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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.364 jose 19: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
22: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
23: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
24: OnLamp.com,
25: July 17, 2003.
26: </strong></font><br>
27: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
28: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
29: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
30: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
31: have been working on.
32:
33: </ul>
34:
1.356 jose 35: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 36: <ul>
37:
38: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 39: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
40: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
41: eWeek,
42: June 23, 2003.
43: </strong></font><br>
44: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
45: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
46: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
47: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
48: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
49: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
50: <p>
51:
52: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 53: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
54: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
55: Software Development Online,
56: June, 2003.
57: </strong></font><br>
58: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
59: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
60: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
61: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
62: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
63: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
64: current activities.
65: <p>
66:
67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 68: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
69: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 70: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
71: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
72: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
73: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
74: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
75: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
76: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
77: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 78: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 79: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
80: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
81: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
82: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
83: decisions.
84: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
85: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
86: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
87: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 88: <p>
89:
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 91: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
92: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
93: Page 58, eWeek,
94: June 2, 2003.
95: </strong></font><br>
96: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
97: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
98: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
99: been addressed in -current.
100: <p>
101:
1.356 jose 102: </ul>
103:
104: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
105: <ul>
106:
1.355 jose 107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 108: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
109: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
110: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
111: </strong></font><br>
112: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
113: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
114: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
115: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
116: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
117: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
118: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 122: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
123: Beyond Linux</a>,
124: InfoWorld,
125: May 23, 2003.
126: </strong></font><br>
127: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
128: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
129: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
130: compared to the GPL.
131: <p>
132:
133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 134: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
135: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
136: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 137: May 17, 2003.
138: </strong></font><br>
139: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
140: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
141: the business section and half of another page inside
142: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
143: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
144: in talking about the project's history and goals.
145: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
146: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
147: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
148: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 149: <br>
150: This article can also be found online at:
151: <ul>
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
153: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
154: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
155: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
156: May 17, 2003
157: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 158: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
160: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
161: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
162: Montreal Gazette,
163: May 21, 2003
164: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 165: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 166: <p>
1.346 ian 167:
168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 169: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 170: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 171: May 7, 2003.
172: </strong></font><br>
173: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
174: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
175: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
176: <p>
177:
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 179: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
180: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
181: OsOpinion,
182: May 6, 2003.
183: </strong></font><br>
184: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
185: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
186: <br>
187: This article can also be found online at:
188: <ul>
189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
190: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
191: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
192: NewsFactor Network.
193: </strong></font>
194: </ul>
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 198: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 199: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
200: ITBusiness,
201: May 2, 2003.
202: </strong></font><br>
203: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
204: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
205: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
206: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 210: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
211: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
212: InfoWorld,
213: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 214: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 215: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
216: <br>
217: This article can also be found online at:
218: <ul>
219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
220: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
221: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
222: IDG Singapore.
223: </strong></font>
224: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 225: <p>
226:
1.339 jose 227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
228: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
229: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 230: ZDNet,
231: May 1, 2003.
232: </strong></font><br>
233: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 234: someone using parts from previous articles.
235: <br>
1.341 deraadt 236: This article can also be found online at:
237: <ul>
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
239: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
240: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
241: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 242: </strong></font>
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
244: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
245: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
246: CNET News.com.
247: </strong></font>
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
249: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
250: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
251: ZDNet UK.
252: </strong></font>
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
254: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
255: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
256: Help Net Security, Croatia.
257: </strong></font>
258: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 259: <p>
1.339 jose 260:
1.341 deraadt 261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 262: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 263: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
264: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
265: May 1, 2003.
266: </strong></font><br>
267: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
268: that have been added
269: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
270: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
271: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 272: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 273: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
274: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
275: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 276: <p>
277:
278: </ul>
279:
1.253 ian 280: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
281: <ul>
1.255 ian 282:
1.260 ian 283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 284: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 285: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
286: TechRepublic,
287: April 28, 2003.
288: </strong></font><br>
289: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
290: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 291: work.<br>
292: Can also be found online at:
293: <ul>
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
295: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
296: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
297: ZDNet UK.
298: </strong></font>
299: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 303: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
304: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
305: IDG,
306: April 24, 2003.
307: </strong></font><br>
308: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
309: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
310: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
311: Can also be found online at:
312: <ul>
313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
314: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
315: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 316: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 317: </strong></font>
318: </ul>
319: <p>
320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
322: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 323: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 324: Slate,
325: April 24, 2003.
326: </strong></font><br>
327: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
328: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
329: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
330: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 334: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
335: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
336: April 24, 2003.
337: </strong></font><br>
338: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
339: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
340: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
341: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 345: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
346: April 24, 2003.
347: </strong></font><br>
348: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
349: the free software community".
350: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
351: other articles.
352: <p>
353:
354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 355: <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 356: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
357: </strong></font><br>
358: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
359: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
360: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
361: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
362: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
363: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
364: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
365: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
366: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
367: <br/>
368: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
369: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
370: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
371: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 372: <br>
373: Can also be found online at:
374: <ul>
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
376: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
377: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
378: Common Dreams NewsCenter
379: </strong></font>
380: </ul>
1.324 ian 381: <p>
382:
383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
384: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
385: Wired, April 24, 2003.
386: </strong></font><br>
387: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
388: article above.
389: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
390: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
391: wasting them."
1.332 ian 392: <br>
393: Can also be found online at:
394: <ul>
395: <li>
396: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
397: </strong></font>
398: </ul>
1.324 ian 399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 402: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
403: </strong></font><br>
404: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 408: <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.
409: </strong></font><br>
410: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
411: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 415: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
416: April 23, 2003.
417: </strong></font><br>
418: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
419: <p>
420:
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 422: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 423: April 22, 2003.
424: </strong></font><br>
425: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 429: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
430: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
431: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 432: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 433: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
434: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
435: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
436: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
437: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
438: Can also be found online at:
439: <ul>
440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
441: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 442: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
443: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 444: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
446: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 447: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
448: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 449: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 450: </ul>
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 454: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
455: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 456: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 457: </strong></font><br>
458: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 459: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
460: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
461: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
462: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
463: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
464: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 465: <p>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 468: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
469: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 470: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
471: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 472: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
473: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
474: at UPenn and DARPA.
475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 478: [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,
479: France
1.315 deraadt 480: April 18, 2003.
481: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 482: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 486: [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 487: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 488: </strong></font><br>
489: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 493: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
494: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
495: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 496: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 497: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
498: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
499: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
500: <p>
501:
502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 503: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
504: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 505: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 506: </strong></font><br>
507: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
508: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
509: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 510: American century.
1.267 deraadt 511: <p>
512:
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 514: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
515: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 516: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 517: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 518: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
519: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
520: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
521: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
522: Can also be found online at:
523: <ul>
524: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
525: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 526: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 527: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 528: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 529: <p>
530:
531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 532: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 533: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 534: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 535: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 536: </strong></font><br>
537: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 538: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
539: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
540: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
541: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 542:
543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
544: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
545: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
546: New York Times.
547: </strong></font>(free registration required)
548:
1.273 deraadt 549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
550: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 551: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 552: ABC News.
553: </strong></font>
554:
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 556: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 557: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 558: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 559: </strong></font>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 562: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 563: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 564: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 565: </strong></font>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 568: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
569: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 570: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 571: </strong></font>
572:
573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 574: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 575: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 576: Times Daily, AL.
577: </strong></font>
578:
579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
580: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
581: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
582: Boston.com, MA.
583: </strong></font>
584:
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 586: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 587: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 588: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
589: </strong></font>
590:
591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 592: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
593: [Article was pulled]</a>
594: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 595: </strong></font>
596:
597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
598: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
599: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
600: Infoshop News.
601: </strong></font>
602:
603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
604: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
605: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
606: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
607: </strong></font>
608:
609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 610: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
611: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
612: Raleigh News, NC.
613: </strong></font>
614:
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 616: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 617: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
618: Napa News, CA.
619: </strong></font>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 622: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 623: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
624: NEPA News, PA.
625: </strong></font>
626:
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
628: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
629: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
630: Wired News.
631: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 632: <br>
633: <li>
1.333 deraadt 634: <font color="#009000"><strong>
635: [JAPANESE]
636: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
637: Wired News Japan</a>
638: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 639:
1.271 deraadt 640: </ul>
641: <p>
1.272 deraadt 642: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
643: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 644: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
645: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
646: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
647: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
648: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
649: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 650: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 651: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
652: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
653: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 654: <p>
655: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 656:
657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 658: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 659: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
660: Indianapolis Star, IN.
661: </strong></font>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 664: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
665: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
666: Miami Herald, FL.
667: </strong></font>
668:
669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 670: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 671: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
672: </strong></font>
673:
674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
675: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 676: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 677: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 678: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 679:
680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
681: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
682: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
683: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
684: ABC News.
685: </strong></font>
686:
1.276 deraadt 687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
688: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 689: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 690: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 691: </strong></font>
692:
1.286 dhartmei 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 694: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 695: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
696: Wilmington Star, NC.
697: </strong></font>
698:
1.300 jose 699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
700: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
701: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
702: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
703: </strong></font>
704:
1.309 jose 705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
706: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
707: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
708: Globe Technology.
709: </strong></font>
710:
1.263 deraadt 711: </ul>
1.262 beck 712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 715: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
716: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 717: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 718: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 719: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 720: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
721: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 725: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
726: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
727: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 728: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 729: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
730: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
731: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
732: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
733: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
734: and simply restates other press reports.
735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 738: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
739: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
740: OS News, April 18, 2003.
741: </strong></font><br>
742: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 746: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
747: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 748: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 749: </strong></font><br>
750: Another report on the DARPA funding.
751: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
752: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
753: <p>
754:
755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 756: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
757: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
758: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
759: April 17, 2003.
760: </strong></font><br>
761: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
762: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
763: Tech Anthems</a>
764: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
765: 4 so far.
766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 769: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
770: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 771: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 772: </strong></font><br>
773: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
774: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
775: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
776: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
777: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
778: Goes on to say:
779: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
780: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
781: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
782: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 783: This article is also found online at:
784: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
786: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
787: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
788: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 789: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
791: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
792: ZDnet</a>,
793: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 794: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
796: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
797: ZDnet Australia</a>,
798: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 799: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 800: </ul>
1.260 ian 801: <p>
1.279 deraadt 802:
1.260 ian 803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 804: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 805: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 806: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 807: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 808: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 809: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
810: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
811: without notice or justification.
812: <p>
813:
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 815: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 816: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 817: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 818: </strong></font><br>
819: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
820: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 821: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 822: effective today, without any warning..."
823: <p>
1.257 ian 824:
825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 826: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
827: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 828: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 829: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 830: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
831: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
832: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
833: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
834: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 835: <p>
836:
837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 838: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
839: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 840: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 841: </strong></font><br>
842: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
843: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
844: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
845: quoting two of them:
846: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
847: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
848: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
849: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
850: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
851: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
852: <p>
853:
1.255 ian 854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 855: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
856: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 857: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 858: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 859: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 863: [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 864: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 865: </strong></font><br>
866: New security concepts in OpenBSD
867: <p>
868:
869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 870: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
871: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 872: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 873: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 874: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 875: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
876: security experts for more than three decades."
877: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
878: <p>
1.261 ian 879:
1.254 drahn 880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 881: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 882: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 883: </strong></font><br>
884: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
885: <p>
886:
887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 888: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
889: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
890: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
891: </strong></font><br>
892: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
893: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
894: discussion OpenBSD's path.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 898: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
899: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 900: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 901: </strong></font><br>
902: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
903: from US DARPA.
904: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
905: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
906: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
907: the BSD license.
908: <p>
909: </ul>
910:
1.251 ian 911: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
912: <ul>
913:
914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 915: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
916: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
917: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
918: </strong></font><br>
919:
920: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
921: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
922: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
923: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
924: <p>
925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 927: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
928: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 929: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 930: </strong></font><br>
931: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
932: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
933: Mentions
934: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
935: and
936: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
937: programs.
938: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 939: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 940: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
941: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
942: <p>
1.325 ian 943: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
944: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
947: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
948: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
949: </strong></font><br>
950: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
951: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
952: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
953: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
954: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
955: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
956: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
957: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
958: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
959: put into service."
960: <p>
961: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
962: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
963: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
964: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
965: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
966: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
967: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
968: computers with security features."
969: <p>
1.329 ian 970:
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
972: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
973: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
974: Slate,
975: March 3, 2003.
976: </strong></font><br>
977: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
978: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
979: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
980: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
981: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
982: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
983: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
984: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
985: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
986: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
987: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
988: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
989: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
990: of more secure open-source solutions like
991: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
992: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
993: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
994: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
995: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
996: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
997: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
998: the Beltway."
999: <p>
1.251 ian 1000: </ul>
1001:
1.249 jufi 1002: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1003: <ul>
1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1005: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1006: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1007: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1010: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1011: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1012: <p>
1.334 ian 1013:
1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1015: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1016: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1017: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1018: </strong></font><br>
1019: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1020: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1021: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1022: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1023: "... the hypothetical question ...
1024: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1025: <br>
1026: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1027: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1028: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1029: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1030: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1031: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1032: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1033: support network security.
1034: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1035: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1036: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1037: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1038: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1039: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1040: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1041: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1042: <br>
1043: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1044: <p>
1045:
1.249 jufi 1046: </ul>
1047:
1.246 jufi 1048: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1049: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1050:
1.247 jufi 1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1052: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1053: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1054: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1055: </strong></font><br>
1056: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1057: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1058: <p>
1059:
1.247 jufi 1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1061: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1062: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1063: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1066: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1067: <p>
1068:
1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1070: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1071: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1072: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1073: </strong></font><br>
1074: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1075: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1076: <p>
1.247 jufi 1077: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1078:
1.244 jufi 1079: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1080: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1081:
1.247 jufi 1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1083: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1084: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1085: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1086: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1087: </strong></font><br>
1088: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1089: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1090: md5 digests.
1091: <p>
1092:
1.247 jufi 1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1094: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1095: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1096: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1097: </strong></font><br>
1098: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1099: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1100: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1101: right the first time."
1102: <p>
1.247 jufi 1103: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1104:
1105:
1106: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1107: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1108:
1.247 jufi 1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1110: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1111: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1112: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1113: </strong></font><br>
1114: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1115: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1116: part 6</a>.
1117: <p>
1118:
1.247 jufi 1119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1120: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1121: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1122: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1123: </strong></font><br>
1124: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1125: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1126: <p>
1.301 jose 1127:
1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1129: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1130: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1131: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1132: </strong></font><br>
1133:
1134: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1135: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1136: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1137: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1138: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1139: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1140: <i>Here's the
1141: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1142: <p>
1.247 jufi 1143: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1144:
1145: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1146: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1147:
1.247 jufi 1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1149: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1150: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1151: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1152: </strong></font><br>
1153: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1154: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1155: <p>
1156:
1.247 jufi 1157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1158: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1159: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1160: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1161: </strong></font><br>
1162: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1163: this time using pf.
1164: <p>
1.247 jufi 1165: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1166:
1167: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1168: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1169:
1.247 jufi 1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1171: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1172: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1173: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1174: </strong></font><br>
1175: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1176: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1177: their rotation.
1178: <p>
1179:
1.247 jufi 1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1181: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1182: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1183: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1184: </strong></font><br>
1185: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1186: <p>
1.247 jufi 1187: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1188:
1.239 jufi 1189: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1190: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1191:
1.247 jufi 1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1193: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1194: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1195: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1196: </strong></font><br>
1197: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1198: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1199: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1200: <p>
1201:
1.247 jufi 1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1203: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1204: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1205: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1206: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1207: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1208: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1209: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1210: <p>
1.247 jufi 1211: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1212:
1.235 lebel 1213: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1214: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1215:
1.239 jufi 1216:
1.247 jufi 1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1218: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1219: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1220: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1221: </strong></font><br>
1222: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1223: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1224: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1225: <p>
1.301 jose 1226:
1.247 jufi 1227: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1228:
1.228 horacio 1229: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1230: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1231:
1.247 jufi 1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1233: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1234: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1235: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1236: </strong></font><br>
1237: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1238: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1239: <p>
1240:
1.247 jufi 1241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1242: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1243: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1244: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1245: </strong></font><br>
1246: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1247: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1248: <p>
1249:
1.247 jufi 1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1251: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1252: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1253: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1254: </strong></font><br>
1255: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1256: on the desktop of his parents.
1257: <p>
1258:
1.247 jufi 1259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1260: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1261: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1262: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1263: </strong></font><br>
1264: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1265: using IPFilter.
1266:
1267: <p>
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1270: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1271: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1272: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1273: </strong></font><br>
1274: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1275: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1276: perspectives of the four OS.
1277: <br>
1278: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1279: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1280: <p>
1281:
1.247 jufi 1282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1283: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1284: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1285: software and security</a>,
1286: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1287: </strong></font><br>
1288:
1289: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1290: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1291: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1292: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1293: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1294: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1295: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1296: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1297: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1298: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1299: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1300: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1301: <p>
1.247 jufi 1302: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1303:
1.225 horacio 1304: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1305: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1306:
1.247 jufi 1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1308: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1309: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1310: Interview</a>,
1311: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1312: </strong></font><br>
1313:
1314: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1315: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1316: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1317: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1318: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1319: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1320: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1321: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1322: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1323: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1324: of choice.
1325: <p>
1.247 jufi 1326: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1327:
1328: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1329: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1330:
1.247 jufi 1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1332: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1333: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1334: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1335: </strong></font><br>
1336:
1337: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1338: <p>
1339:
1.247 jufi 1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1341: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1342: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1343: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1344: </strong></font><br>
1345:
1346: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1347: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1348: <p>
1.247 jufi 1349: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1350:
1.218 horacio 1351: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1352: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1353:
1.247 jufi 1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1355: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1356: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1357: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1358: </strong></font><br>
1359:
1360: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1361: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1362: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1363: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1364: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1365: subjects. Worth a read.
1366: <p>
1367:
1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1370: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1371: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1372: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1373: </strong></font><br>
1374:
1375: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1376: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1377: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1378: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1379: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1380: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1381: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1382: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1383: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1384: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1385: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1386: on other operating systems.<br>
1387: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1388: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1389: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1390: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1394: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1395: Operating System 2010</a>,
1396: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1399: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1400: covering the level of software integration into the core
1401: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1402: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1403: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1404: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1405: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1406: <p>
1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1409: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1410: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1411: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413:
1414: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1415: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1416: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1417: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1418: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1419: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1420: <p>
1.247 jufi 1421: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1422:
1.210 jufi 1423: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1424: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1425:
1.247 jufi 1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1427: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1428: Already a Contender</a>,
1429: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1430: </strong></font><br>
1431:
1432: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1433: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1434: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1435: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1436: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1437: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1438: <p>
1439:
1.247 jufi 1440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1441: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1442: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1443: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1444: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1445:
1.224 horacio 1446: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1447: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1448: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1449: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1450: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1451: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1452: <p>
1.247 jufi 1453: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1454:
1455: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1456: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1457:
1.247 jufi 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1459: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1460: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1461: Division</a>,
1462: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1463: </strong></font><br>
1464:
1465: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1466: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1467: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1468: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1469: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1470: investment</em>.<br>
1471: The implementation details can be seen on their
1472: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1473: <p>
1474:
1.247 jufi 1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1476: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1477: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1478: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1479: </strong></font><br>
1480:
1481: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1482: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1483: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1484: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1485: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1486: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1487: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1488: <p>
1489:
1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1491: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1492: Thinking about Security</a>,
1493: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1494: </strong></font><br>
1495:
1496: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1497: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1498: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1499: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1500: to time.<br>
1501: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1502: system and just the most secure system.
1503: <p>
1504:
1.247 jufi 1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1506: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1507: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1508: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1509: </strong></font><br>
1510:
1511: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1512: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1513: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1514: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1515: choice:<br>
1516: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1517: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1518: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1519: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1520: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1521: network security devices and as such must be well
1522: armored."</em><br>
1523: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1524: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1525: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1526: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1527: <br>
1528: Bravo!
1529: <p>
1.247 jufi 1530: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1531:
1.207 ian 1532: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1533: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1534:
1.247 jufi 1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1536: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1537: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1538: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1539:
1.207 ian 1540: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1541: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1542: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1543: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1544: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1545: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1546: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1547: <p>
1.247 jufi 1548: </ul>
1.207 ian 1549:
1.194 jufi 1550: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1551: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1552:
1.247 jufi 1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1554: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1555: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1556: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1557: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1558:
1.240 miod 1559: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1560: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1561: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1562: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1563: <p>
1564:
1.247 jufi 1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1566: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1567: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1568: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1569:
1570: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1571: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1572: <p>
1573:
1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1575: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1576: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1577: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1578:
1579: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1580: <p>
1581:
1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1583: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1584: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1585: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1586: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1587:
1.240 miod 1588: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1589: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1590: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1591: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1592: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1593: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1594: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1595: <br>
1596: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1597: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1598: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1599: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1600: <p>
1601:
1.247 jufi 1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1603: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1604: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1605: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1606: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1607:
1.194 jufi 1608: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1609: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1610: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1611: <br>
1612: The new
1613: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1614: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1615: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1616: <p>
1.247 jufi 1617: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1618:
1.190 horacio 1619: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1620: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1621:
1.247 jufi 1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1623:
1624: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1625: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1626:
1.301 jose 1627:
1.191 jufi 1628: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1629: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1630:
1631: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1632: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1633:
1.212 horacio 1634: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1635: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1636: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1637:
1.211 horacio 1638: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1639: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1640: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1641:
1.247 jufi 1642: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1643: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1644:
1.247 jufi 1645: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1646: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1647:
1.212 horacio 1648: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1649: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1650: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1651:
1652: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1653: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1654:
1655: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1656: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1657:
1.301 jose 1658: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1659: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1660:
1.191 jufi 1661: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1662: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1663:
1664: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1665: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1666:
1.192 jufi 1667: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1668: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1669: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1670:
1.193 deraadt 1671: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1672: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1673: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1674:
1.247 jufi 1675: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1676: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1677:
1.247 jufi 1678: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1679: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1680: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1681:
1.213 horacio 1682: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1683: 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 1684: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1685:
1.190 horacio 1686: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1687: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1688: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1689: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1690: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1691: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1692: <p>
1.190 horacio 1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1695: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1696: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1697: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1698: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1699:
1.195 jufi 1700: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1701: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1702: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1703: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1704: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1705: <p>
1706:
1.247 jufi 1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1708: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1709: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1710: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1711: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1712:
1.191 jufi 1713: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1714: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1715: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1716: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1717: <p>
1718:
1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1720: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1721: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1722: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1723:
1724: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1725: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1726: <p>
1.247 jufi 1727: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1728:
1.191 jufi 1729:
1.186 jufi 1730: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1731: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1734: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1735: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1736: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1737: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1738:
1.188 jufi 1739: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1740: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1741: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1742: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1743: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1744: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1745: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1746: <p>
1747:
1.301 jose 1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1749: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1750: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1751: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1752:
1753: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1754: <p>
1.191 jufi 1755:
1.247 jufi 1756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1757: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1758: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1759: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1760: </strong></font><br>
1761:
1762: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1763: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1764: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1765: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1766: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1767: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1768: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1769: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1770: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1771: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1772: familiar?
1773: <p>
1.247 jufi 1774: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1775:
1.178 louis 1776: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1777: <ul>
1.178 louis 1778:
1.247 jufi 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1780: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1781: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1782: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1783: </strong></font><br>
1784:
1785: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1786: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1787: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1788: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1789: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1790: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1791: <p>
1792:
1.247 jufi 1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1794: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1795: Open source under the hood</a>,
1796: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1797: </strong></font><br>
1798:
1799: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1800: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1801: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1802: <p>
1803:
1.247 jufi 1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1805: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1806: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1807: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1808: </strong></font><br>
1809:
1810: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1811: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1812: <p>
1.247 jufi 1813: </ul>
1.179 louis 1814:
1.174 louis 1815:
1.175 louis 1816: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1817: <ul>
1.175 louis 1818:
1.247 jufi 1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1820: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1821: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1822: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1823: </strong></font><br>
1824:
1825: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1826: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1827: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1828: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1829: <p>
1830:
1.247 jufi 1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1832: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1833: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1834: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1835: </strong></font><br>
1836:
1837: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1838: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1839: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1840: <p>
1.247 jufi 1841: </ul>
1.175 louis 1842:
1.176 louis 1843:
1.172 mickey 1844: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1845: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1846:
1.247 jufi 1847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1848: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1849: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1850: </strong></font><br>
1851:
1852: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1853: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1854: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1855: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1856: <p>
1857:
1.247 jufi 1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1859: <a
1.269 deraadt 1860: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1861: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1862: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1863: </strong></font><br>
1864:
1865: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1866: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1867: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1868: <p>
1869:
1.247 jufi 1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1871: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1872: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1873: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1874: </strong></font><br>
1875:
1876: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1877: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1878: <p>
1879:
1.247 jufi 1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1881: <a
1.269 deraadt 1882: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1883: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1884: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1885: </strong></font><br>
1886:
1887: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1888: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1889: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1890: our own Theo de Raadt.
1891: <p>
1892:
1.247 jufi 1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1894: <a
1.269 deraadt 1895: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1896: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1897: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1898: </strong></font><br>
1899:
1900: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1901: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1902: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1903: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1904: shut down.]
1905: <p>
1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1908: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1909: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1910: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1911: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1912: </strong></font><br>
1913:
1914: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1915: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1916: <p>
1.247 jufi 1917: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1918:
1.161 louis 1919: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1920: <ul>
1.161 louis 1921:
1.247 jufi 1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1923: <a
1.269 deraadt 1924: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1925: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1926: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1927: </strong></font><br>
1928:
1929: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1930: by John Wolley
1931: <p>
1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1934: <a
1.269 deraadt 1935: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1936: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1937: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1938: </strong></font><br>
1939:
1940: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1941: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1942: OpenBSD).
1943: <p>
1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1946: <a
1.247 jufi 1947: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1948: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1949: </strong></font><br>
1950:
1951: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1952: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1953: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1954: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1955: and hindsight.
1956: <p>
1957:
1.247 jufi 1958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1959: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1960: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1961: </strong></font><br>
1962:
1963: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1964: <p>
1965:
1.247 jufi 1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1967: <a
1.168 provos 1968: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1969: December 7, 2000
1970: </strong></font><br>
1971:
1972: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1973: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1974: us explain.
1975: <p>
1976:
1.247 jufi 1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1978: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1979: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1980: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1981: December 6, 2000
1982: </strong></font><br>
1983:
1984: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1985: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1986: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1987: <p>
1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1990: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1991: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1992: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1993: </strong></font><br>
1994:
1995: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1996: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1997: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1998: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1999: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2000: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2001: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2002: <p>
2003:
2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2005: <a
1.226 horacio 2006: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2007: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2008: </strong></font><br>
2009:
2010: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2011: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2012: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2013: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2014: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2015: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2016: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2017: <p>
1.162 millert 2018:
1.247 jufi 2019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2020: <a
1.161 louis 2021: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2022: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2023: </strong></font><br>
2024:
2025: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2026: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2027: <p>
2028:
1.247 jufi 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2030: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2031: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2032: </strong></font><br>
2033:
2034: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2035: <p>
2036:
2037:
1.247 jufi 2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2039: <a
1.226 horacio 2040: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2041: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2042: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2043: </strong></font><br>
2044:
2045: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2046: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2047: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2048: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2049: <p>
1.247 jufi 2050: </ul>
1.169 louis 2051:
1.158 louis 2052: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2053: <ul>
1.147 louis 2054:
1.247 jufi 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2056: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2057: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2058: </strong></font><br>
2059:
2060: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2061: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2062: <p>
2063:
1.247 jufi 2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2065: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2066: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2067: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2068: </strong></font><br>
2069: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2070: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2071: <p>
2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2074: <a
2075: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2076: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2077: </strong></font><br>
2078:
2079: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2080: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2084: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2085: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2086: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2087:
1.213 horacio 2088: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2089: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2090: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2091: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2092: <p>
1.215 horacio 2093:
1.247 jufi 2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2095: <a
2096: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2097: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2098: </strong></font><br>
2099:
2100: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2101: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2102: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2103: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2104: much of the attitude too).
2105: <p>
1.161 louis 2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2108: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2109: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2110: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2111:
1.157 louis 2112: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2113: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2114: <p>
1.247 jufi 2115: </ul>
1.157 louis 2116:
2117: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2118: <ul>
1.157 louis 2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2121: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2122: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2123: </strong></font><br>
2124:
2125: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2126: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2127: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2128: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2129: <p>
2130:
1.247 jufi 2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2132: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2133: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2134: </strong></font><br>
2135:
2136: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2137: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2138: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2139: it because they love coding...
2140: <p>
2141:
1.247 jufi 2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2143: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2144: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2145: </strong></font><br>
2146:
2147: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2148: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2149: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2150: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2151: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2152: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2153: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2154: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2155: <p>
2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2158: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2159: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2160: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2161: </strong></font><br>
2162:
2163: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2164: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2165: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2166: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2167: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2168: the pizza.
2169: <p>
2170:
1.247 jufi 2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2172: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2173: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2174: </strong></font><br>
2175:
2176: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2177: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2178: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2179: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2180: problems.
2181: <p>
2182:
1.247 jufi 2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2184: <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 2185: </strong></font><br>
2186:
1.222 miod 2187: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2188: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2189: - whether they like it or not.
2190: <p>
2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2193: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2194: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2195: </strong></font><br>
2196:
2197: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2198: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2199: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2200: <p>
1.148 aaron 2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2203: <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 2204: </strong></font><br>
2205:
2206: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2207: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2208: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2209: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2210: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2211: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2212: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2213: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2214: <p>
2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2217: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2218: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2219: </strong></font><br>
2220:
2221: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2222: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2223: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2224: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2225: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2226: <p>
1.247 jufi 2227: </ul>
1.147 louis 2228:
1.138 louis 2229: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2230: <ul>
1.138 louis 2231:
1.247 jufi 2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2233: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2234: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2235: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2236: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2237: </strong></font><br>
2238:
1.227 horacio 2239: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2240: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2241: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2242: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2243: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2244: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2245: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2246: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2247: <p>
2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2250: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2251: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2252: </strong></font><br>
2253:
2254: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2255: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2256: groups, and even Linux.
2257: <p>
2258:
1.247 jufi 2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2260: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2261: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2262: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2263: </strong></font><br>
2264:
2265: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2266: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2267: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2268: library after installing the OS.
2269: <p>
2270:
1.247 jufi 2271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2272: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2273: Sys Admin, September 2000
2274: </strong></font><br>
2275:
2276: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2277: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2278: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2279: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2280: (<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>,
2281: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2282: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2283: <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 2284: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2285: out of the system.
2286: <p>
2287:
1.247 jufi 2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2289: <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
2290: </strong></font><br>
2291:
2292: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2293: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2294: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2295: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2296: the IP filtering and address translation.
2297: <p>
1.301 jose 2298:
2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2300: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2301: </strong></font><br>
2302:
2303: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2304: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2305: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2306: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2307: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2308: <p>
1.247 jufi 2309: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2310:
1.131 louis 2311: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2312: <ul>
1.131 louis 2313:
1.247 jufi 2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2315: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2316: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2317: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2318: </strong></font><br>
2319:
2320: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2321: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2322: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2323: <p>
2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2326: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2327: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2328: </strong></font><br>
2329:
2330: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2331: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2332: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2333: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2334: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2335: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2336: note of"</i>.
2337: <p>
2338:
1.247 jufi 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2340: <a
1.247 jufi 2341: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2342: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2343: </strong></font><br>
2344:
2345: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2346: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2347: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2348: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2349: <p>
2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2352: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2353: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2354: </strong></font><br>
2355:
2356: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2357: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2358: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2359: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2360: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2361: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2362: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2363: <p>
2364:
1.247 jufi 2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2366: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2367: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2368: 2000
2369: </strong></font><br>
2370:
2371: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2372: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2373: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2374: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2375: against current industry practices.
2376: <p>
2377:
1.247 jufi 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2379: <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
2380: </strong></font><br>
2381:
2382: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2383: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2384: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2385: <p>
2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2388: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2389: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2390: </strong></font><br>
2391:
2392: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2393: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2394: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2395: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2396: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2397: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2398: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2402: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2403: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2404: </strong></font><br>
2405:
2406: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2407: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2408: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2409: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2410: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2411: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2412: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2413: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2414: <p>
1.247 jufi 2415: </ul>
1.131 louis 2416:
1.118 louis 2417: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2418: <ul>
1.118 louis 2419:
1.247 jufi 2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2421: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2422: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2423: </strong></font><br>
2424:
2425: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2426: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2427: about time. The article mentions that
2428: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2429: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2430: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2431: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2432: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2433: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2434: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2435: <p>
2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2438: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2439: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2440: </strong></font><br>
2441:
2442: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2443: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2444: of OpenSSH.
2445: <p>
2446:
1.247 jufi 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2448: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2449: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2450: </strong></font><br>
2451:
2452: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2453: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2454: bridging.
2455: <p>
2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2458: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2459: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2460: </strong></font><br>
2461:
1.121 deraadt 2462: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2463: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2464: <p>
2465:
1.247 jufi 2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2467: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2468: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2469: </strong></font><br>
2470:
2471: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2472: <p>
2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2475: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2476: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2477: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2478: </strong></font><br>
2479:
1.120 deraadt 2480: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2481: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2482: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2483: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2484: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2485: <p>
2486:
1.247 jufi 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2488: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2489: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2490: </strong></font><br>
2491:
1.222 miod 2492: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2493: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2494: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2495: protocols and their quirks.
2496: <p>
2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2499: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2500: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2501: </strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2504: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2505: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2506: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2507: <p>
2508:
1.247 jufi 2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2510: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2511: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2512: </strong></font><br>
2513:
2514: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2515: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2516: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2517: <p>
2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2520: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2521: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2522: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2523: </strong></font><br>
2524:
2525: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2526: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2527: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2528: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2529: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2530: <p>
1.247 jufi 2531: </ul>
1.118 louis 2532:
1.104 louis 2533: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2534: <ul>
1.104 louis 2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2537: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2538: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2539: </strong></font><br>
2540:
2541: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2542: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2543: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2544: be a bit dry.
2545: <p>
2546:
1.247 jufi 2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2548: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2549: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2550: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2551: </strong></font><br>
2552: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2553: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2554: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2555: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2556: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2557: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2558: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2559: <p>
2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2562: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2563: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2564: 2000
1.128 louis 2565: </strong></font><br>
2566:
2567: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2568: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2569: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2570: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2571: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2572: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2573: <p>
2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2576: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2577: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2578: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2579:
2580: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2581: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2582: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2583: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2584: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2585: <p>
1.110 louis 2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2588: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2589: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2590: </strong></font><br>
2591:
2592: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2593: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2594: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2595: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2596: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2597: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2598: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2599: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2600: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2601: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2602: <p>
2603:
1.247 jufi 2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2605: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2606: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2607:
2608: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2609: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2610: <p>
1.108 louis 2611:
1.247 jufi 2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2613: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2614: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2615: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2616:
2617: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2618: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2619: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2620: <p>
1.106 louis 2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2623: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2624: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2625: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2626:
2627: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2628: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2629: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2630: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2631: <p>
1.107 louis 2632:
1.247 jufi 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2634: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2635: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2636: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2637:
2638: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2639: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2640: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2641: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2642: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2643: <p>
1.105 louis 2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2646: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2647: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2648: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2649:
1.113 naddy 2650: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2651: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2652: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2653: <p>
1.104 louis 2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2656: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2657: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2658: </strong></font><br>
2659:
2660: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2661: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2662: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2663: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2664: <p>
1.301 jose 2665:
2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2667: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2668: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2669: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2670:
2671: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2672: hardware-supported cryptography.
2673: <p>
1.247 jufi 2674: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2675:
1.85 louis 2676: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2677: <ul>
1.85 louis 2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2680: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2681: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2682: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2683:
2684: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2685: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2686: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2687: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2688: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2689: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2690: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2691: <p>
1.99 louis 2692:
1.247 jufi 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2694: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2695: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2696: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2697:
2698: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2699: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2700: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2701: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2702: <p>
1.100 louis 2703:
1.247 jufi 2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2705: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2706: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2707: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2708:
2709: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2710: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2711: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2712: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2713: <p>
1.95 louis 2714:
1.247 jufi 2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2716: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2717: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2718: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2719:
2720: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2721: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2722: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2723: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2724: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2725: <p>
1.92 louis 2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2728: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2729: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2730: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2731:
2732: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2733: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2734: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2735: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2736: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2737: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2738: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2739: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2740: <p>
1.91 louis 2741:
1.247 jufi 2742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2743: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2744: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2745: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2746:
2747: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2748: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2749: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2750: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2751: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2752: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2753: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2754: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2755: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2756: <p>
1.90 louis 2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2759: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2760: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2761: </strong></font><br>
2762: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2763: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2764: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2765: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2766: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2767: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2768: <p>
2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2771: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2772: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2773: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2774:
1.113 naddy 2775: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2776: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2777: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2778: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2779: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2780: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2781: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2782: <p>
1.87 louis 2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2785: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2786: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2787: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2788:
2789: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2790: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2791: <p>
1.85 louis 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2794: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2795: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2796: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2797:
2798: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2799: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2800: <p>
2801:
2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2803: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2804: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2806:
2807: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2808: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2809: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2810: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2811: <p>
1.89 louis 2812:
1.247 jufi 2813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2814: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2815: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2816: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2817:
2818: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2819: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2820: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2821: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2822: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2823: </ul>
1.85 louis 2824:
1.78 deraadt 2825: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2826: <ul>
1.74 louis 2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2829: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2830: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2831: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2832: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2833:
2834: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2835: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2836: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2837: <p>
1.83 louis 2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2840: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2841: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2842: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2843:
2844: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2845: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2846: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2847: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2848: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2849: <p>
1.93 louis 2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2852: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2853: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2854: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2855: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2856:
1.83 louis 2857: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2858: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2859: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2860: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2861: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2862: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2863: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2864: <p>
1.82 aaron 2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2867: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2868: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2869: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2870:
1.83 louis 2871: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2872: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2873: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2874: <p>
1.80 louis 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2877: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2878: Bad Press</a>,
2879: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2880: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2881:
2882: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2883: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2884: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2885: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2886: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2889:
2890: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2891: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2894: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2895: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2896: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2897: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2898:
2899: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2900: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2901: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2902: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.74 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2906: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2907: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2908: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2909:
1.219 horacio 2910: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2911: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2912: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2913: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2914: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2915: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2916: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2917: <p>
1.88 louis 2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2920: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2921: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2922: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2923:
2924: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2925: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2926: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2927: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2928: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2929: <p>
1.81 louis 2930:
1.247 jufi 2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2932: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2933: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2934: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2935:
2936: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2937: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2938: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2939: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2940: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2941: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2942: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2943: <p>
1.90 louis 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2946: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2947: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2948: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2949:
2950: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2951: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2952: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2953: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2954: <p>
1.247 jufi 2955: </ul>
1.71 louis 2956:
1.69 deraadt 2957: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2958: <ul>
1.70 louis 2959:
1.247 jufi 2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2961: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2962: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2963: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2964:
2965: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2966: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2967: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2968: <p>
1.70 louis 2969:
1.247 jufi 2970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2971: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2972: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2973: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2974:
2975: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2976: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2977: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2978: <p>
1.68 louis 2979:
1.247 jufi 2980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2981: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2982: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2983: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2984: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2985:
1.111 jufi 2986: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2987: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2988: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2989: "secure by default" installation.
2990: <p>
1.64 louis 2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2993: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2994: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2995: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2996:
1.113 naddy 2997: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2998: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2999: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3000: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3001: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3002: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3003: <p>
1.66 louis 3004:
1.247 jufi 3005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3006: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3007: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3008: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3009:
3010: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3011: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3012: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3013: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3014: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3015: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3016: <p>
1.83 louis 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3019: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3020: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3021: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3022:
3023: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3024: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3025: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3026: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3027: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3028: <p>
1.64 louis 3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3031: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3032: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3033: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3034:
3035: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3036: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3037: <p>
1.301 jose 3038:
3039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3040: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3041: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3042: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3043: </strong></font><br>
3044:
3045: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3046: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3047: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3048: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3049: Giving way to
3050: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3051: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3052: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3053: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3054: <p>
1.247 jufi 3055: </ul>
1.65 louis 3056:
1.69 deraadt 3057: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3058: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3059:
1.247 jufi 3060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3061: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3062: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3063: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3064:
3065: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3066: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3067: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3068: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3069: <p>
1.88 louis 3070:
1.247 jufi 3071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3072: <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 3073: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3074:
3075: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3076: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3077: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3078: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3079: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3080: <p>
1.60 louis 3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3083: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3084: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3085: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3086: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3087:
3088: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3089: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3090: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3091: <p>
1.58 louis 3092:
1.247 jufi 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3094: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3095: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3096:
3097: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3098: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3099: <p>
1.53 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3102: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3103: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3105:
3106: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3107: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3108: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3109: <p>
1.99 louis 3110:
1.247 jufi 3111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3112: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3113: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3114:
3115: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3116: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3117: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3118: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3119: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3122: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3123: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3124: </strong></font><br>
3125:
3126: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3127: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3128: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3129: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3130: <p>
3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3133: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3134: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3135: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3136:
3137: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3138: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3139: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3142: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3143: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3144:
3145: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3146: in
1.247 jufi 3147: <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 3148: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3149: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3150: <p>
1.53 louis 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3153: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3154: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3155: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3156: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3157:
1.58 louis 3158: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3159: <p>
1.301 jose 3160:
3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3162: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3163: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3164: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3165: Informacyjny, January 2000
3166: </strong></font><br>
3167:
3168: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3169: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3170: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3171: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3172: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3173: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3174: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3175: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3176: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3177: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3178: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3179: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3180: <p>
3181:
3182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3183: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3184: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3185: </strong></font><br>
3186:
3187: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3188: <p>
3189: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3190:
1.69 deraadt 3191: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3192: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3195: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3196: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3197: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3198: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3199:
1.58 louis 3200: Kurt Seifried
3201: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3202: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3203: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3204: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3207: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3208: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3210:
3211: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3212: <p>
1.96 louis 3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3215: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3216: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3217: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3218: </strong></font><br>
3219:
3220: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3221: <p>
3222:
3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3224: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3225: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3226: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3227:
3228: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3229: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3230: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3231: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3232: <p>
1.247 jufi 3233: </ul>
1.86 louis 3234:
1.69 deraadt 3235: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3236: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3239: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3240: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3241: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3242:
3243: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3244: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3245: <p>
1.61 louis 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3248: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3249: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3250: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3251: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3252:
3253: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3254: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3255: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3256: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3257: right -- or at least strives to".
3258: <p>
1.48 louis 3259:
1.247 jufi 3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3261: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3262: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3263: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3264: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3265: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3266: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3267: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3268: <p>
1.61 louis 3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <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 3271: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3272: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3273:
3274: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3275: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3276: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3277: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3278: <p>
1.46 louis 3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3281: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3282: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3283: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3284:
3285: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3286: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3287: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3288:
1.247 jufi 3289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3290: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3291: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3292: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3293:
3294: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3295: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3296: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3297: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3298: <p>
1.247 jufi 3299: </ul>
1.70 louis 3300:
1.69 deraadt 3301: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3302: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3303:
1.247 jufi 3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3305: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3306: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3307: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3308: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3309:
3310: Kurt Seifried
3311: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3312: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3313: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3314: <p>
1.44 philen 3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <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 3317: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3318: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3319:
3320: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3321: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3322:
1.247 jufi 3323: <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 3324: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3325: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3326:
3327: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3328: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3329:
1.247 jufi 3330: <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 3331: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3332: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3333:
3334: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3335: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3336: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3337: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3338: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3339:
1.247 jufi 3340: <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 3341: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3342: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3343:
1.36 louis 3344: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3345: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3346:
1.247 jufi 3347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3348: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3349: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3350: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3351:
3352: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3353: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3354: </ul>
1.38 louis 3355:
1.69 deraadt 3356: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3357: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <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 3360: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3361: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3362:
3363: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3364: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3365: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3366:
1.113 naddy 3367: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3368: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3369: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3370: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3371:
3372: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3373: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3374: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3375: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3376: <blockquote>
3377: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3378: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3379: <br>
3380: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3381: </code>
3382: </blockquote>
3383: <p>
3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3386: <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 3387: <p>
3388:
3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3390: <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 3391: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3392:
3393: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3394: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3395: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3396: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3399: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3400: Sept. 28, 1999
3401: </strong></font><br>
3402:
3403: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3404: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3405: translating and reprinting articles from
3406: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3407: <p>
3408:
3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3410: <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 3411: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3412:
3413: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3414: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3415: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3416: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3417: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3418: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3419: <p>
1.19 louis 3420:
1.113 naddy 3421: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3422: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3423: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3424:
3425: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3426: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3427: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3428: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3429: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3430: <p>
1.16 louis 3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3433: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3434: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3435: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3436:
1.57 louis 3437: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3438: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3439: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3440: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3441:
1.247 jufi 3442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3443: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3444: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3445: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3446:
1.113 naddy 3447: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3450: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3451: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3452: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3453:
1.23 louis 3454: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3455: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3456: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3457: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3458: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3459: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3460:
1.247 jufi 3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3462: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3463: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3464: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3465:
1.199 pvalchev 3466: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3467: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3468: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3469: installation.
1.113 naddy 3470: <p>
1.47 louis 3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3473: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3474: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3475: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3476:
1.301 jose 3477: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3478: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3479: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3480: </ul>
1.57 louis 3481:
1.69 deraadt 3482: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3483: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3484:
1.247 jufi 3485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3486: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3487: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3488: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3489:
3490: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3491: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3492: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3493: <p>
1.12 louis 3494:
1.247 jufi 3495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3496: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3497: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3498: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3499:
3500: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3501: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3502: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3503: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3504: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3505: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3506: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3507: <p>
1.247 jufi 3508: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3509:
1.69 deraadt 3510: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3511: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3512:
1.247 jufi 3513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3514: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3515: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3516:
3517: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3518: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3519: available."
1.113 naddy 3520: <p>
1.301 jose 3521:
3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3523: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3524: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3525: </strong></font><br>
3526:
3527: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3528: <p>
1.247 jufi 3529: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3530:
1.69 deraadt 3531: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3532: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3535: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3536: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3537:
3538: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3539: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3540: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3541: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3542: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3543: <p>
1.33 louis 3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3546: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3547: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3548: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3549:
1.113 naddy 3550: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3551: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3552: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3553: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3554: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3555: <p>
1.247 jufi 3556: </ul>
1.57 louis 3557:
1.69 deraadt 3558: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3559: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3560:
1.247 jufi 3561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3562: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3563: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3564: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3565:
3566: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3567: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3568: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3569:
1.247 jufi 3570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3571: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3572: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3573: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3574: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3575:
3576: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3577: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3578:
1.247 jufi 3579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3580: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3581:
1.113 naddy 3582: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3583:
1.247 jufi 3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3585: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3586: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3587: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3588:
3589: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3590: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3591: </ul>
1.23 louis 3592:
1.69 deraadt 3593: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3594: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 ! jose 3597: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3598: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3599:
3600: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3601: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3602: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3603:
1.247 jufi 3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3605: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3606: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3607: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3608:
3609: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3610: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3611: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3612: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3613: </ul>
1.57 louis 3614:
1.69 deraadt 3615: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3616: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3617:
1.247 jufi 3618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3619: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3620: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3621: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3622:
3623: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3624: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3625: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3626: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3627: <p>
1.15 louis 3628:
1.247 jufi 3629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3630: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3631: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3632: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3633:
3634: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3635: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3636: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3637: columns."
1.113 naddy 3638: <p>
1.247 jufi 3639: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3640:
1.69 deraadt 3641: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3642: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3643:
1.247 jufi 3644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3645: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3646: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3647: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3648:
3649: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3650: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3651:
1.113 naddy 3652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3653: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3654: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3655:
3656: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3657: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3658: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3659: </ul>
1.57 louis 3660:
1.69 deraadt 3661: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3662: <ul>
1.301 jose 3663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3664: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3665: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3666: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3667:
3668: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3669: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3670: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3671: <p>
3672:
3673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3674: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3675: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3676: Nov 13, 1998 and
3677: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3678: Datateknik</a>,
3679: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3680:
3681: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3682: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3683: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3684: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3685: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3686:
1.113 naddy 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3688: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3689: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3690: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3691:
1.222 miod 3692: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3693: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3694: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3695: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3696: <p>
1.247 jufi 3697: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3698:
1.69 deraadt 3699: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3700: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3703: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3704: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3705:
1.69 deraadt 3706: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3707: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3708: <p>
1.247 jufi 3709: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3710:
1.69 deraadt 3711: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3712: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3713:
1.247 jufi 3714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3715: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3716: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3717: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3718:
3719: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3720: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3721: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3724: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3725: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3726: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3727: <p>
1.247 jufi 3728: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3729:
1.69 deraadt 3730: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3731: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3732:
1.247 jufi 3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3734: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3735: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3736: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3737: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3738: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3739:
3740: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3741: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3742: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3743: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3744: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3745: <p>
1.247 jufi 3746: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3747:
3748: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3749: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3750:
1.247 jufi 3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3752: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3753: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3754:
1.69 deraadt 3755: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3756: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3757: <p>
1.112 naddy 3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3760: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3761:
1.292 camield 3762: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3763: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3764: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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