592: </strong></font>
593:
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 595: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
596: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
597: Miami Herald, FL.
598: </strong></font>
599:
600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 601: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 602: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
603: </strong></font>
604:
605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
606: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 607: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 608: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 609: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
612: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
613: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
614: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
615: ABC News.
616: </strong></font>
617:
1.276 deraadt 618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
619: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 620: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 621: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 622: </strong></font>
623:
1.286 dhartmei 624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 625: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 626: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
627: Wilmington Star, NC.
628: </strong></font>
629:
1.300 jose 630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
631: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
632: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
633: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
634: </strong></font>
635:
1.309 jose 636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
637: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
638: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
639: Globe Technology.
640: </strong></font>
641:
1.263 deraadt 642: </ul>
1.262 beck 643: <p>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 646: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
647: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 648: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 649: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 650: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 651: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
652: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
653: <p>
654:
655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 656: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
657: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
658: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 659: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 660: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
661: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
662: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
663: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
664: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
665: and simply restates other press reports.
666: <p>
667:
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 669: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
670: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
671: OS News, April 18, 2003.
672: </strong></font><br>
673: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 677: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
678: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 679: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 680: </strong></font><br>
681: Another report on the DARPA funding.
682: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
683: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
684: <p>
685:
686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 687: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
688: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
689: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
690: April 17, 2003.
691: </strong></font><br>
692: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
693: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
694: Tech Anthems</a>
695: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
696: 4 so far.
697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 700: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
701: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 702: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 703: </strong></font><br>
704: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
705: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
706: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
707: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
708: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
709: Goes on to say:
710: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
711: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
712: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
713: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 714: This article is also found online at:
715: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
717: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
718: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
719: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 720: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
722: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
723: ZDnet</a>,
724: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 725: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
727: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
728: ZDnet Australia</a>,
729: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 730: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 731: </ul>
1.260 ian 732: <p>
1.279 deraadt 733:
1.260 ian 734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 735: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 736: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 737: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 738: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 739: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 740: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
741: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
742: without notice or justification.
743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 746: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 747: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 748: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 749: </strong></font><br>
750: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
751: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 752: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 753: effective today, without any warning..."
754: <p>
1.257 ian 755:
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 757: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
758: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 759: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 760: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 761: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
762: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
763: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
764: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
765: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 769: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
770: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 771: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 772: </strong></font><br>
773: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
774: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
775: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
776: quoting two of them:
777: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
778: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
779: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
780: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
781: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
782: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
783: <p>
784:
1.255 ian 785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 786: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
787: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 788: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 789: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 790: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 791: <p>
792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 794: [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 795: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 796: </strong></font><br>
797: New security concepts in OpenBSD
798: <p>
799:
800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 801: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
802: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 803: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 804: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 805: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 806: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
807: security experts for more than three decades."
808: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
809: <p>
1.261 ian 810:
1.254 drahn 811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 812: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 813: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 814: </strong></font><br>
815: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
816: <p>
817:
818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 819: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
820: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
821: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
822: </strong></font><br>
823: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
824: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
825: discussion OpenBSD's path.
826: <p>
827:
828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 829: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
830: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 831: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 832: </strong></font><br>
833: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
834: from US DARPA.
835: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
836: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
837: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
838: the BSD license.
839: <p>
840: </ul>
841:
1.251 ian 842: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
843: <ul>
844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 846: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
847: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
848: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
849: </strong></font><br>
850:
851: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
852: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
853: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
854: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
855: <p>
856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 858: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
859: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 860: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 861: </strong></font><br>
862: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
863: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
864: Mentions
865: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
866: and
867: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
868: programs.
869: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 870: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 871: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
872: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
873: <p>
1.325 ian 874: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
875: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 876:
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
878: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
879: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
880: </strong></font><br>
881: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
882: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
883: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
884: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
885: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
886: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
887: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
888: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
889: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
890: put into service."
891: <p>
892: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
893: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
894: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
895: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
896: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
897: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
898: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
899: computers with security features."
900: <p>
1.329 ian 901:
902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
903: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
904: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
905: Slate,
906: March 3, 2003.
907: </strong></font><br>
908: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
909: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
910: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
911: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
912: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
913: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
914: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
915: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
916: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
917: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
918: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
919: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
920: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
921: of more secure open-source solutions like
922: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
923: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
924: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
925: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
926: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
927: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
928: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
929: the Beltway."
930: <p>
1.251 ian 931: </ul>
932:
1.249 jufi 933: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
934: <ul>
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
936: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
937: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 938: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 939: </strong></font><br>
940: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
941: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 942: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 943: <p>
1.334 ian 944:
945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
946: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
947: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
948: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
949: </strong></font><br>
950: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
951: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
952: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
953: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
954: "... the hypothetical question ...
955: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
956: <br>
957: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
958: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
959: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
960: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
961: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
962: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 963: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 964: support network security.
965: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
966: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
967: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
968: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
969: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
970: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
971: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
972: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
973: <br>
974: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
975: <p>
976:
1.249 jufi 977: </ul>
978:
1.246 jufi 979: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 980: <ul>
1.246 jufi 981:
1.247 jufi 982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 983: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 984: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
985: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 986: </strong></font><br>
987: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
988: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
989: <p>
990:
1.247 jufi 991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 992: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
993: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
994: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
995: </strong></font><br>
996: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
997: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
998: <p>
999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1001: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1002: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1003: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1004: </strong></font><br>
1005: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1006: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1007: <p>
1.247 jufi 1008: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1009:
1.244 jufi 1010: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1011: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1012:
1.247 jufi 1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1014: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1015: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1016: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1017: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1018: </strong></font><br>
1019: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1020: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1021: md5 digests.
1022: <p>
1023:
1.247 jufi 1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1025: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1026: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1027: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1028: </strong></font><br>
1029: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1030: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1031: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1032: right the first time."
1033: <p>
1.247 jufi 1034: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1035:
1036:
1037: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1038: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1039:
1.247 jufi 1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1041: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1042: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1043: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1044: </strong></font><br>
1045: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1046: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1047: part 6</a>.
1048: <p>
1049:
1.247 jufi 1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1051: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1052: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1053: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1054: </strong></font><br>
1055: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1056: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1057: <p>
1.301 jose 1058:
1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1060: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1061: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1062: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1063: </strong></font><br>
1064:
1065: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1066: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1067: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1068: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1069: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1070: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1071: <i>Here's the
1072: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1073: <p>
1.247 jufi 1074: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1075:
1076: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1077: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1078:
1.247 jufi 1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1080: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1081: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1082: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1083: </strong></font><br>
1084: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1085: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1086: <p>
1087:
1.247 jufi 1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1089: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1090: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1091: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1092: </strong></font><br>
1093: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1094: this time using pf.
1095: <p>
1.247 jufi 1096: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1097:
1098: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1099: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1100:
1.247 jufi 1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1102: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1103: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1104: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1105: </strong></font><br>
1106: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1107: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1108: their rotation.
1109: <p>
1110:
1.247 jufi 1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1112: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1113: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1114: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1115: </strong></font><br>
1116: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1117: <p>
1.247 jufi 1118: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1119:
1.239 jufi 1120: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1121: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1122:
1.247 jufi 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1124: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1125: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1126: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1127: </strong></font><br>
1128: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1129: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1130: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1131: <p>
1132:
1.247 jufi 1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1134: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1135: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1136: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1137: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1138: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1139: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1140: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1141: <p>
1.247 jufi 1142: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1143:
1.235 lebel 1144: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1145: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1146:
1.239 jufi 1147:
1.247 jufi 1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1149: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1150: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1151: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1152: </strong></font><br>
1153: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1154: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1155: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1156: <p>
1.301 jose 1157:
1.247 jufi 1158: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1159:
1.228 horacio 1160: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1161: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1162:
1.247 jufi 1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1164: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1165: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1166: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1167: </strong></font><br>
1168: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1169: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1170: <p>
1171:
1.247 jufi 1172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1173: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1174: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1175: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1176: </strong></font><br>
1177: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1178: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1179: <p>
1180:
1.247 jufi 1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1182: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1183: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1184: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1185: </strong></font><br>
1186: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1187: on the desktop of his parents.
1188: <p>
1189:
1.247 jufi 1190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1191: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1192: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1193: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1194: </strong></font><br>
1195: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1196: using IPFilter.
1197:
1198: <p>
1199:
1.247 jufi 1200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1201: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1202: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1203: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1204: </strong></font><br>
1205: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1206: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1207: perspectives of the four OS.
1208: <br>
1209: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1210: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1211: <p>
1212:
1.247 jufi 1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1214: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1215: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1216: software and security</a>,
1217: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1218: </strong></font><br>
1219:
1220: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1221: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1222: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1223: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1224: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1225: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1226: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1227: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1228: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1229: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1230: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1231: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1232: <p>
1.247 jufi 1233: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1234:
1.225 horacio 1235: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1236: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1237:
1.247 jufi 1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1239: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1240: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1241: Interview</a>,
1242: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1243: </strong></font><br>
1244:
1245: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1246: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1247: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1248: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1249: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1250: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1251: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1252: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1253: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1254: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1255: of choice.
1256: <p>
1.247 jufi 1257: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1258:
1259: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1260: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1261:
1.247 jufi 1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1263: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1264: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1265: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1266: </strong></font><br>
1267:
1268: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1269: <p>
1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1272: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1273: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1274: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1275: </strong></font><br>
1276:
1277: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1278: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1279: <p>
1.247 jufi 1280: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1281:
1.218 horacio 1282: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1283: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1284:
1.247 jufi 1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1286: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1287: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1288: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1289: </strong></font><br>
1290:
1291: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1292: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1293: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1294: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1295: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1296: subjects. Worth a read.
1297: <p>
1298:
1299:
1.247 jufi 1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1301: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1302: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1303: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1304: </strong></font><br>
1305:
1306: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1307: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1308: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1309: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1310: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1311: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1312: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1313: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1314: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1315: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1316: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1317: on other operating systems.<br>
1318: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1319: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1320: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1321: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1322: <p>
1323:
1.247 jufi 1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1325: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1326: Operating System 2010</a>,
1327: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1328: </strong></font><br>
1329:
1330: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1331: covering the level of software integration into the core
1332: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1333: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1334: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1335: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1336: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1337: <p>
1338:
1.247 jufi 1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1340: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1341: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1342: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1343: </strong></font><br>
1344:
1345: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1346: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1347: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1348: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1349: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1350: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1351: <p>
1.247 jufi 1352: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1353:
1.210 jufi 1354: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1355: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1356:
1.247 jufi 1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1358: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1359: Already a Contender</a>,
1360: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1361: </strong></font><br>
1362:
1363: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1364: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1365: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1366: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1367: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1368: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1369: <p>
1370:
1.247 jufi 1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1372: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1373: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1374: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1375: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1376:
1.224 horacio 1377: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1378: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1379: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1380: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1381: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1382: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1383: <p>
1.247 jufi 1384: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1385:
1386: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1387: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1388:
1.247 jufi 1389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1390: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1391: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1392: Division</a>,
1393: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1394: </strong></font><br>
1395:
1396: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1397: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1398: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1399: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1400: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1401: investment</em>.<br>
1402: The implementation details can be seen on their
1403: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1404: <p>
1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1407: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1408: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1409: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1410: </strong></font><br>
1411:
1412: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1413: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1414: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1415: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1416: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1417: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1418: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1419: <p>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1422: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1423: Thinking about Security</a>,
1424: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1425: </strong></font><br>
1426:
1427: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1428: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1429: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1430: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1431: to time.<br>
1432: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1433: system and just the most secure system.
1434: <p>
1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1437: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1438: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1439: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1440: </strong></font><br>
1441:
1442: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1443: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1444: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1445: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1446: choice:<br>
1447: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1448: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1449: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1450: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1451: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1452: network security devices and as such must be well
1453: armored."</em><br>
1454: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1455: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1456: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1457: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1458: <br>
1459: Bravo!
1460: <p>
1.247 jufi 1461: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1462:
1.207 ian 1463: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1464: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1465:
1.247 jufi 1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1467: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1468: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1469: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1470:
1.207 ian 1471: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1472: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1473: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1474: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1475: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1476: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1477: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1478: <p>
1.247 jufi 1479: </ul>
1.207 ian 1480:
1.194 jufi 1481: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1482: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1483:
1.247 jufi 1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1485: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1486: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1487: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1488: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1489:
1.240 miod 1490: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1491: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1492: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1493: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1494: <p>
1495:
1.247 jufi 1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1497: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1498: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1499: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1500:
1501: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1502: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1503: <p>
1504:
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1506: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1507: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1508: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1509:
1510: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1511: <p>
1512:
1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1514: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1515: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1516: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1517: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1518:
1.240 miod 1519: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1520: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1521: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1522: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1523: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1524: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1525: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1526: <br>
1527: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1528: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1529: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1530: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1531: <p>
1532:
1.247 jufi 1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1534: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1535: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1536: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1537: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1538:
1.194 jufi 1539: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1540: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1541: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1542: <br>
1543: The new
1544: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1545: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1546: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1547: <p>
1.247 jufi 1548: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1549:
1.190 horacio 1550: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1551: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1552:
1.247 jufi 1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1554:
1555: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1556: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1557:
1.301 jose 1558:
1.191 jufi 1559: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1560: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1561:
1562: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1563: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1564:
1.212 horacio 1565: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1566: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1567: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1568:
1.211 horacio 1569: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1570: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1571: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1572:
1.247 jufi 1573: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1574: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1575:
1.247 jufi 1576: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1577: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1578:
1.212 horacio 1579: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1580: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1581: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1582:
1583: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1584: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1585:
1586: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1587: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1588:
1.301 jose 1589: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1590: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1591:
1.191 jufi 1592: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1593: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1594:
1595: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1596: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1597:
1.192 jufi 1598: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1599: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1600: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1601:
1.193 deraadt 1602: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1603: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1604: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1605:
1.247 jufi 1606: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1607: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1608:
1.247 jufi 1609: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1610: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1611: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1612:
1.213 horacio 1613: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1614: 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 1615: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1616:
1.190 horacio 1617: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1618: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1619: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1620: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1621: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1622: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1623: <p>
1.190 horacio 1624:
1.247 jufi 1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1626: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1627: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1628: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1629: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1630:
1.195 jufi 1631: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1632: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1633: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1634: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1635: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1636: <p>
1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1639: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1640: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1641: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1642: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1643:
1.191 jufi 1644: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1645: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1646: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1647: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1648: <p>
1649:
1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1651: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1652: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1653: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1654:
1655: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1656: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1657: <p>
1.247 jufi 1658: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1659:
1.191 jufi 1660:
1.186 jufi 1661: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1662: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1663:
1.247 jufi 1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1665: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1666: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1667: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1668: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1669:
1.188 jufi 1670: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1671: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1672: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1673: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1674: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1675: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1676: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1677: <p>
1678:
1.301 jose 1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1680: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1681: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1682: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1683:
1684: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1685: <p>
1.191 jufi 1686:
1.247 jufi 1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1688: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1689: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1690: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1691: </strong></font><br>
1692:
1693: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1694: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1695: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1696: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1697: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1698: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1699: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1700: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1701: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1702: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1703: familiar?
1704: <p>
1.247 jufi 1705: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1706:
1.178 louis 1707: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1708: <ul>
1.178 louis 1709:
1.247 jufi 1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1711: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1712: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1713: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1714: </strong></font><br>
1715:
1716: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1717: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1718: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1719: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1720: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1721: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1722: <p>
1723:
1.247 jufi 1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1725: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1726: Open source under the hood</a>,
1727: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1728: </strong></font><br>
1729:
1730: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1731: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1732: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1733: <p>
1734:
1.247 jufi 1735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1736: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1737: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1738: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1739: </strong></font><br>
1740:
1741: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1742: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1743: <p>
1.247 jufi 1744: </ul>
1.179 louis 1745:
1.174 louis 1746:
1.175 louis 1747: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1748: <ul>
1.175 louis 1749:
1.247 jufi 1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1751: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1752: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1753: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1754: </strong></font><br>
1755:
1756: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1757: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1758: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1759: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1760: <p>
1761:
1.247 jufi 1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1763: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1764: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1765: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1766: </strong></font><br>
1767:
1768: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1769: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1770: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1771: <p>
1.247 jufi 1772: </ul>
1.175 louis 1773:
1.176 louis 1774:
1.172 mickey 1775: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1776: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1777:
1.247 jufi 1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1779: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1780: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1781: </strong></font><br>
1782:
1783: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1784: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1785: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1786: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1787: <p>
1788:
1.247 jufi 1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1790: <a
1.269 deraadt 1791: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1792: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1793: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1794: </strong></font><br>
1795:
1796: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1797: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1798: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1799: <p>
1800:
1.247 jufi 1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1802: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1803: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1804: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1805: </strong></font><br>
1806:
1807: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1808: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1809: <p>
1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1812: <a
1.269 deraadt 1813: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1814: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1815: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1816: </strong></font><br>
1817:
1818: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1819: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1820: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1821: our own Theo de Raadt.
1822: <p>
1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1825: <a
1.269 deraadt 1826: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1827: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1828: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1829: </strong></font><br>
1830:
1831: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1832: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1833: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1834: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1835: shut down.]
1836: <p>
1837:
1.247 jufi 1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1839: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1840: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1841: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1842: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1843: </strong></font><br>
1844:
1845: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1846: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1847: <p>
1.247 jufi 1848: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1849:
1.161 louis 1850: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1851: <ul>
1.161 louis 1852:
1.247 jufi 1853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1854: <a
1.269 deraadt 1855: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1856: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1857: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1858: </strong></font><br>
1859:
1860: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1861: by John Wolley
1862: <p>
1863:
1.247 jufi 1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1865: <a
1.269 deraadt 1866: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1867: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1868: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1869: </strong></font><br>
1870:
1871: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1872: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1873: OpenBSD).
1874: <p>
1875:
1.247 jufi 1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1877: <a
1.247 jufi 1878: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1879: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1880: </strong></font><br>
1881:
1882: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1883: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1884: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1885: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1886: and hindsight.
1887: <p>
1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1890: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1891: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1892: </strong></font><br>
1893:
1894: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1895: <p>
1896:
1.247 jufi 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1898: <a
1.168 provos 1899: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1900: December 7, 2000
1901: </strong></font><br>
1902:
1903: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1904: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1905: us explain.
1906: <p>
1907:
1.247 jufi 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1909: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1910: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1911: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1912: December 6, 2000
1913: </strong></font><br>
1914:
1915: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1916: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1917: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1918: <p>
1919:
1.247 jufi 1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1921: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1922: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1923: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1924: </strong></font><br>
1925:
1926: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1927: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1928: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1929: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1930: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1931: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1932: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1933: <p>
1934:
1935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1936: <a
1.226 horacio 1937: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1938: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1939: </strong></font><br>
1940:
1941: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1942: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1943: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1944: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1945: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1946: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1947: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1948: <p>
1.162 millert 1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1951: <a
1.161 louis 1952: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1953: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1954: </strong></font><br>
1955:
1956: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1957: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1958: <p>
1959:
1.247 jufi 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1961: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1962: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1963: </strong></font><br>
1964:
1965: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1966: <p>
1967:
1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1970: <a
1.226 horacio 1971: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1972: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1973: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1974: </strong></font><br>
1975:
1976: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1977: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1978: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1979: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1980: <p>
1.247 jufi 1981: </ul>
1.169 louis 1982:
1.158 louis 1983: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1984: <ul>
1.147 louis 1985:
1.247 jufi 1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1987: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1988: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1989: </strong></font><br>
1990:
1991: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1992: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1993: <p>
1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1996: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1997: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1998: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1999: </strong></font><br>
2000: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2001: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2002: <p>
2003:
1.247 jufi 2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2005: <a
2006: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2007: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2008: </strong></font><br>
2009:
2010: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2011: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2012: <p>
2013:
1.247 jufi 2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2015: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2016: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2017: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2018:
1.213 horacio 2019: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2020: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2021: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2022: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2023: <p>
1.215 horacio 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2026: <a
2027: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2028: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2029: </strong></font><br>
2030:
2031: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2032: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2033: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2034: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2035: much of the attitude too).
2036: <p>
1.161 louis 2037:
1.247 jufi 2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2039: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2040: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2041: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2042:
1.157 louis 2043: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2044: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2045: <p>
1.247 jufi 2046: </ul>
1.157 louis 2047:
2048: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2049: <ul>
1.157 louis 2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2052: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2053: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2054: </strong></font><br>
2055:
2056: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2057: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2058: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2059: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2060: <p>
2061:
1.247 jufi 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2063: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2064: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2065: </strong></font><br>
2066:
2067: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2068: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2069: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2070: it because they love coding...
2071: <p>
2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2074: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2075: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2076: </strong></font><br>
2077:
2078: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2079: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2080: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2081: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2082: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2083: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2084: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2085: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2086: <p>
2087:
1.247 jufi 2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2089: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2090: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2091: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2092: </strong></font><br>
2093:
2094: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2095: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2096: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2097: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2098: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2099: the pizza.
2100: <p>
2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2103: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2104: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2105: </strong></font><br>
2106:
2107: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2108: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2109: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2110: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2111: problems.
2112: <p>
2113:
1.247 jufi 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2115: <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 2116: </strong></font><br>
2117:
1.222 miod 2118: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2119: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2120: - whether they like it or not.
2121: <p>
2122:
1.247 jufi 2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2124: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2125: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2126: </strong></font><br>
2127:
2128: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2129: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2130: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2131: <p>
1.148 aaron 2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2134: <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 2135: </strong></font><br>
2136:
2137: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2138: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2139: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2140: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2141: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2142: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2143: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2144: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2145: <p>
2146:
1.247 jufi 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2148: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2149: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2150: </strong></font><br>
2151:
2152: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2153: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2154: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2155: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2156: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2157: <p>
1.247 jufi 2158: </ul>
1.147 louis 2159:
1.138 louis 2160: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2161: <ul>
1.138 louis 2162:
1.247 jufi 2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2164: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2165: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2166: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2167: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2168: </strong></font><br>
2169:
1.227 horacio 2170: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2171: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2172: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2173: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2174: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2175: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2176: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2177: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2178: <p>
2179:
1.247 jufi 2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2181: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2182: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2183: </strong></font><br>
2184:
2185: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2186: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2187: groups, and even Linux.
2188: <p>
2189:
1.247 jufi 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2191: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2192: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2193: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
2196: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2197: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2198: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2199: library after installing the OS.
2200: <p>
2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2203: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2204: Sys Admin, September 2000
2205: </strong></font><br>
2206:
2207: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2208: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2209: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2210: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2211: (<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>,
2212: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2213: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2214: <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 2215: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2216: out of the system.
2217: <p>
2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2220: <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
2221: </strong></font><br>
2222:
2223: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2224: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2225: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2226: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2227: the IP filtering and address translation.
2228: <p>
1.301 jose 2229:
2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2231: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2232: </strong></font><br>
2233:
2234: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2235: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2236: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2237: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2238: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2239: <p>
1.247 jufi 2240: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2241:
1.131 louis 2242: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2243: <ul>
1.131 louis 2244:
1.247 jufi 2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2246: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2247: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2248: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2249: </strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2252: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2253: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2254: <p>
2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2257: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2258: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2259: </strong></font><br>
2260:
2261: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2262: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2263: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2264: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2265: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2266: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2267: note of"</i>.
2268: <p>
2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2271: <a
1.247 jufi 2272: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2273: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2274: </strong></font><br>
2275:
2276: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2277: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2278: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2279: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2280: <p>
2281:
1.247 jufi 2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2283: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2284: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2285: </strong></font><br>
2286:
2287: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2288: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2289: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2290: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2291: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2292: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2293: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2294: <p>
2295:
1.247 jufi 2296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2297: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2298: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2299: 2000
2300: </strong></font><br>
2301:
2302: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2303: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2304: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2305: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2306: against current industry practices.
2307: <p>
2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2310: <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
2311: </strong></font><br>
2312:
2313: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2314: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2315: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2316: <p>
2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2319: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2320: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2321: </strong></font><br>
2322:
2323: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2324: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2325: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2326: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2327: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2328: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2329: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2330: <p>
2331:
1.247 jufi 2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2333: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2334: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2335: </strong></font><br>
2336:
2337: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2338: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2339: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2340: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2341: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2342: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2343: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2344: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2345: <p>
1.247 jufi 2346: </ul>
1.131 louis 2347:
1.118 louis 2348: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2349: <ul>
1.118 louis 2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2352: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2353: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2354: </strong></font><br>
2355:
2356: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2357: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2358: about time. The article mentions that
2359: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2360: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2361: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2362: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2363: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2364: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2365: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2366: <p>
2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2369: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2370: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2371: </strong></font><br>
2372:
2373: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2374: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2375: of OpenSSH.
2376: <p>
2377:
1.247 jufi 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2379: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2380: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2381: </strong></font><br>
2382:
2383: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2384: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2385: bridging.
2386: <p>
2387:
1.247 jufi 2388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2389: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2390: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2391: </strong></font><br>
2392:
1.121 deraadt 2393: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2394: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2395: <p>
2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2398: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2399: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2400: </strong></font><br>
2401:
2402: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2403: <p>
2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2406: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2407: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2408: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2409: </strong></font><br>
2410:
1.120 deraadt 2411: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2412: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2413: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2414: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2415: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2416: <p>
2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2419: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2420: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2421: </strong></font><br>
2422:
1.222 miod 2423: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2424: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2425: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2426: protocols and their quirks.
2427: <p>
2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2430: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2431: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2432: </strong></font><br>
2433:
2434: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2435: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2436: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2437: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2438: <p>
2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2441: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2442: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2443: </strong></font><br>
2444:
2445: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2446: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2447: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2448: <p>
2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2451: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2452: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2453: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
2456: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2457: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2458: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2459: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2460: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2461: <p>
1.247 jufi 2462: </ul>
1.118 louis 2463:
1.104 louis 2464: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2465: <ul>
1.104 louis 2466:
1.247 jufi 2467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2468: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2469: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2470: </strong></font><br>
2471:
2472: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2473: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2474: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2475: be a bit dry.
2476: <p>
2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2479: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2480: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2481: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2482: </strong></font><br>
2483: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2484: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2485: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2486: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2487: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2488: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2489: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2490: <p>
2491:
1.247 jufi 2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2493: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2494: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2495: 2000
1.128 louis 2496: </strong></font><br>
2497:
2498: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2499: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2500: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2501: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2502: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2503: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2504: <p>
2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2507: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2508: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2510:
2511: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2512: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2513: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2514: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2515: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2516: <p>
1.110 louis 2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2519: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2520: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2521: </strong></font><br>
2522:
2523: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2524: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2525: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2526: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2527: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2528: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2529: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2530: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2531: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2532: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2533: <p>
2534:
1.247 jufi 2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2536: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2537: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2538:
2539: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2540: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2541: <p>
1.108 louis 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2544: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2545: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2546: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2547:
2548: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2549: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2550: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2551: <p>
1.106 louis 2552:
1.247 jufi 2553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2554: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2555: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2556: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2557:
2558: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2559: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2560: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2561: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2562: <p>
1.107 louis 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2565: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2566: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2568:
2569: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2570: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2571: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2572: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2573: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2574: <p>
1.105 louis 2575:
1.247 jufi 2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2577: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2578: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2579: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2580:
1.113 naddy 2581: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2582: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2583: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2584: <p>
1.104 louis 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2587: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2588: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2589: </strong></font><br>
2590:
2591: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2592: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2593: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2594: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2595: <p>
1.301 jose 2596:
2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2598: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2599: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2600: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2601:
2602: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2603: hardware-supported cryptography.
2604: <p>
1.247 jufi 2605: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2606:
1.85 louis 2607: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2608: <ul>
1.85 louis 2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2611: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2612: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2614:
2615: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2616: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2617: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2618: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2619: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2620: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2621: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2622: <p>
1.99 louis 2623:
1.247 jufi 2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2625: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2626: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2627: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2628:
2629: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2630: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2631: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2632: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2633: <p>
1.100 louis 2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2636: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2637: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2638: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2639:
2640: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2641: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2642: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2643: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2644: <p>
1.95 louis 2645:
1.247 jufi 2646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2647: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2648: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2649: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2650:
2651: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2652: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2653: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2654: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2655: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2656: <p>
1.92 louis 2657:
1.247 jufi 2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2659: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2660: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2661: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2662:
2663: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2664: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2665: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2666: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2667: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2668: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2669: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2670: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2671: <p>
1.91 louis 2672:
1.247 jufi 2673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2674: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2675: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2676: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2677:
2678: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2679: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2680: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2681: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2682: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2683: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2684: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2685: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2686: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2687: <p>
1.90 louis 2688:
1.247 jufi 2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2690: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2691: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2692: </strong></font><br>
2693: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2694: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2695: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2696: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2697: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2698: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2699: <p>
2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2702: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2703: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2704: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2705:
1.113 naddy 2706: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2707: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2708: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2709: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2710: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2711: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2712: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2713: <p>
1.87 louis 2714:
1.247 jufi 2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2716: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2717: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2718: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2719:
2720: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2721: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2722: <p>
1.85 louis 2723:
1.247 jufi 2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2725: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2726: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2727: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2728:
2729: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2730: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2731: <p>
2732:
2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2734: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2735: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2736: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2737:
2738: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2739: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2740: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2741: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2742: <p>
1.89 louis 2743:
1.247 jufi 2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2745: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2746: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2747: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2748:
2749: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2750: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2751: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2752: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2753: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2754: </ul>
1.85 louis 2755:
1.78 deraadt 2756: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2757: <ul>
1.74 louis 2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2760: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2761: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2762: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2763: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2764:
2765: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2766: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2767: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2768: <p>
1.83 louis 2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2771: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2772: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2773: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2774:
2775: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2776: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2777: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2778: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2779: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2780: <p>
1.93 louis 2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2783: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2784: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2785: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2786: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2787:
1.83 louis 2788: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2789: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2790: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2791: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2792: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2793: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2794: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2795: <p>
1.82 aaron 2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2798: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2799: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2800: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2801:
1.83 louis 2802: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2803: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2804: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2805: <p>
1.80 louis 2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2808: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2809: Bad Press</a>,
2810: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2811: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2812:
2813: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2814: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2815: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2816: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2817: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2818: <p>
1.247 jufi 2819: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2820:
2821: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2822: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2825: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2826: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2827: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2828: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2829:
2830: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2831: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2832: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2833: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2834: <p>
1.74 louis 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2837: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2838: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2839: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2840:
1.219 horacio 2841: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2842: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2843: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2844: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2845: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2846: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2847: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2848: <p>
1.88 louis 2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2851: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2852: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2853: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2854:
2855: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2856: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2857: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2858: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2859: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2860: <p>
1.81 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2863: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2864: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2866:
2867: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2868: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2869: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2870: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2871: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2872: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2873: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2874: <p>
1.90 louis 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2877: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2878: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2879: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2880:
2881: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2882: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2883: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2884: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2885: <p>
1.247 jufi 2886: </ul>
1.71 louis 2887:
1.69 deraadt 2888: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2889: <ul>
1.70 louis 2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2892: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2893: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2894: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2895:
2896: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2897: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2898: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2899: <p>
1.70 louis 2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2902: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2903: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2904: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2905:
2906: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2907: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2908: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2909: <p>
1.68 louis 2910:
1.247 jufi 2911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2912: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2913: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2914: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2915: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2916:
1.111 jufi 2917: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2918: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2919: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2920: "secure by default" installation.
2921: <p>
1.64 louis 2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2924: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2925: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2926: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2927:
1.113 naddy 2928: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2929: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2930: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2931: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2932: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2933: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2934: <p>
1.66 louis 2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2937: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2938: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2939: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2940:
2941: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2942: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2943: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2944: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2945: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2946: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2947: <p>
1.83 louis 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2950: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2951: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2952: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2953:
2954: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2955: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2956: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2957: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2958: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2959: <p>
1.64 louis 2960:
1.247 jufi 2961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2962: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2963: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2964: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2965:
2966: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2967: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2968: <p>
1.301 jose 2969:
2970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2971: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2972: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2973: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2974: </strong></font><br>
2975:
2976: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2977: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2978: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2979: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2980: Giving way to
2981: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2982: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2983: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2984: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2985: <p>
1.247 jufi 2986: </ul>
1.65 louis 2987:
1.69 deraadt 2988: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2989: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2992: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2993: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2994: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2995:
2996: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2997: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2998: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2999: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3000: <p>
1.88 louis 3001:
1.247 jufi 3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3003: <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 3004: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3005:
3006: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3007: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3008: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3009: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3010: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3011: <p>
1.60 louis 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3014: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3015: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3016: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3017: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3018:
3019: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3020: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3021: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3022: <p>
1.58 louis 3023:
1.247 jufi 3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3025: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3026: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3027:
3028: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3029: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3030: <p>
1.53 louis 3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3033: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3034: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3035: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3036:
3037: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3038: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3039: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3040: <p>
1.99 louis 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3043: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3044: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3045:
3046: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3047: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3048: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3049: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3050: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3053: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3054: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3058: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3059: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3060: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3061: <p>
3062:
1.247 jufi 3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3064: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3065: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3066: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3067:
3068: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3069: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3070: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3073: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3074: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3075:
3076: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3077: in
1.247 jufi 3078: <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 3079: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3080: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3081: <p>
1.53 louis 3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3084: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3085: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3086: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3087: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3088:
1.58 louis 3089: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3090: <p>
1.301 jose 3091:
3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3093: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3094: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3095: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3096: Informacyjny, January 2000
3097: </strong></font><br>
3098:
3099: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3100: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3101: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3102: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3103: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3104: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3105: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3106: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3107: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3108: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3110: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3111: <p>
3112:
3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3114: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3115: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3116: </strong></font><br>
3117:
3118: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3119: <p>
3120: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3121:
1.69 deraadt 3122: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3123: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3124:
1.247 jufi 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3126: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3127: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3128: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3129: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3130:
1.58 louis 3131: Kurt Seifried
3132: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3133: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3134: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3135: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3136:
1.247 jufi 3137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3138: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3139: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3140: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3141:
3142: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3143: <p>
1.96 louis 3144:
1.247 jufi 3145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3146: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3147: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3148: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3149: </strong></font><br>
3150:
3151: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3152: <p>
3153:
3154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3155: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3156: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3157: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3158:
3159: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3160: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3161: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3162: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3163: <p>
1.247 jufi 3164: </ul>
1.86 louis 3165:
1.69 deraadt 3166: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3167: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3168:
1.247 jufi 3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3170: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3171: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3172: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3173:
3174: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3175: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3176: <p>
1.61 louis 3177:
1.247 jufi 3178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3179: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3180: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3181: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3182: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3183:
3184: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3185: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3186: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3187: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3188: right -- or at least strives to".
3189: <p>
1.48 louis 3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3192: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3193: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3194: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3195: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3196: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3197: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3198: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3199: <p>
1.61 louis 3200:
1.247 jufi 3201: <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 3202: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3204:
3205: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3206: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3207: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3208: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3209: <p>
1.46 louis 3210:
1.247 jufi 3211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3212: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3213: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3214: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3215:
3216: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3217: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3218: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3219:
1.247 jufi 3220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3221: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3222: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3223: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3224:
3225: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3226: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3227: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3228: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3229: <p>
1.247 jufi 3230: </ul>
1.70 louis 3231:
1.69 deraadt 3232: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3233: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3234:
1.247 jufi 3235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3236: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3237: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3238: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3239: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3240:
3241: Kurt Seifried
3242: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3243: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3244: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3245: <p>
1.44 philen 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <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 3248: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3249: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3250:
3251: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3252: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <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 3255: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3256: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3257:
3258: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3259: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <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 3262: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3263: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3264:
3265: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3266: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3267: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3268: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3269: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3270:
1.247 jufi 3271: <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 3272: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3273: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3274:
1.36 louis 3275: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3276: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3277:
1.247 jufi 3278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3279: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3280: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3281: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3282:
3283: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3284: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3285: </ul>
1.38 louis 3286:
1.69 deraadt 3287: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3288: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3289:
1.247 jufi 3290: <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 3291: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3292: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3293:
3294: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3295: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3296: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3297:
1.113 naddy 3298: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3299: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3300: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3301: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3302:
3303: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3304: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3305: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3306: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3307: <blockquote>
3308: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3309: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3310: <br>
3311: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3312: </code>
3313: </blockquote>
3314: <p>
3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3317: <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 3318: <p>
3319:
3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3321: <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 3322: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3323:
3324: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3325: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3326: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3327: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3328:
1.247 jufi 3329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3330: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3331: Sept. 28, 1999
3332: </strong></font><br>
3333:
3334: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3335: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3336: translating and reprinting articles from
3337: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3338: <p>
3339:
3340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3341: <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 3342: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3343:
3344: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3345: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3346: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3347: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3348: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3349: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3350: <p>
1.19 louis 3351:
1.113 naddy 3352: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3353: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3354: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3355:
3356: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3357: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3358: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3359: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3360: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3361: <p>
1.16 louis 3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3364: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3365: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3366: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3367:
1.57 louis 3368: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3369: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3370: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3371: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3374: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3375: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3376: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3377:
1.113 naddy 3378: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3381: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3382: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3383: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3384:
1.23 louis 3385: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3386: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3387: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3388: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3389: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3390: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3391:
1.247 jufi 3392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3393: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3394: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3395: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3396:
1.199 pvalchev 3397: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3398: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3399: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3400: installation.
1.113 naddy 3401: <p>
1.47 louis 3402:
1.247 jufi 3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3404: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3405: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3406: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3407:
1.301 jose 3408: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3409: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3410: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3411: </ul>
1.57 louis 3412:
1.69 deraadt 3413: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3414: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3417: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3418: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3419: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3420:
3421: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3422: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3423: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3424: <p>
1.12 louis 3425:
1.247 jufi 3426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3427: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3428: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3429: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3430:
3431: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3432: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3433: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3434: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3435: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3436: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3437: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3438: <p>
1.247 jufi 3439: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3440:
1.69 deraadt 3441: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3442: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3445: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3446: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3447:
3448: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3449: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3450: available."
1.113 naddy 3451: <p>
1.301 jose 3452:
3453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3454: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3455: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3456: </strong></font><br>
3457:
3458: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3459: <p>
1.247 jufi 3460: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3461:
1.69 deraadt 3462: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3463: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3464:
1.247 jufi 3465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3466: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3467: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3468:
3469: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3470: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3471: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3472: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3473: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3474: <p>
1.33 louis 3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3477: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3478: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3479: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3480:
1.113 naddy 3481: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3482: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3483: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3484: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3485: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3486: <p>
1.247 jufi 3487: </ul>
1.57 louis 3488:
1.69 deraadt 3489: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3490: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3491:
1.247 jufi 3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3493: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3494: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3495: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3496:
3497: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3498: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3499: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3502: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3503: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3504: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3505: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3506:
3507: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3508: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3511: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3512:
1.113 naddy 3513: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3516: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3517: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3518: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3519:
3520: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3521: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3522: </ul>
1.23 louis 3523:
1.69 deraadt 3524: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3525: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3528: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3529: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3530:
3531: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3532: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3533: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3534:
1.247 jufi 3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3536: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3537: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3538: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3539:
3540: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3541: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3542: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3543: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3544: </ul>
1.57 louis 3545:
1.69 deraadt 3546: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3547: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3550: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3551: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3552: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3553:
3554: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3555: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3556: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3557: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3558: <p>
1.15 louis 3559:
1.247 jufi 3560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3561: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3562: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3563: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3564:
3565: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3566: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3567: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3568: columns."
1.113 naddy 3569: <p>
1.247 jufi 3570: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3571:
1.69 deraadt 3572: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3573: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3574:
1.247 jufi 3575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3576: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3577: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3578: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3579:
3580: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3581: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3582:
1.113 naddy 3583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3584: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3585: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3586:
3587: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3588: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3589: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3590: </ul>
1.57 louis 3591:
1.69 deraadt 3592: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3593: <ul>
1.301 jose 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3595: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3596: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3597: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3598:
3599: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3600: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3601: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3602: <p>
3603:
3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3605: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3606: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3607: Nov 13, 1998 and
3608: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3609: Datateknik</a>,
3610: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3611:
3612: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3613: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3614: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3615: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3616: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3617:
1.113 naddy 3618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3619: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3620: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3621: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3622:
1.222 miod 3623: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3624: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3625: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3626: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3627: <p>
1.247 jufi 3628: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3629:
1.69 deraadt 3630: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3631: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3634: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3635: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3636:
1.69 deraadt 3637: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3638: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3639: <p>
1.247 jufi 3640: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3641:
1.69 deraadt 3642: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3643: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3644:
1.247 jufi 3645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3646: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3647: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3648: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3649:
3650: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3651: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3652: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3653:
1.247 jufi 3654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3655: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3656: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3657: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3658: <p>
1.247 jufi 3659: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3660:
1.69 deraadt 3661: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3662: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3665: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3666: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3667: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3668: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3669: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3670:
3671: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3672: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3673: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3674: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3675: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3676: <p>
1.247 jufi 3677: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3678:
3679: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3680: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3683: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3684: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3685:
1.69 deraadt 3686: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3687: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3688: <p>
1.112 naddy 3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3691: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3692:
1.292 camield 3693: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3694: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3695: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.356 jose 3696: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.355 2003/06/03 14:28:30 jose Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3697:
3698: </body>
3699: </html>
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