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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>
1.363 ! jose 23: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
! 24: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
! 25: eWeek,
! 26: June 23, 2003.
! 27: </strong></font><br>
! 28: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
! 29: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
! 30: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
! 31: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
! 32: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
! 33: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
! 34: <p>
! 35:
! 36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 37: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
38: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
39: Software Development Online,
40: June, 2003.
41: </strong></font><br>
42: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
43: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
44: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
45: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
46: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
47: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
48: current activities.
49: <p>
50:
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 52: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
53: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 54: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
55: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
56: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
57: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
58: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
59: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
60: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
61: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 62: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 63: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
64: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
65: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
66: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
67: decisions.
68: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
69: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
70: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
71: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 75: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
76: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
77: Page 58, eWeek,
78: June 2, 2003.
79: </strong></font><br>
80: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
81: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
82: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
83: been addressed in -current.
84: <p>
85:
1.356 jose 86: </ul>
87:
88: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
89: <ul>
90:
1.355 jose 91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 92: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
93: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
94: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
95: </strong></font><br>
96: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
97: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
98: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
99: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
100: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
101: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
102: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
103: <p>
104:
105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 106: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
107: Beyond Linux</a>,
108: InfoWorld,
109: May 23, 2003.
110: </strong></font><br>
111: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
112: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
113: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
114: compared to the GPL.
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 118: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
119: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
120: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 121: May 17, 2003.
122: </strong></font><br>
123: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
124: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
125: the business section and half of another page inside
126: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
127: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
128: in talking about the project's history and goals.
129: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
130: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
131: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
132: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 133: <br>
134: This article can also be found online at:
135: <ul>
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
137: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
138: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
139: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
140: May 17, 2003
141: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 142: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
144: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
145: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
146: Montreal Gazette,
147: May 21, 2003
148: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 149: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 150: <p>
1.346 ian 151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 153: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 154: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 155: May 7, 2003.
156: </strong></font><br>
157: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
158: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
159: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 163: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
164: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
165: OsOpinion,
166: May 6, 2003.
167: </strong></font><br>
168: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
169: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
170: <br>
171: This article can also be found online at:
172: <ul>
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
174: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
175: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
176: NewsFactor Network.
177: </strong></font>
178: </ul>
179: <p>
180:
181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 182: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 183: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
184: ITBusiness,
185: May 2, 2003.
186: </strong></font><br>
187: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
188: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
189: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
190: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
191: <p>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 194: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
195: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
196: InfoWorld,
197: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 198: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 199: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
200: <br>
201: This article can also be found online at:
202: <ul>
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
204: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
205: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
206: IDG Singapore.
207: </strong></font>
208: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 209: <p>
210:
1.339 jose 211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
212: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
213: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 214: ZDNet,
215: May 1, 2003.
216: </strong></font><br>
217: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 218: someone using parts from previous articles.
219: <br>
1.341 deraadt 220: This article can also be found online at:
221: <ul>
222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
223: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
224: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
225: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 226: </strong></font>
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
228: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
229: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
230: CNET News.com.
231: </strong></font>
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
233: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
234: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
235: ZDNet UK.
236: </strong></font>
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
238: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
239: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
240: Help Net Security, Croatia.
241: </strong></font>
242: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 243: <p>
1.339 jose 244:
1.341 deraadt 245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 246: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 247: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
248: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
249: May 1, 2003.
250: </strong></font><br>
251: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
252: that have been added
253: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
254: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
255: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 256: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 257: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
258: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
259: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 260: <p>
261:
262: </ul>
263:
1.253 ian 264: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
265: <ul>
1.255 ian 266:
1.260 ian 267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 268: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 269: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
270: TechRepublic,
271: April 28, 2003.
272: </strong></font><br>
273: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
274: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 275: work.<br>
276: Can also be found online at:
277: <ul>
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
279: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
280: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
281: ZDNet UK.
282: </strong></font>
283: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 287: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
288: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
289: IDG,
290: April 24, 2003.
291: </strong></font><br>
292: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
293: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
294: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
295: Can also be found online at:
296: <ul>
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
298: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
299: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 300: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 301: </strong></font>
302: </ul>
303: <p>
304:
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
306: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 307: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 308: Slate,
309: April 24, 2003.
310: </strong></font><br>
311: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
312: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
313: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
314: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 318: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
319: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
320: April 24, 2003.
321: </strong></font><br>
322: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
323: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
324: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
325: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
326: <p>
327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 329: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
330: April 24, 2003.
331: </strong></font><br>
332: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
333: the free software community".
334: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
335: other articles.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 339: <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 340: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
341: </strong></font><br>
342: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
343: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
344: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
345: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
346: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
347: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
348: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
349: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
350: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
351: <br/>
352: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
353: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
354: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
355: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 356: <br>
357: Can also be found online at:
358: <ul>
359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
360: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
361: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
362: Common Dreams NewsCenter
363: </strong></font>
364: </ul>
1.324 ian 365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
368: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
369: Wired, April 24, 2003.
370: </strong></font><br>
371: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
372: article above.
373: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
374: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
375: wasting them."
1.332 ian 376: <br>
377: Can also be found online at:
378: <ul>
379: <li>
380: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
381: </strong></font>
382: </ul>
1.324 ian 383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 386: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
387: </strong></font><br>
388: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 392: <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.
393: </strong></font><br>
394: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
395: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 399: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
400: April 23, 2003.
401: </strong></font><br>
402: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 406: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 407: April 22, 2003.
408: </strong></font><br>
409: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
410: <p>
411:
412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 413: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
414: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
415: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 416: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 417: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
418: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
419: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
420: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
421: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
422: Can also be found online at:
423: <ul>
424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
425: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 426: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
427: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 428: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
430: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 431: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
432: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 433: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 434: </ul>
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 438: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
439: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 440: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 441: </strong></font><br>
442: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 443: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
444: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
445: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
446: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
447: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
448: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 449: <p>
450:
451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 452: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
453: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 454: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
455: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 456: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
457: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
458: at UPenn and DARPA.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 462: [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,
463: France
1.315 deraadt 464: April 18, 2003.
465: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 466: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 470: [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 471: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 472: </strong></font><br>
473: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
474: <p>
475:
476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 477: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
478: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
479: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 480: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 481: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
482: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
483: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
484: <p>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 487: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
488: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 489: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 490: </strong></font><br>
491: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
492: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
493: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 494: American century.
1.267 deraadt 495: <p>
496:
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 498: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
499: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 500: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 501: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 502: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
503: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
504: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
505: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
506: Can also be found online at:
507: <ul>
508: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
509: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 510: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 511: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 512: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 513: <p>
514:
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 516: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 517: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 518: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 519: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 520: </strong></font><br>
521: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 522: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
523: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
524: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
525: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 526:
527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
528: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
529: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
530: New York Times.
531: </strong></font>(free registration required)
532:
1.273 deraadt 533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
534: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 535: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 536: ABC News.
537: </strong></font>
538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 540: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 541: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 542: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 543: </strong></font>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 546: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 547: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 548: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 549: </strong></font>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 552: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
553: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 554: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 555: </strong></font>
556:
557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 558: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 559: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 560: Times Daily, AL.
561: </strong></font>
562:
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
564: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
565: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
566: Boston.com, MA.
567: </strong></font>
568:
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 570: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 571: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 572: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
573: </strong></font>
574:
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 576: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
577: [Article was pulled]</a>
578: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 579: </strong></font>
580:
581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
582: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
583: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
584: Infoshop News.
585: </strong></font>
586:
587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
588: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
589: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
590: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
591: </strong></font>
592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 594: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
595: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
596: Raleigh News, NC.
597: </strong></font>
598:
599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 600: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 601: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
602: Napa News, CA.
603: </strong></font>
604:
605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 606: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 607: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
608: NEPA News, PA.
609: </strong></font>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
612: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
613: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
614: Wired News.
615: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 616: <br>
617: <li>
1.333 deraadt 618: <font color="#009000"><strong>
619: [JAPANESE]
620: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
621: Wired News Japan</a>
622: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 623:
1.271 deraadt 624: </ul>
625: <p>
1.272 deraadt 626: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
627: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 628: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
629: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
630: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
631: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
632: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
633: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 634: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 635: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
636: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
637: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 638: <p>
639: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 642: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 643: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
644: Indianapolis Star, IN.
645: </strong></font>
646:
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 648: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
649: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
650: Miami Herald, FL.
651: </strong></font>
652:
653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 654: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 655: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
656: </strong></font>
657:
658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
659: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 660: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 661: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 662: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 663:
664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
665: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
666: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
667: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
668: ABC News.
669: </strong></font>
670:
1.276 deraadt 671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
672: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 673: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 674: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 675: </strong></font>
676:
1.286 dhartmei 677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 678: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 679: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
680: Wilmington Star, NC.
681: </strong></font>
682:
1.300 jose 683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
684: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
685: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
686: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
687: </strong></font>
688:
1.309 jose 689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
690: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
691: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
692: Globe Technology.
693: </strong></font>
694:
1.263 deraadt 695: </ul>
1.262 beck 696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 699: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
700: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 701: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 702: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 703: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 704: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
705: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
706: <p>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 709: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
710: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
711: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 712: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 713: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
714: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
715: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
716: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
717: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
718: and simply restates other press reports.
719: <p>
720:
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 722: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
723: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
724: OS News, April 18, 2003.
725: </strong></font><br>
726: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
727: <p>
728:
729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 730: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
731: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 732: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 733: </strong></font><br>
734: Another report on the DARPA funding.
735: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
736: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
737: <p>
738:
739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 740: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
741: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
742: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
743: April 17, 2003.
744: </strong></font><br>
745: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
746: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
747: Tech Anthems</a>
748: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
749: 4 so far.
750: <p>
751:
752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 753: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
754: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 755: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 756: </strong></font><br>
757: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
758: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
759: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
760: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
761: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
762: Goes on to say:
763: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
764: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
765: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
766: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 767: This article is also found online at:
768: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
770: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
771: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
772: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 773: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
775: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
776: ZDnet</a>,
777: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 778: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
780: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
781: ZDnet Australia</a>,
782: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 783: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 784: </ul>
1.260 ian 785: <p>
1.279 deraadt 786:
1.260 ian 787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 788: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 789: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 790: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 791: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 792: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 793: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
794: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
795: without notice or justification.
796: <p>
797:
798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 799: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 800: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 801: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 802: </strong></font><br>
803: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
804: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 805: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 806: effective today, without any warning..."
807: <p>
1.257 ian 808:
809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 810: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
811: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 812: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 813: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 814: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
815: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
816: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
817: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
818: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 819: <p>
820:
821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 822: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
823: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 824: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 825: </strong></font><br>
826: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
827: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
828: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
829: quoting two of them:
830: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
831: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
832: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
833: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
834: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
835: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
836: <p>
837:
1.255 ian 838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 839: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
840: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 841: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 842: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 843: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 844: <p>
845:
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 847: [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 848: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 849: </strong></font><br>
850: New security concepts in OpenBSD
851: <p>
852:
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 854: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
855: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 856: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 857: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 858: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 859: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
860: security experts for more than three decades."
861: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
862: <p>
1.261 ian 863:
1.254 drahn 864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 865: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 866: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 867: </strong></font><br>
868: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
869: <p>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 872: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
873: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
874: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
875: </strong></font><br>
876: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
877: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
878: discussion OpenBSD's path.
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 882: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
883: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 884: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 885: </strong></font><br>
886: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
887: from US DARPA.
888: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
889: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
890: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
891: the BSD license.
892: <p>
893: </ul>
894:
1.251 ian 895: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
896: <ul>
897:
898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 899: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
900: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
901: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
902: </strong></font><br>
903:
904: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
905: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
906: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
907: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
908: <p>
909:
910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 911: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
912: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 913: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 914: </strong></font><br>
915: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
916: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
917: Mentions
918: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
919: and
920: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
921: programs.
922: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 923: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 924: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
925: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
926: <p>
1.325 ian 927: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
928: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 929:
930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
931: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
932: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
933: </strong></font><br>
934: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
935: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
936: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
937: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
938: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
939: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
940: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
941: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
942: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
943: put into service."
944: <p>
945: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
946: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
947: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
948: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
949: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
950: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
951: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
952: computers with security features."
953: <p>
1.329 ian 954:
955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
956: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
957: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
958: Slate,
959: March 3, 2003.
960: </strong></font><br>
961: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
962: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
963: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
964: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
965: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
966: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
967: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
968: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
969: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
970: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
971: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
972: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
973: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
974: of more secure open-source solutions like
975: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
976: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
977: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
978: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
979: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
980: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
981: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
982: the Beltway."
983: <p>
1.251 ian 984: </ul>
985:
1.249 jufi 986: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
987: <ul>
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
989: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
990: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 991: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 992: </strong></font><br>
993: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
994: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 995: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 996: <p>
1.334 ian 997:
998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
999: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1000: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1001: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1004: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1005: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1006: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1007: "... the hypothetical question ...
1008: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1009: <br>
1010: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1011: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1012: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1013: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1014: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1015: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1016: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1017: support network security.
1018: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1019: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1020: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1021: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1022: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1023: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1024: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1025: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1026: <br>
1027: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1028: <p>
1029:
1.249 jufi 1030: </ul>
1031:
1.246 jufi 1032: <h2>December, 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://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1037: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1038: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1039: </strong></font><br>
1040: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1041: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1042: <p>
1043:
1.247 jufi 1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1045: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1046: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1047: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1048: </strong></font><br>
1049: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1050: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1051: <p>
1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1054: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1055: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1056: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1057: </strong></font><br>
1058: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1059: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1060: <p>
1.247 jufi 1061: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1062:
1.244 jufi 1063: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1064: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1065:
1.247 jufi 1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1067: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1068: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1069: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1070: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1071: </strong></font><br>
1072: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1073: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1074: md5 digests.
1075: <p>
1076:
1.247 jufi 1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1078: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1079: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1080: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1081: </strong></font><br>
1082: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1083: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1084: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1085: right the first time."
1086: <p>
1.247 jufi 1087: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1088:
1089:
1090: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1091: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1092:
1.247 jufi 1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1094: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1095: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1096: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1097: </strong></font><br>
1098: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1099: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1100: part 6</a>.
1101: <p>
1102:
1.247 jufi 1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1104: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1105: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1106: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1107: </strong></font><br>
1108: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1109: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1110: <p>
1.301 jose 1111:
1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1113: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1114: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1115: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1116: </strong></font><br>
1117:
1118: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1119: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1120: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1121: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1122: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1123: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1124: <i>Here's the
1125: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1126: <p>
1.247 jufi 1127: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1128:
1129: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1130: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1131:
1.247 jufi 1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1133: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1134: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1135: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1136: </strong></font><br>
1137: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1138: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1139: <p>
1140:
1.247 jufi 1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1142: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1143: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1144: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1147: this time using pf.
1148: <p>
1.247 jufi 1149: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1150:
1151: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1152: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1153:
1.247 jufi 1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1155: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1156: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1157: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1158: </strong></font><br>
1159: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1160: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1161: their rotation.
1162: <p>
1163:
1.247 jufi 1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1165: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1166: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1167: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1168: </strong></font><br>
1169: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1170: <p>
1.247 jufi 1171: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1172:
1.239 jufi 1173: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1174: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1175:
1.247 jufi 1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1177: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1178: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1179: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1182: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1183: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1184: <p>
1185:
1.247 jufi 1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1187: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1188: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1189: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1190: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1191: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1192: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1193: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1194: <p>
1.247 jufi 1195: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1196:
1.235 lebel 1197: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1198: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1199:
1.239 jufi 1200:
1.247 jufi 1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1202: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1203: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1204: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1205: </strong></font><br>
1206: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1207: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1208: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1209: <p>
1.301 jose 1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1212:
1.228 horacio 1213: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1214: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1215:
1.247 jufi 1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1217: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1218: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1219: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1220: </strong></font><br>
1221: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1222: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1223: <p>
1224:
1.247 jufi 1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1226: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1227: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1228: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1229: </strong></font><br>
1230: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1231: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1232: <p>
1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1235: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1236: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1237: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1238: </strong></font><br>
1239: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1240: on the desktop of his parents.
1241: <p>
1242:
1.247 jufi 1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1244: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1245: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1246: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1247: </strong></font><br>
1248: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1249: using IPFilter.
1250:
1251: <p>
1252:
1.247 jufi 1253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1254: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1255: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1256: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1257: </strong></font><br>
1258: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1259: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1260: perspectives of the four OS.
1261: <br>
1262: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1263: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1264: <p>
1265:
1.247 jufi 1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1267: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1268: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1269: software and security</a>,
1270: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1271: </strong></font><br>
1272:
1273: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1274: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1275: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1276: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1277: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1278: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1279: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1280: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1281: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1282: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1283: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1284: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1285: <p>
1.247 jufi 1286: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1287:
1.225 horacio 1288: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1289: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1290:
1.247 jufi 1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1292: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1293: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1294: Interview</a>,
1295: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1296: </strong></font><br>
1297:
1298: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1299: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1300: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1301: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1302: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1303: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1304: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1305: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1306: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1307: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1308: of choice.
1309: <p>
1.247 jufi 1310: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1311:
1312: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1313: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1314:
1.247 jufi 1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1316: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1317: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1318: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1319: </strong></font><br>
1320:
1321: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1322: <p>
1323:
1.247 jufi 1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1325: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1326: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1327: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1328: </strong></font><br>
1329:
1330: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1331: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1332: <p>
1.247 jufi 1333: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1334:
1.218 horacio 1335: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1336: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1337:
1.247 jufi 1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1339: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1340: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1341: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1342: </strong></font><br>
1343:
1344: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1345: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1346: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1347: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1348: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1349: subjects. Worth a read.
1350: <p>
1351:
1352:
1.247 jufi 1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1354: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1355: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1356: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1357: </strong></font><br>
1358:
1359: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1360: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1361: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1362: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1363: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1364: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1365: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1366: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1367: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1368: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1369: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1370: on other operating systems.<br>
1371: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1372: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1373: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1374: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1375: <p>
1376:
1.247 jufi 1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1378: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1379: Operating System 2010</a>,
1380: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1381: </strong></font><br>
1382:
1383: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1384: covering the level of software integration into the core
1385: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1386: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1387: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1388: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1389: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1390: <p>
1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1393: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1394: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1395: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1399: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1400: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1401: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1402: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1403: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1404: <p>
1.247 jufi 1405: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1406:
1.210 jufi 1407: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1408: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1409:
1.247 jufi 1410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1411: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1412: Already a Contender</a>,
1413: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1414: </strong></font><br>
1415:
1416: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1417: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1418: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1419: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1420: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1421: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1422: <p>
1423:
1.247 jufi 1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1425: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1426: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1427: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1428: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1429:
1.224 horacio 1430: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1431: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1432: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1433: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1434: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1435: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1436: <p>
1.247 jufi 1437: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1438:
1439: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1440: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1441:
1.247 jufi 1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1443: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1444: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1445: Division</a>,
1446: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1447: </strong></font><br>
1448:
1449: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1450: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1451: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1452: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1453: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1454: investment</em>.<br>
1455: The implementation details can be seen on their
1456: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1457: <p>
1458:
1.247 jufi 1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1460: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1461: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1462: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1463: </strong></font><br>
1464:
1465: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1466: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1467: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1468: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1469: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1470: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1471: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1472: <p>
1473:
1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1475: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1476: Thinking about Security</a>,
1477: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1478: </strong></font><br>
1479:
1480: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1481: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1482: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1483: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1484: to time.<br>
1485: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1486: system and just the most secure system.
1487: <p>
1488:
1.247 jufi 1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1490: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1491: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1492: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1493: </strong></font><br>
1494:
1495: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1496: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1497: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1498: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1499: choice:<br>
1500: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1501: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1502: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1503: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1504: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1505: network security devices and as such must be well
1506: armored."</em><br>
1507: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1508: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1509: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1510: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1511: <br>
1512: Bravo!
1513: <p>
1.247 jufi 1514: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1515:
1.207 ian 1516: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1517: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1520: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1521: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1522: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1523:
1.207 ian 1524: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1525: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1526: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1527: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1528: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1529: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1530: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1531: <p>
1.247 jufi 1532: </ul>
1.207 ian 1533:
1.194 jufi 1534: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1535: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1536:
1.247 jufi 1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1538: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1539: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1540: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1541: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1542:
1.240 miod 1543: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1544: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1545: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1546: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1547: <p>
1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1550: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1551: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1552: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1553:
1554: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1555: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1556: <p>
1557:
1558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1559: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1560: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1561: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1562:
1563: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1564: <p>
1565:
1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1567: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1568: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1569: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1570: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1571:
1.240 miod 1572: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1573: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1574: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1575: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1576: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1577: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1578: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1579: <br>
1580: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1581: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1582: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1583: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1584: <p>
1585:
1.247 jufi 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1587: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1588: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1589: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1590: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1591:
1.194 jufi 1592: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1593: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1594: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1595: <br>
1596: The new
1597: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1598: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1599: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1600: <p>
1.247 jufi 1601: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1602:
1.190 horacio 1603: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1604: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1605:
1.247 jufi 1606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1607:
1608: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1609: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1610:
1.301 jose 1611:
1.191 jufi 1612: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1613: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1614:
1615: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1616: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1617:
1.212 horacio 1618: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1619: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1620: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1621:
1.211 horacio 1622: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1623: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1624: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1625:
1.247 jufi 1626: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1627: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1628:
1.247 jufi 1629: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1630: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1631:
1.212 horacio 1632: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1633: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1634: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1635:
1636: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1637: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1638:
1639: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1640: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1641:
1.301 jose 1642: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1643: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1644:
1.191 jufi 1645: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1646: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1647:
1648: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1649: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1650:
1.192 jufi 1651: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1652: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1653: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1654:
1.193 deraadt 1655: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1656: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1657: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1658:
1.247 jufi 1659: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1660: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1663: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1664: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1665:
1.213 horacio 1666: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1667: 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 1668: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1669:
1.190 horacio 1670: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1671: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1672: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1673: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1674: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1675: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1676: <p>
1.190 horacio 1677:
1.247 jufi 1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1679: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1680: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1681: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1682: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1683:
1.195 jufi 1684: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1685: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1686: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1687: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1688: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1689: <p>
1690:
1.247 jufi 1691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1692: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1693: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1694: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1695: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1696:
1.191 jufi 1697: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1698: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1699: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1700: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1701: <p>
1702:
1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1704: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1705: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1706: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1709: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1710: <p>
1.247 jufi 1711: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1712:
1.191 jufi 1713:
1.186 jufi 1714: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1715: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1716:
1.247 jufi 1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1718: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1719: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1720: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1721: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1722:
1.188 jufi 1723: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1724: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1725: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1726: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1727: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1728: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1729: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1730: <p>
1731:
1.301 jose 1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1733: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1734: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1735: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1736:
1737: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1738: <p>
1.191 jufi 1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1741: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1742: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1743: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1744: </strong></font><br>
1745:
1746: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1747: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1748: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1749: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1750: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1751: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1752: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1753: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1754: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1755: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1756: familiar?
1757: <p>
1.247 jufi 1758: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1759:
1.178 louis 1760: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1761: <ul>
1.178 louis 1762:
1.247 jufi 1763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1764: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1765: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1766: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1767: </strong></font><br>
1768:
1769: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1770: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1771: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1772: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1773: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1774: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1775: <p>
1776:
1.247 jufi 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1778: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1779: Open source under the hood</a>,
1780: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1781: </strong></font><br>
1782:
1783: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1784: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1785: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1786: <p>
1787:
1.247 jufi 1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1789: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1790: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1791: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1792: </strong></font><br>
1793:
1794: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1795: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1796: <p>
1.247 jufi 1797: </ul>
1.179 louis 1798:
1.174 louis 1799:
1.175 louis 1800: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1801: <ul>
1.175 louis 1802:
1.247 jufi 1803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1804: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1805: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1806: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1807: </strong></font><br>
1808:
1809: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1810: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1811: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1812: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1816: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1817: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1818: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1819: </strong></font><br>
1820:
1821: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1822: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1823: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1824: <p>
1.247 jufi 1825: </ul>
1.175 louis 1826:
1.176 louis 1827:
1.172 mickey 1828: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1829: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1830:
1.247 jufi 1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1832: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1833: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1834: </strong></font><br>
1835:
1836: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1837: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1838: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1839: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1840: <p>
1841:
1.247 jufi 1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1843: <a
1.269 deraadt 1844: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1845: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1846: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1847: </strong></font><br>
1848:
1849: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1850: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1851: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1852: <p>
1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1855: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1856: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1857: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1858: </strong></font><br>
1859:
1860: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1861: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1862: <p>
1863:
1.247 jufi 1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1865: <a
1.269 deraadt 1866: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1867: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1868: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1869: </strong></font><br>
1870:
1871: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1872: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1873: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1874: our own Theo de Raadt.
1875: <p>
1876:
1.247 jufi 1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1878: <a
1.269 deraadt 1879: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1880: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1881: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1882: </strong></font><br>
1883:
1884: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1885: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1886: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1887: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1888: shut down.]
1889: <p>
1890:
1.247 jufi 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1892: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1893: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1894: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1895: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1896: </strong></font><br>
1897:
1898: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1899: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1900: <p>
1.247 jufi 1901: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1902:
1.161 louis 1903: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1904: <ul>
1.161 louis 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1907: <a
1.269 deraadt 1908: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1909: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1910: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1911: </strong></font><br>
1912:
1913: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1914: by John Wolley
1915: <p>
1916:
1.247 jufi 1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1918: <a
1.269 deraadt 1919: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1920: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1921: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1922: </strong></font><br>
1923:
1924: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1925: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1926: OpenBSD).
1927: <p>
1928:
1.247 jufi 1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1930: <a
1.247 jufi 1931: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1932: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1933: </strong></font><br>
1934:
1935: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1936: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1937: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1938: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1939: and hindsight.
1940: <p>
1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1943: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1944: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1945: </strong></font><br>
1946:
1947: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1948: <p>
1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1951: <a
1.168 provos 1952: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1953: December 7, 2000
1954: </strong></font><br>
1955:
1956: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1957: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1958: us explain.
1959: <p>
1960:
1.247 jufi 1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1962: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1963: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1964: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1965: December 6, 2000
1966: </strong></font><br>
1967:
1968: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1969: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1970: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1971: <p>
1972:
1.247 jufi 1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1974: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1975: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1976: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1977: </strong></font><br>
1978:
1979: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1980: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1981: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1982: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1983: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1984: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1985: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1986: <p>
1987:
1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1989: <a
1.226 horacio 1990: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1991: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1992: </strong></font><br>
1993:
1994: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1995: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1996: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1997: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1998: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1999: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2000: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2001: <p>
1.162 millert 2002:
1.247 jufi 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2004: <a
1.161 louis 2005: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2006: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2007: </strong></font><br>
2008:
2009: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2010: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2011: <p>
2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2014: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2015: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2016: </strong></font><br>
2017:
2018: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2019: <p>
2020:
2021:
1.247 jufi 2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2023: <a
1.226 horacio 2024: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2025: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2026: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2027: </strong></font><br>
2028:
2029: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2030: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2031: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2032: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2033: <p>
1.247 jufi 2034: </ul>
1.169 louis 2035:
1.158 louis 2036: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2037: <ul>
1.147 louis 2038:
1.247 jufi 2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2040: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2041: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2042: </strong></font><br>
2043:
2044: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2045: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2046: <p>
2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2049: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2050: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2051: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2052: </strong></font><br>
2053: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2054: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2055: <p>
2056:
1.247 jufi 2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2058: <a
2059: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2060: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2061: </strong></font><br>
2062:
2063: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2064: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2065: <p>
2066:
1.247 jufi 2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2068: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2069: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2070: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2071:
1.213 horacio 2072: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2073: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2074: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2075: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2076: <p>
1.215 horacio 2077:
1.247 jufi 2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2079: <a
2080: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2081: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2082: </strong></font><br>
2083:
2084: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2085: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2086: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2087: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2088: much of the attitude too).
2089: <p>
1.161 louis 2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2092: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2093: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2094: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2095:
1.157 louis 2096: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2097: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2098: <p>
1.247 jufi 2099: </ul>
1.157 louis 2100:
2101: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2102: <ul>
1.157 louis 2103:
1.247 jufi 2104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2105: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2106: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2107: </strong></font><br>
2108:
2109: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2110: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2111: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2112: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2113: <p>
2114:
1.247 jufi 2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2116: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2117: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2118: </strong></font><br>
2119:
2120: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2121: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2122: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2123: it because they love coding...
2124: <p>
2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2127: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2128: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2129: </strong></font><br>
2130:
2131: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2132: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2133: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2134: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2135: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2136: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2137: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2138: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2139: <p>
2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2142: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2143: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2144: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2145: </strong></font><br>
2146:
2147: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2148: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2149: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2150: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2151: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2152: the pizza.
2153: <p>
2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2156: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2157: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2158: </strong></font><br>
2159:
2160: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2161: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2162: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2163: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2164: problems.
2165: <p>
2166:
1.247 jufi 2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2168: <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 2169: </strong></font><br>
2170:
1.222 miod 2171: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2172: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2173: - whether they like it or not.
2174: <p>
2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2177: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2178: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2179: </strong></font><br>
2180:
2181: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2182: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2183: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2184: <p>
1.148 aaron 2185:
1.247 jufi 2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2187: <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 2188: </strong></font><br>
2189:
2190: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2191: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2192: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2193: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2194: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2195: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2196: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2197: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2198: <p>
2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2201: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2202: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2203: </strong></font><br>
2204:
2205: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2206: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2207: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2208: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2209: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2210: <p>
1.247 jufi 2211: </ul>
1.147 louis 2212:
1.138 louis 2213: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2214: <ul>
1.138 louis 2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2217: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2218: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2219: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2220: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2221: </strong></font><br>
2222:
1.227 horacio 2223: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2224: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2225: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2226: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2227: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2228: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2229: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2230: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2231: <p>
2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2234: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2235: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2236: </strong></font><br>
2237:
2238: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2239: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2240: groups, and even Linux.
2241: <p>
2242:
1.247 jufi 2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2244: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2245: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2246: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2247: </strong></font><br>
2248:
2249: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2250: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2251: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2252: library after installing the OS.
2253: <p>
2254:
1.247 jufi 2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2256: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2257: Sys Admin, September 2000
2258: </strong></font><br>
2259:
2260: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2261: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2262: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2263: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2264: (<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>,
2265: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2266: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2267: <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 2268: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2269: out of the system.
2270: <p>
2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2273: <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
2274: </strong></font><br>
2275:
2276: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2277: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2278: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2279: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2280: the IP filtering and address translation.
2281: <p>
1.301 jose 2282:
2283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2284: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2285: </strong></font><br>
2286:
2287: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2288: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2289: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2290: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2291: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2292: <p>
1.247 jufi 2293: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2294:
1.131 louis 2295: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2296: <ul>
1.131 louis 2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2299: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2300: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2301: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2302: </strong></font><br>
2303:
2304: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2305: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2306: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2307: <p>
2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2310: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2311: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2312: </strong></font><br>
2313:
2314: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2315: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2316: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2317: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2318: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2319: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2320: note of"</i>.
2321: <p>
2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2324: <a
1.247 jufi 2325: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2326: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2327: </strong></font><br>
2328:
2329: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2330: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2331: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2332: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2333: <p>
2334:
1.247 jufi 2335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2336: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2337: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2338: </strong></font><br>
2339:
2340: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2341: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2342: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2343: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2344: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2345: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2346: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2347: <p>
2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2350: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2351: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2352: 2000
2353: </strong></font><br>
2354:
2355: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2356: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2357: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2358: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2359: against current industry practices.
2360: <p>
2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2363: <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
2364: </strong></font><br>
2365:
2366: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2367: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2368: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2369: <p>
2370:
1.247 jufi 2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2372: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2373: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2374: </strong></font><br>
2375:
2376: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2377: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2378: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2379: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2380: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2381: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2382: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2383: <p>
2384:
1.247 jufi 2385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2386: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2387: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2388: </strong></font><br>
2389:
2390: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2391: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2392: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2393: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2394: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2395: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2396: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2397: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2398: <p>
1.247 jufi 2399: </ul>
1.131 louis 2400:
1.118 louis 2401: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2402: <ul>
1.118 louis 2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2405: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2406: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2407: </strong></font><br>
2408:
2409: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2410: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2411: about time. The article mentions that
2412: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2413: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2414: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2415: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2416: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2417: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2418: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2419: <p>
2420:
1.247 jufi 2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2422: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2423: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2424: </strong></font><br>
2425:
2426: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2427: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2428: of OpenSSH.
2429: <p>
2430:
1.247 jufi 2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2432: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2433: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2434: </strong></font><br>
2435:
2436: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2437: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2438: bridging.
2439: <p>
2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2442: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2443: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2444: </strong></font><br>
2445:
1.121 deraadt 2446: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2447: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2448: <p>
2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2451: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2452: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2453: </strong></font><br>
2454:
2455: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2456: <p>
2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2459: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2460: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2461: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2462: </strong></font><br>
2463:
1.120 deraadt 2464: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2465: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2466: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2467: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2468: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2469: <p>
2470:
1.247 jufi 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2472: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2473: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2474: </strong></font><br>
2475:
1.222 miod 2476: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2477: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2478: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2479: protocols and their quirks.
2480: <p>
2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2483: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2484: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2485: </strong></font><br>
2486:
2487: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2488: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2489: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2490: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2491: <p>
2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2494: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2495: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2496: </strong></font><br>
2497:
2498: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2499: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2500: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2501: <p>
2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2504: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2505: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2506: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2507: </strong></font><br>
2508:
2509: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2510: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2511: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2512: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2513: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2514: <p>
1.247 jufi 2515: </ul>
1.118 louis 2516:
1.104 louis 2517: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2518: <ul>
1.104 louis 2519:
1.247 jufi 2520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2521: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2522: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2523: </strong></font><br>
2524:
2525: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2526: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2527: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2528: be a bit dry.
2529: <p>
2530:
1.247 jufi 2531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2532: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2533: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2534: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2535: </strong></font><br>
2536: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2537: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2538: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2539: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2540: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2541: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2542: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2543: <p>
2544:
1.247 jufi 2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2546: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2547: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2548: 2000
1.128 louis 2549: </strong></font><br>
2550:
2551: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2552: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2553: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2554: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2555: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2556: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2557: <p>
2558:
1.247 jufi 2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2560: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2561: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2562: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2563:
2564: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2565: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2566: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2567: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2568: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2569: <p>
1.110 louis 2570:
1.247 jufi 2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2572: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2573: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2574: </strong></font><br>
2575:
2576: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2577: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2578: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2579: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2580: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2581: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2582: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2583: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2584: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2585: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2586: <p>
2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2589: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2590: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2591:
2592: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2593: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2594: <p>
1.108 louis 2595:
1.247 jufi 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2597: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2598: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2599: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2600:
2601: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2602: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2603: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2604: <p>
1.106 louis 2605:
1.247 jufi 2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2607: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2608: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2609: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2610:
2611: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2612: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2613: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2614: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2615: <p>
1.107 louis 2616:
1.247 jufi 2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2618: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2619: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2620: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2621:
2622: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2623: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2624: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2625: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2626: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2627: <p>
1.105 louis 2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2630: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2631: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2632: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2633:
1.113 naddy 2634: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2635: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2636: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2637: <p>
1.104 louis 2638:
1.247 jufi 2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2640: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2641: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2642: </strong></font><br>
2643:
2644: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2645: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2646: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2647: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2648: <p>
1.301 jose 2649:
2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2651: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2652: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2653: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2654:
2655: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2656: hardware-supported cryptography.
2657: <p>
1.247 jufi 2658: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2659:
1.85 louis 2660: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2661: <ul>
1.85 louis 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2664: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2665: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2666: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2667:
2668: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2669: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2670: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2671: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2672: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2673: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2674: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2675: <p>
1.99 louis 2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2678: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2679: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2680: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2681:
2682: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2683: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2684: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2685: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2686: <p>
1.100 louis 2687:
1.247 jufi 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2689: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2690: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2691: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2692:
2693: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2694: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2695: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2696: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2697: <p>
1.95 louis 2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2700: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2701: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2702: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2703:
2704: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2705: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2706: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2707: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2708: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2709: <p>
1.92 louis 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2712: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2713: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2714: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2715:
2716: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2717: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2718: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2719: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2720: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2721: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2722: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2723: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2724: <p>
1.91 louis 2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2727: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2728: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2729: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2730:
2731: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2732: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2733: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2734: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2735: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2736: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2737: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2738: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2739: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2740: <p>
1.90 louis 2741:
1.247 jufi 2742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2743: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2744: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2745: </strong></font><br>
2746: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2747: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2748: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2749: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2750: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2751: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2752: <p>
2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2755: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2756: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2757: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2758:
1.113 naddy 2759: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2760: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2761: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2762: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2763: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2764: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2765: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2766: <p>
1.87 louis 2767:
1.247 jufi 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2769: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2770: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2771: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2772:
2773: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2774: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2775: <p>
1.85 louis 2776:
1.247 jufi 2777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2778: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2779: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2780: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2781:
2782: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2783: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2784: <p>
2785:
2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2787: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2788: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2789: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2790:
2791: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2792: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2793: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2794: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2795: <p>
1.89 louis 2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2798: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2799: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2800: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2801:
2802: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2803: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2804: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2805: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2806: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2807: </ul>
1.85 louis 2808:
1.78 deraadt 2809: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2810: <ul>
1.74 louis 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2813: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2814: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2815: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2816: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2817:
2818: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2819: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2820: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.83 louis 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2824: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2825: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2826: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2827:
2828: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2829: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2830: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2831: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2832: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2833: <p>
1.93 louis 2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2836: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2837: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2838: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2839: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2840:
1.83 louis 2841: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2842: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2843: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2844: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2845: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2846: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2847: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2848: <p>
1.82 aaron 2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2851: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2852: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2853: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2854:
1.83 louis 2855: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2856: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2857: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2858: <p>
1.80 louis 2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2861: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2862: Bad Press</a>,
2863: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2864: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2865:
2866: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2867: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2868: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2869: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2870: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2871: <p>
1.247 jufi 2872: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2873:
2874: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2875: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2878: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2879: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2880: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2881: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2882:
2883: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2884: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2885: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2886: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.74 louis 2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2890: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2891: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2893:
1.219 horacio 2894: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2895: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2896: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2897: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2898: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2899: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2900: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2901: <p>
1.88 louis 2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2904: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2905: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2906: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2907:
2908: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2909: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2910: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2911: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2912: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2913: <p>
1.81 louis 2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2916: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2917: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2918: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2919:
2920: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2921: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2922: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2923: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2924: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2925: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2926: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2927: <p>
1.90 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2930: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2931: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2933:
2934: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2935: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2936: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2937: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2938: <p>
1.247 jufi 2939: </ul>
1.71 louis 2940:
1.69 deraadt 2941: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2942: <ul>
1.70 louis 2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2945: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2946: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2947: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2948:
2949: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2950: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2951: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2952: <p>
1.70 louis 2953:
1.247 jufi 2954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2955: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2956: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2957: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2958:
2959: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2960: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2961: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2962: <p>
1.68 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2965: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2966: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2967: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2968: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2969:
1.111 jufi 2970: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2971: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2972: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2973: "secure by default" installation.
2974: <p>
1.64 louis 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2977: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2978: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2979: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2980:
1.113 naddy 2981: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2982: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2983: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2984: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2985: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2986: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2987: <p>
1.66 louis 2988:
1.247 jufi 2989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2990: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2991: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2992: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2993:
2994: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2995: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2996: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2997: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2998: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2999: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3000: <p>
1.83 louis 3001:
1.247 jufi 3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3003: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3004: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3005: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3006:
3007: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3008: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3009: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3010: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3011: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3012: <p>
1.64 louis 3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3015: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3016: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3017: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3018:
3019: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3020: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3021: <p>
1.301 jose 3022:
3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3024: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3025: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3026: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3027: </strong></font><br>
3028:
3029: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3030: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3031: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3032: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3033: Giving way to
3034: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3035: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3036: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3037: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3038: <p>
1.247 jufi 3039: </ul>
1.65 louis 3040:
1.69 deraadt 3041: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3042: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3045: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3046: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3047: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3048:
3049: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3050: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3051: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3052: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3053: <p>
1.88 louis 3054:
1.247 jufi 3055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3056: <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 3057: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3058:
3059: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3060: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3061: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3062: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3063: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3064: <p>
1.60 louis 3065:
1.247 jufi 3066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3067: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3068: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3069: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3070: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3071:
3072: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3073: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3074: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3075: <p>
1.58 louis 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3078: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3079: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3080:
3081: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3082: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3083: <p>
1.53 louis 3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3086: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3087: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3088: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3089:
3090: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3091: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3092: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3093: <p>
1.99 louis 3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3096: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3097: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3098:
3099: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3100: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3101: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3102: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3103: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3104:
1.247 jufi 3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3106: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3107: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3108: </strong></font><br>
3109:
3110: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3111: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3112: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3113: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3114: <p>
3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3117: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3118: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3119: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3120:
3121: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3122: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3123: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3124:
1.247 jufi 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3126: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3128:
3129: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3130: in
1.247 jufi 3131: <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 3132: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3133: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3134: <p>
1.53 louis 3135:
1.247 jufi 3136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3137: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3138: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3139: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3140: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3141:
1.58 louis 3142: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3143: <p>
1.301 jose 3144:
3145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3146: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3147: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3148: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3149: Informacyjny, January 2000
3150: </strong></font><br>
3151:
3152: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3153: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3154: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3155: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3156: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3157: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3158: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3159: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3160: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3161: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3162: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3163: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3164: <p>
3165:
3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3167: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3168: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3169: </strong></font><br>
3170:
3171: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3172: <p>
3173: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3174:
1.69 deraadt 3175: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3176: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3177:
1.247 jufi 3178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3179: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3180: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3181: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3182: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3183:
1.58 louis 3184: Kurt Seifried
3185: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3186: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3187: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3188: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3189:
1.247 jufi 3190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3191: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3192: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3193: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3194:
3195: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3196: <p>
1.96 louis 3197:
1.247 jufi 3198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3199: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3200: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3201: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3202: </strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3205: <p>
3206:
3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3208: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3209: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3210: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3211:
3212: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3213: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3214: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3215: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3216: <p>
1.247 jufi 3217: </ul>
1.86 louis 3218:
1.69 deraadt 3219: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3220: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3221:
1.247 jufi 3222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3223: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3224: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3225: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3226:
3227: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3228: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3229: <p>
1.61 louis 3230:
1.247 jufi 3231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3232: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3233: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3234: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3235: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3236:
3237: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3238: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3239: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3240: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3241: right -- or at least strives to".
3242: <p>
1.48 louis 3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3245: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3246: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3247: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3248: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3249: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3250: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3251: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3252: <p>
1.61 louis 3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <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 3255: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3256: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3257:
3258: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3259: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3260: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3261: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3262: <p>
1.46 louis 3263:
1.247 jufi 3264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3265: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3266: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3267: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3268:
3269: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3270: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3271: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3272:
1.247 jufi 3273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3274: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3275: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3276: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3277:
3278: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3279: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3280: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3281: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3282: <p>
1.247 jufi 3283: </ul>
1.70 louis 3284:
1.69 deraadt 3285: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3286: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3289: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3290: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3291: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3292: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3293:
3294: Kurt Seifried
3295: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3296: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3297: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3298: <p>
1.44 philen 3299:
1.247 jufi 3300: <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 3301: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3302: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3303:
3304: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3305: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <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 3308: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3309: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3310:
3311: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3312: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <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 3315: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3316: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3317:
3318: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3319: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3320: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3321: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3322: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <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 3325: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3326: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3327:
1.36 louis 3328: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3329: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3332: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3333: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3334: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3335:
3336: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3337: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3338: </ul>
1.38 louis 3339:
1.69 deraadt 3340: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3341: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <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 3344: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3345: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3346:
3347: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3348: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3349: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3350:
1.113 naddy 3351: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3352: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3353: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3354: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3355:
3356: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3357: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3358: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3359: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3360: <blockquote>
3361: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3362: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3363: <br>
3364: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3365: </code>
3366: </blockquote>
3367: <p>
3368:
1.247 jufi 3369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3370: <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 3371: <p>
3372:
3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3374: <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 3375: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3376:
3377: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3378: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3379: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3380: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3383: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3384: Sept. 28, 1999
3385: </strong></font><br>
3386:
3387: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3388: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3389: translating and reprinting articles from
3390: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3391: <p>
3392:
3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3394: <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 3395: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3396:
3397: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3398: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3399: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3400: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3401: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3402: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3403: <p>
1.19 louis 3404:
1.113 naddy 3405: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3406: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3407: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3408:
3409: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3410: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3411: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3412: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3413: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3414: <p>
1.16 louis 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3417: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3418: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3419: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3420:
1.57 louis 3421: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3422: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3423: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3424: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3425:
1.247 jufi 3426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3427: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3428: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3429: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3430:
1.113 naddy 3431: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3432:
1.247 jufi 3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3434: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3435: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3436: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3437:
1.23 louis 3438: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3439: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3440: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3441: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3442: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3443: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3446: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3447: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3448: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3449:
1.199 pvalchev 3450: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3451: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3452: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3453: installation.
1.113 naddy 3454: <p>
1.47 louis 3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3457: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3458: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3459: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3460:
1.301 jose 3461: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3462: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3463: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3464: </ul>
1.57 louis 3465:
1.69 deraadt 3466: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3467: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3468:
1.247 jufi 3469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3470: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3471: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3472: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3473:
3474: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3475: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3476: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3477: <p>
1.12 louis 3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3480: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3481: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3482: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3483:
3484: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3485: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3486: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3487: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3488: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3489: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3490: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3491: <p>
1.247 jufi 3492: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3493:
1.69 deraadt 3494: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3495: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3498: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3499: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3500:
3501: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3502: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3503: available."
1.113 naddy 3504: <p>
1.301 jose 3505:
3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3507: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3508: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3509: </strong></font><br>
3510:
3511: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3512: <p>
1.247 jufi 3513: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3514:
1.69 deraadt 3515: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3516: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3519: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3520: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3521:
3522: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3523: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3524: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3525: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3526: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3527: <p>
1.33 louis 3528:
1.247 jufi 3529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3530: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3531: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3532: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3533:
1.113 naddy 3534: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3535: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3536: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3537: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3538: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3539: <p>
1.247 jufi 3540: </ul>
1.57 louis 3541:
1.69 deraadt 3542: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3543: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3546: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3547: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3548: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3549:
3550: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3551: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3552: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3555: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3556: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3557: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3558: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3559:
3560: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3561: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3564: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3565:
1.113 naddy 3566: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3567:
1.247 jufi 3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3569: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3570: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3571: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3572:
3573: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3574: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3575: </ul>
1.23 louis 3576:
1.69 deraadt 3577: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3578: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3579:
1.247 jufi 3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3581: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3582: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3583:
3584: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3585: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3586: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3587:
1.247 jufi 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3589: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3590: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3591: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3592:
3593: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3594: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3595: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3596: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3597: </ul>
1.57 louis 3598:
1.69 deraadt 3599: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3600: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3601:
1.247 jufi 3602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3603: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3604: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3605: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3606:
3607: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3608: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3609: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3610: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3611: <p>
1.15 louis 3612:
1.247 jufi 3613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3614: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3615: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3616: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3617:
3618: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3619: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3620: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3621: columns."
1.113 naddy 3622: <p>
1.247 jufi 3623: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3624:
1.69 deraadt 3625: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3626: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3627:
1.247 jufi 3628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3629: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3630: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3631: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3632:
3633: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3634: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3635:
1.113 naddy 3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3637: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3638: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3639:
3640: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3641: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3642: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3643: </ul>
1.57 louis 3644:
1.69 deraadt 3645: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3646: <ul>
1.301 jose 3647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3648: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3649: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3650: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3651:
3652: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3653: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3654: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3655: <p>
3656:
3657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3658: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3659: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3660: Nov 13, 1998 and
3661: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3662: Datateknik</a>,
3663: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3664:
3665: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3666: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3667: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3668: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3669: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3670:
1.113 naddy 3671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3672: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3673: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3674: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3675:
1.222 miod 3676: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3677: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3678: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3679: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3680: <p>
1.247 jufi 3681: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3682:
1.69 deraadt 3683: <h2>August, 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://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3688: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3689:
1.69 deraadt 3690: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3691: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3692: <p>
1.247 jufi 3693: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3694:
1.69 deraadt 3695: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3696: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3697:
1.247 jufi 3698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3699: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3700: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3701: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3702:
3703: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3704: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3705: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3708: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3709: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3710: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3711: <p>
1.247 jufi 3712: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3713:
1.69 deraadt 3714: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3715: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3716:
1.247 jufi 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3718: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3719: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3720: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3721: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3722: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3723:
3724: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3725: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3726: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3727: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3728: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3729: <p>
1.247 jufi 3730: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3731:
3732: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3733: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3736: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3737: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3738:
1.69 deraadt 3739: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3740: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3741: <p>
1.112 naddy 3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3744: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3745:
1.292 camield 3746: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3747: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3748: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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