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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>
1.360 ! jose 23: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
! 24: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
! 25: Software Development Online,
! 26: June, 2003.
! 27: </strong></font><br>
! 28: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
! 29: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
! 30: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
! 31: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
! 32: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
! 33: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
! 34: current activities.
! 35: <p>
! 36:
! 37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 38: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Interview with Theo about funding, hackathons, and security in OpenBSD.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 44: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
45: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
46: Page 58, eWeek,
47: June 2, 2003.
48: </strong></font><br>
49: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
50: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
51: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
52: been addressed in -current.
53: <p>
54:
1.356 jose 55: </ul>
56:
57: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
58: <ul>
59:
1.355 jose 60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 61: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
62: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
63: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
64: </strong></font><br>
65: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
66: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
67: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
68: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
69: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
70: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
71: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 75: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
76: Beyond Linux</a>,
77: InfoWorld,
78: May 23, 2003.
79: </strong></font><br>
80: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
81: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
82: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
83: compared to the GPL.
84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 87: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
88: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
89: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 90: May 17, 2003.
91: </strong></font><br>
92: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
93: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
94: the business section and half of another page inside
95: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
96: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
97: in talking about the project's history and goals.
98: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
99: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
100: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
101: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 102: <br>
103: This article can also be found online at:
104: <ul>
105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
106: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
107: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
108: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
109: May 17, 2003
110: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 111: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
113: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
114: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
115: Montreal Gazette,
116: May 21, 2003
117: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 118: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 119: <p>
1.346 ian 120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 122: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 123: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 124: May 7, 2003.
125: </strong></font><br>
126: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
127: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
128: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
129: <p>
130:
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 132: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
133: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
134: OsOpinion,
135: May 6, 2003.
136: </strong></font><br>
137: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
138: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
139: <br>
140: This article can also be found online at:
141: <ul>
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
143: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
144: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
145: NewsFactor Network.
146: </strong></font>
147: </ul>
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 151: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 152: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
153: ITBusiness,
154: May 2, 2003.
155: </strong></font><br>
156: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
157: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
158: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
159: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 163: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
164: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
165: InfoWorld,
166: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 167: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 168: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
169: <br>
170: This article can also be found online at:
171: <ul>
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
173: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
174: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
175: IDG Singapore.
176: </strong></font>
177: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 178: <p>
179:
1.339 jose 180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
181: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
182: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 183: ZDNet,
184: May 1, 2003.
185: </strong></font><br>
186: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 187: someone using parts from previous articles.
188: <br>
1.341 deraadt 189: This article can also be found online at:
190: <ul>
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
192: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
193: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
194: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 195: </strong></font>
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
197: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
198: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
199: CNET News.com.
200: </strong></font>
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
202: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
203: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
204: ZDNet UK.
205: </strong></font>
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
207: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
208: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
209: Help Net Security, Croatia.
210: </strong></font>
211: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 212: <p>
1.339 jose 213:
1.341 deraadt 214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 215: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 216: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
217: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
218: May 1, 2003.
219: </strong></font><br>
220: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
221: that have been added
222: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
223: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
224: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 225: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 226: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
227: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
228: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 229: <p>
230:
231: </ul>
232:
1.253 ian 233: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
234: <ul>
1.255 ian 235:
1.260 ian 236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 237: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 238: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
239: TechRepublic,
240: April 28, 2003.
241: </strong></font><br>
242: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
243: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 244: work.<br>
245: Can also be found online at:
246: <ul>
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
248: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
249: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
250: ZDNet UK.
251: </strong></font>
252: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 253: <p>
254:
255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 256: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
257: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
258: IDG,
259: April 24, 2003.
260: </strong></font><br>
261: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
262: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
263: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
264: Can also be found online at:
265: <ul>
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
267: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
268: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 269: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 270: </strong></font>
271: </ul>
272: <p>
273:
274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
275: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 276: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 277: Slate,
278: April 24, 2003.
279: </strong></font><br>
280: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
281: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
282: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
283: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 287: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
288: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
289: April 24, 2003.
290: </strong></font><br>
291: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
292: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
293: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
294: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 298: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
299: April 24, 2003.
300: </strong></font><br>
301: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
302: the free software community".
303: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
304: other articles.
305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 308: <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 309: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
310: </strong></font><br>
311: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
312: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
313: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
314: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
315: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
316: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
317: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
318: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
319: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
320: <br/>
321: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
322: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
323: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
324: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 325: <br>
326: Can also be found online at:
327: <ul>
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
329: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
330: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
331: Common Dreams NewsCenter
332: </strong></font>
333: </ul>
1.324 ian 334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
337: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
338: Wired, April 24, 2003.
339: </strong></font><br>
340: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
341: article above.
342: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
343: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
344: wasting them."
1.332 ian 345: <br>
346: Can also be found online at:
347: <ul>
348: <li>
349: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
350: </strong></font>
351: </ul>
1.324 ian 352: <p>
353:
354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 355: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
356: </strong></font><br>
357: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
358: <p>
359:
360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 361: <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.
362: </strong></font><br>
363: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
364: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 368: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
369: April 23, 2003.
370: </strong></font><br>
371: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 375: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 376: April 22, 2003.
377: </strong></font><br>
378: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 382: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
383: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
384: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 385: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 386: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
387: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
388: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
389: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
390: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
391: Can also be found online at:
392: <ul>
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
394: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 395: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
396: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 397: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
399: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 400: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
401: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 402: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 403: </ul>
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 407: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
408: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 409: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 410: </strong></font><br>
411: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 412: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
413: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
414: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
415: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
416: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
417: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 421: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
422: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 423: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
424: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 425: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
426: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
427: at UPenn and DARPA.
428: <p>
429:
430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 431: [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 Informatique,
432: France
1.315 deraadt 433: April 18, 2003.
434: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 435: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 439: [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 440: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 441: </strong></font><br>
442: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
443: <p>
444:
445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 446: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
447: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
448: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 449: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 450: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
451: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
452: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 456: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
457: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 458: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 459: </strong></font><br>
460: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
461: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
462: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 463: American century.
1.267 deraadt 464: <p>
465:
466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 467: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
468: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 469: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 470: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 471: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
472: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
473: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
474: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
475: Can also be found online at:
476: <ul>
477: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
478: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 479: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 480: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 481: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 482: <p>
483:
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 485: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 486: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 487: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 488: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 489: </strong></font><br>
490: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 491: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
492: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
493: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
494: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 495:
496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
497: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
498: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
499: New York Times.
500: </strong></font>(free registration required)
501:
1.273 deraadt 502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
503: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 504: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 505: ABC News.
506: </strong></font>
507:
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 509: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 510: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 511: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 512: </strong></font>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 515: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 516: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 517: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 518: </strong></font>
519:
520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 521: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
522: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 523: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 524: </strong></font>
525:
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 527: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 528: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 529: Times Daily, AL.
530: </strong></font>
531:
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
533: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
534: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
535: Boston.com, MA.
536: </strong></font>
537:
538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 539: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 540: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 541: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
542: </strong></font>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 545: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
546: [Article was pulled]</a>
547: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 548: </strong></font>
549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
551: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
552: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
553: Infoshop News.
554: </strong></font>
555:
556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
557: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
558: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
559: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
560: </strong></font>
561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 563: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
564: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
565: Raleigh News, NC.
566: </strong></font>
567:
568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 569: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 570: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
571: Napa News, CA.
572: </strong></font>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 575: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 576: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
577: NEPA News, PA.
578: </strong></font>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
581: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
582: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
583: Wired News.
584: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 585: <br>
586: <li>
1.333 deraadt 587: <font color="#009000"><strong>
588: [JAPANESE]
589: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
590: Wired News Japan</a>
591: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 592:
1.271 deraadt 593: </ul>
594: <p>
1.272 deraadt 595: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
596: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 597: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
598: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
599: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
600: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
601: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
602: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 603: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 604: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
605: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
606: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 607: <p>
608: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 609:
610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 611: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 612: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
613: Indianapolis Star, IN.
614: </strong></font>
615:
616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 617: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
618: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
619: Miami Herald, FL.
620: </strong></font>
621:
622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 623: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 624: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
625: </strong></font>
626:
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
628: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 629: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 630: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 631: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
634: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
635: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
636: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
637: ABC News.
638: </strong></font>
639:
1.276 deraadt 640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
641: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 642: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 643: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 644: </strong></font>
645:
1.286 dhartmei 646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 647: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 648: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
649: Wilmington Star, NC.
650: </strong></font>
651:
1.300 jose 652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
653: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
654: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
655: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
656: </strong></font>
657:
1.309 jose 658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
659: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
660: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
661: Globe Technology.
662: </strong></font>
663:
1.263 deraadt 664: </ul>
1.262 beck 665: <p>
666:
667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 668: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
669: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 670: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 671: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 672: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 673: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
674: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
675: <p>
676:
677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 678: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
679: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
680: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 681: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 682: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
683: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
684: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
685: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
686: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
687: and simply restates other press reports.
688: <p>
689:
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 691: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
692: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
693: OS News, April 18, 2003.
694: </strong></font><br>
695: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 699: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
700: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 701: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 702: </strong></font><br>
703: Another report on the DARPA funding.
704: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
705: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 709: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
710: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
711: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
712: April 17, 2003.
713: </strong></font><br>
714: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
715: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
716: Tech Anthems</a>
717: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
718: 4 so far.
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 722: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
723: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 724: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 725: </strong></font><br>
726: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
727: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
728: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
729: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
730: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
731: Goes on to say:
732: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
733: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
734: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
735: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 736: This article is also found online at:
737: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
739: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
740: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
741: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 742: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
744: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
745: ZDnet</a>,
746: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 747: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
749: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
750: ZDnet Australia</a>,
751: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 752: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 753: </ul>
1.260 ian 754: <p>
1.279 deraadt 755:
1.260 ian 756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 757: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 758: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 759: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 760: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 761: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 762: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
763: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
764: without notice or justification.
765: <p>
766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 768: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 769: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 770: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 771: </strong></font><br>
772: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
773: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 774: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 775: effective today, without any warning..."
776: <p>
1.257 ian 777:
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 779: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
780: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 781: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 782: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 783: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
784: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
785: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
786: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
787: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 788: <p>
789:
790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 791: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
792: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 793: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 794: </strong></font><br>
795: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
796: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
797: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
798: quoting two of them:
799: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
800: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
801: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
802: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
803: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
804: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
805: <p>
806:
1.255 ian 807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 808: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
809: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 810: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 811: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 812: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 813: <p>
814:
815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 816: [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 817: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 818: </strong></font><br>
819: New security concepts in OpenBSD
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 823: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
824: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 825: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 826: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 827: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 828: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
829: security experts for more than three decades."
830: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
831: <p>
1.261 ian 832:
1.254 drahn 833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 834: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 835: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 836: </strong></font><br>
837: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
838: <p>
839:
840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 841: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
842: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
843: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
844: </strong></font><br>
845: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
846: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
847: discussion OpenBSD's path.
848: <p>
849:
850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 851: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
852: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 853: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 854: </strong></font><br>
855: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
856: from US DARPA.
857: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
858: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
859: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
860: the BSD license.
861: <p>
862: </ul>
863:
1.251 ian 864: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
865: <ul>
866:
867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 868: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
869: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
870: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
871: </strong></font><br>
872:
873: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
874: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
875: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
876: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
877: <p>
878:
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 880: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
881: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 882: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 883: </strong></font><br>
884: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
885: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
886: Mentions
887: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
888: and
889: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
890: programs.
891: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 892: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 893: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
894: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
895: <p>
1.325 ian 896: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
897: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
900: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
901: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
902: </strong></font><br>
903: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
904: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
905: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
906: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
907: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
908: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
909: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
910: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
911: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
912: put into service."
913: <p>
914: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
915: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
916: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
917: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
918: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
919: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
920: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
921: computers with security features."
922: <p>
1.329 ian 923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
925: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
926: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
927: Slate,
928: March 3, 2003.
929: </strong></font><br>
930: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
931: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
932: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
933: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
934: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
935: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
936: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
937: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
938: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
939: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
940: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
941: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
942: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
943: of more secure open-source solutions like
944: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
945: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
946: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
947: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
948: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
949: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
950: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
951: the Beltway."
952: <p>
1.251 ian 953: </ul>
954:
1.249 jufi 955: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
956: <ul>
957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
958: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
959: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 960: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 961: </strong></font><br>
962: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
963: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 964: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 965: <p>
1.334 ian 966:
967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
968: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
969: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
970: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
971: </strong></font><br>
972: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
973: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
974: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
975: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
976: "... the hypothetical question ...
977: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
978: <br>
979: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
980: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
981: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
982: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
983: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
984: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 985: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 986: support network security.
987: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
988: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
989: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
990: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
991: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
992: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
993: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
994: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
995: <br>
996: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
997: <p>
998:
1.249 jufi 999: </ul>
1000:
1.246 jufi 1001: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1002: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1003:
1.247 jufi 1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1005: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1006: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1007: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1010: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1011: <p>
1012:
1.247 jufi 1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1014: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1015: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1016: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1017: </strong></font><br>
1018: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1019: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1020: <p>
1021:
1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1023: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1024: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1025: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1026: </strong></font><br>
1027: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1028: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1029: <p>
1.247 jufi 1030: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1031:
1.244 jufi 1032: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1033: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1036: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1037: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1038: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1039: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1040: </strong></font><br>
1041: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1042: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1043: md5 digests.
1044: <p>
1045:
1.247 jufi 1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1047: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1048: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1049: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1050: </strong></font><br>
1051: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1052: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1053: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1054: right the first time."
1055: <p>
1.247 jufi 1056: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1057:
1058:
1059: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1060: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1061:
1.247 jufi 1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1063: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1064: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1065: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1066: </strong></font><br>
1067: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1068: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1069: part 6</a>.
1070: <p>
1071:
1.247 jufi 1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1073: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1074: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1075: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1076: </strong></font><br>
1077: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1078: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1079: <p>
1.301 jose 1080:
1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1082: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1083: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1084: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1085: </strong></font><br>
1086:
1087: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1088: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1089: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1090: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1091: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1092: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1093: <i>Here's the
1094: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1095: <p>
1.247 jufi 1096: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1097:
1098: <h2>July, 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/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1103: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1104: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1105: </strong></font><br>
1106: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1107: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1108: <p>
1109:
1.247 jufi 1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1111: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1112: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1113: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1114: </strong></font><br>
1115: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1116: this time using pf.
1117: <p>
1.247 jufi 1118: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1119:
1120: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1121: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1122:
1.247 jufi 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1124: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1125: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1126: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1127: </strong></font><br>
1128: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1129: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1130: their rotation.
1131: <p>
1132:
1.247 jufi 1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1134: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1135: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1136: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1137: </strong></font><br>
1138: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1139: <p>
1.247 jufi 1140: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1141:
1.239 jufi 1142: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1143: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1144:
1.247 jufi 1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1146: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1147: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1148: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1149: </strong></font><br>
1150: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1151: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1152: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1153: <p>
1154:
1.247 jufi 1155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1156: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1157: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1158: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1159: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1160: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1161: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1162: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1163: <p>
1.247 jufi 1164: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1165:
1.235 lebel 1166: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1167: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1168:
1.239 jufi 1169:
1.247 jufi 1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1171: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1172: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1173: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1174: </strong></font><br>
1175: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1176: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1177: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1178: <p>
1.301 jose 1179:
1.247 jufi 1180: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1181:
1.228 horacio 1182: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1183: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1184:
1.247 jufi 1185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1186: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1187: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1188: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1189: </strong></font><br>
1190: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1191: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1192: <p>
1193:
1.247 jufi 1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1195: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1196: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1197: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1198: </strong></font><br>
1199: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1200: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1201: <p>
1202:
1.247 jufi 1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1204: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1205: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1206: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1207: </strong></font><br>
1208: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1209: on the desktop of his parents.
1210: <p>
1211:
1.247 jufi 1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1213: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1214: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1215: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1216: </strong></font><br>
1217: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1218: using IPFilter.
1219:
1220: <p>
1221:
1.247 jufi 1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1223: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1224: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1225: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1226: </strong></font><br>
1227: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1228: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1229: perspectives of the four OS.
1230: <br>
1231: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1232: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1233: <p>
1234:
1.247 jufi 1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1236: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1237: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1238: software and security</a>,
1239: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1240: </strong></font><br>
1241:
1242: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1243: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1244: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1245: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1246: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1247: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1248: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1249: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1250: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1251: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1252: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1253: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1254: <p>
1.247 jufi 1255: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1256:
1.225 horacio 1257: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1258: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1259:
1.247 jufi 1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1261: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1262: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1263: Interview</a>,
1264: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1265: </strong></font><br>
1266:
1267: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1268: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1269: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1270: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1271: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1272: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1273: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1274: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1275: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1276: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1277: of choice.
1278: <p>
1.247 jufi 1279: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1280:
1281: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1282: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1283:
1.247 jufi 1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1285: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1286: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1287: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1288: </strong></font><br>
1289:
1290: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1291: <p>
1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1294: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1295: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1296: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1297: </strong></font><br>
1298:
1299: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1300: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1301: <p>
1.247 jufi 1302: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1303:
1.218 horacio 1304: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1305: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1306:
1.247 jufi 1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1308: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1309: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1310: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1311: </strong></font><br>
1312:
1313: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1314: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1315: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1316: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1317: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1318: subjects. Worth a read.
1319: <p>
1320:
1321:
1.247 jufi 1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1323: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1324: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1325: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1326: </strong></font><br>
1327:
1328: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1329: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1330: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1331: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1332: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1333: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1334: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1335: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1336: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1337: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1338: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1339: on other operating systems.<br>
1340: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1341: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1342: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1343: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1344: <p>
1345:
1.247 jufi 1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1347: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1348: Operating System 2010</a>,
1349: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1350: </strong></font><br>
1351:
1352: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1353: covering the level of software integration into the core
1354: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1355: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1356: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1357: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1358: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1359: <p>
1360:
1.247 jufi 1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1362: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1363: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1364: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1365: </strong></font><br>
1366:
1367: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1368: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1369: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1370: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1371: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1372: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1373: <p>
1.247 jufi 1374: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1375:
1.210 jufi 1376: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1377: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1378:
1.247 jufi 1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1380: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1381: Already a Contender</a>,
1382: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1383: </strong></font><br>
1384:
1385: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1386: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1387: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1388: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1389: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1390: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1394: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1395: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1396: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1397: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1398:
1.224 horacio 1399: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1400: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1401: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1402: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1403: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1404: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1405: <p>
1.247 jufi 1406: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1407:
1408: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1409: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1410:
1.247 jufi 1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1412: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1413: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1414: Division</a>,
1415: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1416: </strong></font><br>
1417:
1418: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1419: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1420: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1421: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1422: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1423: investment</em>.<br>
1424: The implementation details can be seen on their
1425: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1426: <p>
1427:
1.247 jufi 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1429: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1430: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1431: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1432: </strong></font><br>
1433:
1434: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1435: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1436: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1437: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1438: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1439: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1440: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1441: <p>
1442:
1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1444: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1445: Thinking about Security</a>,
1446: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1447: </strong></font><br>
1448:
1449: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1450: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1451: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1452: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1453: to time.<br>
1454: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1455: system and just the most secure system.
1456: <p>
1457:
1.247 jufi 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1459: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1460: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1461: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1462: </strong></font><br>
1463:
1464: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1465: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1466: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1467: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1468: choice:<br>
1469: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1470: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1471: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1472: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1473: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1474: network security devices and as such must be well
1475: armored."</em><br>
1476: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1477: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1478: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1479: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1480: <br>
1481: Bravo!
1482: <p>
1.247 jufi 1483: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1484:
1.207 ian 1485: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1486: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1489: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1490: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1491: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1492:
1.207 ian 1493: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1494: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1495: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1496: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1497: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1498: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1499: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1500: <p>
1.247 jufi 1501: </ul>
1.207 ian 1502:
1.194 jufi 1503: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1504: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1505:
1.247 jufi 1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1507: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1508: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1509: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1510: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1511:
1.240 miod 1512: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1513: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1514: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1515: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1516: <p>
1517:
1.247 jufi 1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1519: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1520: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1521: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1522:
1523: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1524: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1525: <p>
1526:
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1528: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1529: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1530: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1531:
1532: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1533: <p>
1534:
1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1536: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1537: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1538: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1539: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1540:
1.240 miod 1541: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1542: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1543: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1544: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1545: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1546: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1547: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1548: <br>
1549: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1550: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1551: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1552: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1553: <p>
1554:
1.247 jufi 1555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1556: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1557: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1558: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1559: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1560:
1.194 jufi 1561: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1562: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1563: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1564: <br>
1565: The new
1566: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1567: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1568: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1569: <p>
1.247 jufi 1570: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1571:
1.190 horacio 1572: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1573: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1574:
1.247 jufi 1575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1576:
1577: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1578: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1579:
1.301 jose 1580:
1.191 jufi 1581: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1582: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1583:
1584: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1585: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1586:
1.212 horacio 1587: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1588: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1589: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1590:
1.211 horacio 1591: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1592: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1593: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1594:
1.247 jufi 1595: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1596: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1597:
1.247 jufi 1598: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1599: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1600:
1.212 horacio 1601: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1602: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1603: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1604:
1605: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1606: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1607:
1608: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1609: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1610:
1.301 jose 1611: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1612: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1613:
1.191 jufi 1614: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1615: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1616:
1617: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1618: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1619:
1.192 jufi 1620: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1621: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1622: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1623:
1.193 deraadt 1624: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1625: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1626: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1627:
1.247 jufi 1628: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1629: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1632: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1633: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1634:
1.213 horacio 1635: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1636: 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 1637: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1638:
1.190 horacio 1639: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1640: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1641: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1642: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1643: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1644: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1645: <p>
1.190 horacio 1646:
1.247 jufi 1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1648: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1649: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1650: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1651: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1652:
1.195 jufi 1653: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1654: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1655: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1656: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1657: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1658: <p>
1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1661: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1662: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1663: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1664: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1665:
1.191 jufi 1666: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1667: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1668: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1669: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1670: <p>
1671:
1672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1673: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1674: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1675: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1676:
1677: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1678: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1679: <p>
1.247 jufi 1680: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1681:
1.191 jufi 1682:
1.186 jufi 1683: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1684: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1685:
1.247 jufi 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1687: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1688: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1689: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1691:
1.188 jufi 1692: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1693: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1694: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1695: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1696: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1697: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1698: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1699: <p>
1700:
1.301 jose 1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1702: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1703: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1704: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1705:
1706: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1707: <p>
1.191 jufi 1708:
1.247 jufi 1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1710: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1711: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1712: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1713: </strong></font><br>
1714:
1715: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1716: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1717: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1718: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1719: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1720: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1721: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1722: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1723: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1724: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1725: familiar?
1726: <p>
1.247 jufi 1727: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1728:
1.178 louis 1729: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1730: <ul>
1.178 louis 1731:
1.247 jufi 1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1733: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1734: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1735: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1736: </strong></font><br>
1737:
1738: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1739: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1740: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1741: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1742: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1743: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1744: <p>
1745:
1.247 jufi 1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1747: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1748: Open source under the hood</a>,
1749: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1750: </strong></font><br>
1751:
1752: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1753: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1754: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1755: <p>
1756:
1.247 jufi 1757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1758: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1759: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1760: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1761: </strong></font><br>
1762:
1763: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1764: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1765: <p>
1.247 jufi 1766: </ul>
1.179 louis 1767:
1.174 louis 1768:
1.175 louis 1769: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1770: <ul>
1.175 louis 1771:
1.247 jufi 1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1773: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1774: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1775: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1776: </strong></font><br>
1777:
1778: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1779: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1780: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1781: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1782: <p>
1783:
1.247 jufi 1784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1785: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1786: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1787: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1788: </strong></font><br>
1789:
1790: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1791: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1792: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1793: <p>
1.247 jufi 1794: </ul>
1.175 louis 1795:
1.176 louis 1796:
1.172 mickey 1797: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1798: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1799:
1.247 jufi 1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1801: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1802: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1803: </strong></font><br>
1804:
1805: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1806: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1807: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1808: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1809: <p>
1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1812: <a
1.269 deraadt 1813: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1814: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1815: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1816: </strong></font><br>
1817:
1818: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1819: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1820: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1821: <p>
1822:
1.247 jufi 1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1824: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1825: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1826: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1827: </strong></font><br>
1828:
1829: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1830: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1831: <p>
1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1834: <a
1.269 deraadt 1835: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1836: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1837: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1838: </strong></font><br>
1839:
1840: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1841: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1842: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1843: our own Theo de Raadt.
1844: <p>
1845:
1.247 jufi 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1847: <a
1.269 deraadt 1848: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1849: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1850: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1851: </strong></font><br>
1852:
1853: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1854: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1855: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1856: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1857: shut down.]
1858: <p>
1859:
1.247 jufi 1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1861: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1862: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1863: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1864: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1865: </strong></font><br>
1866:
1867: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1868: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1869: <p>
1.247 jufi 1870: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1871:
1.161 louis 1872: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1873: <ul>
1.161 louis 1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1876: <a
1.269 deraadt 1877: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1878: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1879: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1880: </strong></font><br>
1881:
1882: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1883: by John Wolley
1884: <p>
1885:
1.247 jufi 1886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1887: <a
1.269 deraadt 1888: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1889: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1890: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1891: </strong></font><br>
1892:
1893: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1894: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1895: OpenBSD).
1896: <p>
1897:
1.247 jufi 1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1899: <a
1.247 jufi 1900: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1901: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1902: </strong></font><br>
1903:
1904: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1905: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1906: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1907: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1908: and hindsight.
1909: <p>
1910:
1.247 jufi 1911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1912: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1913: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1914: </strong></font><br>
1915:
1916: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1917: <p>
1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1920: <a
1.168 provos 1921: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1922: December 7, 2000
1923: </strong></font><br>
1924:
1925: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1926: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1927: us explain.
1928: <p>
1929:
1.247 jufi 1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1931: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1932: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1933: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1934: December 6, 2000
1935: </strong></font><br>
1936:
1937: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1938: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1939: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1940: <p>
1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1943: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1944: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1945: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1946: </strong></font><br>
1947:
1948: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1949: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1950: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1951: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1952: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1953: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1954: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1955: <p>
1956:
1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1958: <a
1.226 horacio 1959: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1960: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1961: </strong></font><br>
1962:
1963: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1964: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1965: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1966: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1967: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1968: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1969: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1970: <p>
1.162 millert 1971:
1.247 jufi 1972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1973: <a
1.161 louis 1974: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1975: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1976: </strong></font><br>
1977:
1978: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1979: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1980: <p>
1981:
1.247 jufi 1982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1983: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1984: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1985: </strong></font><br>
1986:
1987: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1988: <p>
1989:
1990:
1.247 jufi 1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1992: <a
1.226 horacio 1993: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1994: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1995: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1996: </strong></font><br>
1997:
1998: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1999: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2000: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2001: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2002: <p>
1.247 jufi 2003: </ul>
1.169 louis 2004:
1.158 louis 2005: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2006: <ul>
1.147 louis 2007:
1.247 jufi 2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2009: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2010: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2011: </strong></font><br>
2012:
2013: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2014: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2015: <p>
2016:
1.247 jufi 2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2018: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2019: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2020: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2021: </strong></font><br>
2022: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2023: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2024: <p>
2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2027: <a
2028: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2029: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2030: </strong></font><br>
2031:
2032: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2033: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2034: <p>
2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2037: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2038: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2039: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2040:
1.213 horacio 2041: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2042: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2043: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2044: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2045: <p>
1.215 horacio 2046:
1.247 jufi 2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2048: <a
2049: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2050: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2051: </strong></font><br>
2052:
2053: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2054: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2055: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2056: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2057: much of the attitude too).
2058: <p>
1.161 louis 2059:
1.247 jufi 2060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2061: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2062: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2063: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2064:
1.157 louis 2065: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2066: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2067: <p>
1.247 jufi 2068: </ul>
1.157 louis 2069:
2070: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2071: <ul>
1.157 louis 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2074: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2075: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2076: </strong></font><br>
2077:
2078: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2079: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2080: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2081: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2082: <p>
2083:
1.247 jufi 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2085: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2086: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2087: </strong></font><br>
2088:
2089: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2090: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2091: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2092: it because they love coding...
2093: <p>
2094:
1.247 jufi 2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2096: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2097: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2098: </strong></font><br>
2099:
2100: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2101: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2102: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2103: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2104: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2105: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2106: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2107: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2108: <p>
2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2111: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2112: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2113: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2114: </strong></font><br>
2115:
2116: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2117: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2118: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2119: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2120: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2121: the pizza.
2122: <p>
2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2125: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2126: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2127: </strong></font><br>
2128:
2129: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2130: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2131: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2132: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2133: problems.
2134: <p>
2135:
1.247 jufi 2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2137: <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 2138: </strong></font><br>
2139:
1.222 miod 2140: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2141: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2142: - whether they like it or not.
2143: <p>
2144:
1.247 jufi 2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2146: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2147: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2148: </strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2151: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2152: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2153: <p>
1.148 aaron 2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2156: <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 2157: </strong></font><br>
2158:
2159: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2160: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2161: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2162: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2163: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2164: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2165: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2166: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2167: <p>
2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2170: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2171: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2172: </strong></font><br>
2173:
2174: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2175: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2176: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2177: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2178: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2179: <p>
1.247 jufi 2180: </ul>
1.147 louis 2181:
1.138 louis 2182: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2183: <ul>
1.138 louis 2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2186: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2187: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2188: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2189: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2190: </strong></font><br>
2191:
1.227 horacio 2192: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2193: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2194: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2195: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2196: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2197: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2198: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2199: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2200: <p>
2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2203: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2204: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2205: </strong></font><br>
2206:
2207: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2208: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2209: groups, and even Linux.
2210: <p>
2211:
1.247 jufi 2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2213: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2214: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2215: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2216: </strong></font><br>
2217:
2218: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2219: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2220: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2221: library after installing the OS.
2222: <p>
2223:
1.247 jufi 2224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2225: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2226: Sys Admin, September 2000
2227: </strong></font><br>
2228:
2229: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2230: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2231: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2232: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2233: (<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>,
2234: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2235: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2236: <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 2237: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2238: out of the system.
2239: <p>
2240:
1.247 jufi 2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2242: <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
2243: </strong></font><br>
2244:
2245: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2246: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2247: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2248: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2249: the IP filtering and address translation.
2250: <p>
1.301 jose 2251:
2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2253: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2254: </strong></font><br>
2255:
2256: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2257: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2258: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2259: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2260: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2261: <p>
1.247 jufi 2262: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2263:
1.131 louis 2264: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2265: <ul>
1.131 louis 2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2268: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2269: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2270: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2271: </strong></font><br>
2272:
2273: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2274: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2275: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2276: <p>
2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2279: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2280: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2284: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2285: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2286: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2287: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2288: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2289: note of"</i>.
2290: <p>
2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2293: <a
1.247 jufi 2294: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2295: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2296: </strong></font><br>
2297:
2298: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2299: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2300: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2301: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2302: <p>
2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2305: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2306: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2307: </strong></font><br>
2308:
2309: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2310: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2311: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2312: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2313: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2314: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2315: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2316: <p>
2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2319: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2320: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2321: 2000
2322: </strong></font><br>
2323:
2324: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2325: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2326: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2327: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2328: against current industry practices.
2329: <p>
2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2332: <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
2333: </strong></font><br>
2334:
2335: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2336: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2337: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2338: <p>
2339:
1.247 jufi 2340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2341: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2342: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2343: </strong></font><br>
2344:
2345: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2346: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2347: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2348: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2349: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2350: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2351: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2352: <p>
2353:
1.247 jufi 2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2355: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2356: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2357: </strong></font><br>
2358:
2359: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2360: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2361: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2362: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2363: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2364: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2365: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2366: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2367: <p>
1.247 jufi 2368: </ul>
1.131 louis 2369:
1.118 louis 2370: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2371: <ul>
1.118 louis 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2374: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2375: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2376: </strong></font><br>
2377:
2378: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2379: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2380: about time. The article mentions that
2381: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2382: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2383: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2384: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2385: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2386: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2387: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2388: <p>
2389:
1.247 jufi 2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2391: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2392: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2393: </strong></font><br>
2394:
2395: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2396: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2397: of OpenSSH.
2398: <p>
2399:
1.247 jufi 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2401: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2402: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2403: </strong></font><br>
2404:
2405: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2406: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2407: bridging.
2408: <p>
2409:
1.247 jufi 2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2411: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2412: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2413: </strong></font><br>
2414:
1.121 deraadt 2415: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2416: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2417: <p>
2418:
1.247 jufi 2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2420: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2421: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2422: </strong></font><br>
2423:
2424: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2425: <p>
2426:
1.247 jufi 2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2428: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2429: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2430: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2431: </strong></font><br>
2432:
1.120 deraadt 2433: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2434: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2435: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2436: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2437: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2438: <p>
2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2441: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2442: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2443: </strong></font><br>
2444:
1.222 miod 2445: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2446: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2447: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2448: protocols and their quirks.
2449: <p>
2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2452: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2453: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
2456: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2457: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2458: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2459: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2460: <p>
2461:
1.247 jufi 2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2463: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2464: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2465: </strong></font><br>
2466:
2467: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2468: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2469: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2470: <p>
2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2473: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2474: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2475: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2476: </strong></font><br>
2477:
2478: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2479: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2480: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2481: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2482: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2483: <p>
1.247 jufi 2484: </ul>
1.118 louis 2485:
1.104 louis 2486: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2487: <ul>
1.104 louis 2488:
1.247 jufi 2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2490: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2491: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2492: </strong></font><br>
2493:
2494: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2495: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2496: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2497: be a bit dry.
2498: <p>
2499:
1.247 jufi 2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2501: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2502: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2503: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2504: </strong></font><br>
2505: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2506: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2507: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2508: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2509: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2510: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2511: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2512: <p>
2513:
1.247 jufi 2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2515: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2516: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2517: 2000
1.128 louis 2518: </strong></font><br>
2519:
2520: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2521: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2522: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2523: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2524: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2525: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2526: <p>
2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2529: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2530: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2531: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2532:
2533: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2534: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2535: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2536: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2537: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2538: <p>
1.110 louis 2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2541: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2542: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2543: </strong></font><br>
2544:
2545: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2546: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2547: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2548: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2549: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2550: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2551: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2552: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2553: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2554: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2555: <p>
2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2558: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2559: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2560:
2561: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2562: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2563: <p>
1.108 louis 2564:
1.247 jufi 2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2566: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2567: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2568: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2569:
2570: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2571: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2572: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2573: <p>
1.106 louis 2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2576: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2577: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2578: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2579:
2580: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2581: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2582: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2583: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2584: <p>
1.107 louis 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2587: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2588: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2589: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2590:
2591: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2592: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2593: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2594: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2595: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2596: <p>
1.105 louis 2597:
1.247 jufi 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2599: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2600: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2601: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2602:
1.113 naddy 2603: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2604: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2605: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2606: <p>
1.104 louis 2607:
1.247 jufi 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2609: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2610: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2611: </strong></font><br>
2612:
2613: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2614: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2615: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2616: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2617: <p>
1.301 jose 2618:
2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2620: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2621: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2622: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2623:
2624: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2625: hardware-supported cryptography.
2626: <p>
1.247 jufi 2627: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2628:
1.85 louis 2629: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2630: <ul>
1.85 louis 2631:
1.247 jufi 2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2633: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2634: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2635: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2636:
2637: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2638: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2639: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2640: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2641: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2642: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2643: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2644: <p>
1.99 louis 2645:
1.247 jufi 2646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2647: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2648: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2649: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2650:
2651: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2652: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2653: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2654: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2655: <p>
1.100 louis 2656:
1.247 jufi 2657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2658: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2659: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2660: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2661:
2662: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2663: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2664: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2665: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2666: <p>
1.95 louis 2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2669: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2670: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2671: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2672:
2673: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2674: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2675: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2676: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2677: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2678: <p>
1.92 louis 2679:
1.247 jufi 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2681: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2682: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2683: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2684:
2685: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2686: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2687: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2688: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2689: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2690: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2691: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2692: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2693: <p>
1.91 louis 2694:
1.247 jufi 2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2696: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2697: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2698: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2699:
2700: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2701: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2702: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2703: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2704: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2705: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2706: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2707: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2708: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2709: <p>
1.90 louis 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2712: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2713: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2714: </strong></font><br>
2715: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2716: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2717: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2718: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2719: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2720: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2721: <p>
2722:
1.247 jufi 2723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2724: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2725: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2726: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2727:
1.113 naddy 2728: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2729: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2730: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2731: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2732: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2733: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2734: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2735: <p>
1.87 louis 2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2738: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2739: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2740: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2741:
2742: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2743: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2744: <p>
1.85 louis 2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2747: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2748: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2749: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2750:
2751: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2752: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2753: <p>
2754:
2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2756: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2757: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2758: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2759:
2760: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2761: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2762: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2763: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2764: <p>
1.89 louis 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2767: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2768: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2770:
2771: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2772: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2773: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2774: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2775: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2776: </ul>
1.85 louis 2777:
1.78 deraadt 2778: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2779: <ul>
1.74 louis 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2782: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2783: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2784: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2785: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2786:
2787: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2788: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2789: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2790: <p>
1.83 louis 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2793: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2794: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2796:
2797: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2798: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2799: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2800: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2801: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2802: <p>
1.93 louis 2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2805: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2806: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2807: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2808: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2809:
1.83 louis 2810: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2811: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2812: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2813: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2814: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2815: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2816: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2817: <p>
1.82 aaron 2818:
1.247 jufi 2819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2820: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2821: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2822: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2823:
1.83 louis 2824: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2825: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2826: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2827: <p>
1.80 louis 2828:
1.247 jufi 2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2830: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2831: Bad Press</a>,
2832: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2833: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2834:
2835: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2836: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2837: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2838: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2839: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2840: <p>
1.247 jufi 2841: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2842:
2843: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2844: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2847: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2848: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2849: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2850: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2851:
2852: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2853: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2854: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2855: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2856: <p>
1.74 louis 2857:
1.247 jufi 2858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2859: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2860: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2861: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2862:
1.219 horacio 2863: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2864: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2865: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2866: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2867: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2868: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2869: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2870: <p>
1.88 louis 2871:
1.247 jufi 2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2873: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2874: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2875: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2876:
2877: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2878: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2879: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2880: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2881: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2882: <p>
1.81 louis 2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2885: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2886: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2887: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2888:
2889: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2890: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2891: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2892: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2893: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2894: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2895: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2896: <p>
1.90 louis 2897:
1.247 jufi 2898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2899: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2900: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2901: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2902:
2903: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2904: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2905: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2906: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2907: <p>
1.247 jufi 2908: </ul>
1.71 louis 2909:
1.69 deraadt 2910: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2911: <ul>
1.70 louis 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2914: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2915: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2916: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2917:
2918: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2919: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2920: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2921: <p>
1.70 louis 2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2924: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2925: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2926: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2927:
2928: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2929: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2930: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2931: <p>
1.68 louis 2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2934: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2935: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2936: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2937: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2938:
1.111 jufi 2939: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2940: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2941: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2942: "secure by default" installation.
2943: <p>
1.64 louis 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2946: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2947: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2948: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2949:
1.113 naddy 2950: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2951: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2952: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2953: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2954: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2955: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2956: <p>
1.66 louis 2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2959: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2960: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2961: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2962:
2963: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2964: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2965: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2966: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2967: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2968: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2969: <p>
1.83 louis 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2972: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2973: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2974: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2975:
2976: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2977: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2978: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2979: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2980: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2981: <p>
1.64 louis 2982:
1.247 jufi 2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2984: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2985: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2986: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2987:
2988: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2989: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2990: <p>
1.301 jose 2991:
2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2993: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2994: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2995: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2996: </strong></font><br>
2997:
2998: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2999: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3000: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3001: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3002: Giving way to
3003: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3004: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3005: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3006: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3007: <p>
1.247 jufi 3008: </ul>
1.65 louis 3009:
1.69 deraadt 3010: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3011: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3014: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3015: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3016: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3017:
3018: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3019: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3020: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3021: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3022: <p>
1.88 louis 3023:
1.247 jufi 3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3025: <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 3026: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3027:
3028: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3029: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3030: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3031: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3032: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3033: <p>
1.60 louis 3034:
1.247 jufi 3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3036: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3037: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3038: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3039: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3040:
3041: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3042: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3043: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3044: <p>
1.58 louis 3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3047: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3048: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3049:
3050: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3051: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3052: <p>
1.53 louis 3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3055: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3056: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3057: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3058:
3059: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3060: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3061: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3062: <p>
1.99 louis 3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3065: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3066: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3067:
3068: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3069: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3070: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3071: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3072: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3073:
1.247 jufi 3074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3075: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3076: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3077: </strong></font><br>
3078:
3079: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3080: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3081: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3082: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3083: <p>
3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3086: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3087: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3088: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3089:
3090: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3091: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3092: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3095: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3096: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3097:
3098: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3099: in
1.247 jufi 3100: <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 3101: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3102: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3103: <p>
1.53 louis 3104:
1.247 jufi 3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3106: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3107: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3108: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3109: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3110:
1.58 louis 3111: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3112: <p>
1.301 jose 3113:
3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3115: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3116: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3117: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3118: Informacyjny, January 2000
3119: </strong></font><br>
3120:
3121: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3122: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3123: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3124: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3125: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3126: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3127: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3128: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3129: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3130: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3132: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3133: <p>
3134:
3135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3136: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3137: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3138: </strong></font><br>
3139:
3140: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3141: <p>
3142: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3143:
1.69 deraadt 3144: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3145: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3148: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3149: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3150: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3151: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3152:
1.58 louis 3153: Kurt Seifried
3154: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3155: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3156: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3157: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3160: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3161: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3162: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3163:
3164: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3165: <p>
1.96 louis 3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3168: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3169: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3170: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3171: </strong></font><br>
3172:
3173: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3174: <p>
3175:
3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3177: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3178: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3179: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3180:
3181: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3182: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3183: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3184: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3185: <p>
1.247 jufi 3186: </ul>
1.86 louis 3187:
1.69 deraadt 3188: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3189: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3192: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3193: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3194: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3195:
3196: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3197: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3198: <p>
1.61 louis 3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3201: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3202: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3203: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3204: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3205:
3206: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3207: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3208: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3209: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3210: right -- or at least strives to".
3211: <p>
1.48 louis 3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3214: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3215: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3216: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3217: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3218: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3219: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3220: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3221: <p>
1.61 louis 3222:
1.247 jufi 3223: <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 3224: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3225: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3226:
3227: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3228: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3229: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3230: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3231: <p>
1.46 louis 3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3234: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3235: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3236: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3237:
3238: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3239: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3240: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3241:
1.247 jufi 3242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3243: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3244: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3245: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3246:
3247: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3248: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3249: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3250: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3251: <p>
1.247 jufi 3252: </ul>
1.70 louis 3253:
1.69 deraadt 3254: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3255: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3256:
1.247 jufi 3257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3258: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3259: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3260: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3261: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3262:
3263: Kurt Seifried
3264: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3265: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3266: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3267: <p>
1.44 philen 3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: <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 3270: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3271: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3272:
3273: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3274: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <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 3277: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3278: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3279:
3280: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3281: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <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 3284: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3285: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3286:
3287: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3288: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3289: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3290: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3291: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <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 3294: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3295: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3296:
1.36 louis 3297: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3298: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3299:
1.247 jufi 3300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3301: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3302: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3303: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3304:
3305: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3306: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3307: </ul>
1.38 louis 3308:
1.69 deraadt 3309: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3310: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3311:
1.247 jufi 3312: <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 3313: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3314: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3315:
3316: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3317: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3318: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3319:
1.113 naddy 3320: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3321: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3322: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3323: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3324:
3325: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3326: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3327: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3328: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3329: <blockquote>
3330: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3331: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3332: <br>
3333: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3334: </code>
3335: </blockquote>
3336: <p>
3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3339: <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 3340: <p>
3341:
3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3343: <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 3344: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3345:
3346: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3347: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3348: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3349: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3352: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3353: Sept. 28, 1999
3354: </strong></font><br>
3355:
3356: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3357: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3358: translating and reprinting articles from
3359: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3360: <p>
3361:
3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3363: <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 3364: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3365:
3366: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3367: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3368: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3369: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3370: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3371: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3372: <p>
1.19 louis 3373:
1.113 naddy 3374: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3375: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3376: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3377:
3378: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3379: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3380: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3381: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3382: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3383: <p>
1.16 louis 3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3386: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3387: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3388: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3389:
1.57 louis 3390: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3391: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3392: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3393: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3396: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3397: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3398: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3399:
1.113 naddy 3400: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3401:
1.247 jufi 3402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3403: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3404: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3405: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3406:
1.23 louis 3407: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3408: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3409: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3410: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3411: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3412: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3413:
1.247 jufi 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3415: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3416: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3417: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3418:
1.199 pvalchev 3419: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3420: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3421: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3422: installation.
1.113 naddy 3423: <p>
1.47 louis 3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3426: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3427: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3428: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3429:
1.301 jose 3430: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3431: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3432: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3433: </ul>
1.57 louis 3434:
1.69 deraadt 3435: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3436: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3437:
1.247 jufi 3438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3439: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3440: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3441: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3442:
3443: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3444: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3445: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3446: <p>
1.12 louis 3447:
1.247 jufi 3448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3449: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3450: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3451: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3452:
3453: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3454: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3455: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3456: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3457: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3458: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3459: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3460: <p>
1.247 jufi 3461: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3462:
1.69 deraadt 3463: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3464: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3467: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3468: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3469:
3470: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3471: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3472: available."
1.113 naddy 3473: <p>
1.301 jose 3474:
3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3476: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3477: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3478: </strong></font><br>
3479:
3480: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3481: <p>
1.247 jufi 3482: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3483:
1.69 deraadt 3484: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3485: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3488: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3489: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3490:
3491: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3492: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3493: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3494: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3495: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3496: <p>
1.33 louis 3497:
1.247 jufi 3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3499: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3500: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3501: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3502:
1.113 naddy 3503: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3504: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3505: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3506: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3507: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3508: <p>
1.247 jufi 3509: </ul>
1.57 louis 3510:
1.69 deraadt 3511: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3512: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3513:
1.247 jufi 3514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3515: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3516: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3517: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3518:
3519: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3520: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3521: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3522:
1.247 jufi 3523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3524: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3525: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3526: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3527: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3528:
3529: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3530: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3533: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3534:
1.113 naddy 3535: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3536:
1.247 jufi 3537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3538: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3539: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3540: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3541:
3542: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3543: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3544: </ul>
1.23 louis 3545:
1.69 deraadt 3546: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3547: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3550: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3551: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3552:
3553: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3554: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3555: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3556:
1.247 jufi 3557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3558: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3559: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3560: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3561:
3562: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3563: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3564: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3565: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3566: </ul>
1.57 louis 3567:
1.69 deraadt 3568: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3569: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3570:
1.247 jufi 3571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3572: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3573: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3574: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3575:
3576: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3577: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3578: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3579: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3580: <p>
1.15 louis 3581:
1.247 jufi 3582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3583: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3584: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3585: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3586:
3587: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3588: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3589: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3590: columns."
1.113 naddy 3591: <p>
1.247 jufi 3592: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3593:
1.69 deraadt 3594: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3595: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3598: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3599: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3600: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3601:
3602: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3603: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3604:
1.113 naddy 3605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3606: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3607: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3608:
3609: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3610: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3611: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3612: </ul>
1.57 louis 3613:
1.69 deraadt 3614: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3615: <ul>
1.301 jose 3616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3617: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3618: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3619: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3620:
3621: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3622: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3623: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3624: <p>
3625:
3626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3627: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3628: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3629: Nov 13, 1998 and
3630: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3631: Datateknik</a>,
3632: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3633:
3634: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3635: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3636: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3637: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3638: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3639:
1.113 naddy 3640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3641: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3642: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3643: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3644:
1.222 miod 3645: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3646: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3647: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3648: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3649: <p>
1.247 jufi 3650: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3651:
1.69 deraadt 3652: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3653: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3654:
1.247 jufi 3655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3656: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3657: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3658:
1.69 deraadt 3659: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3660: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3661: <p>
1.247 jufi 3662: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3663:
1.69 deraadt 3664: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3665: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3666:
1.247 jufi 3667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3668: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3669: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3670: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3671:
3672: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3673: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3674: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3675:
1.247 jufi 3676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3677: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3678: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3679: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3680: <p>
1.247 jufi 3681: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3682:
1.69 deraadt 3683: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3684: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3685:
1.247 jufi 3686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3687: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3688: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3689: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3690: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3691: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3692:
3693: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3694: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3695: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3696: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3697: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3698: <p>
1.247 jufi 3699: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3700:
3701: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3702: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3703:
1.247 jufi 3704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3705: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3706: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3707:
1.69 deraadt 3708: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3709: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3710: <p>
1.112 naddy 3711:
1.247 jufi 3712: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3713: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3714:
1.292 camield 3715: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3716: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3717: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.360 ! jose 3718: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.359 2003/06/17 14:09:55 miod Exp $</small>
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