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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.364 jose 19: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 ! jose 22: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
! 23: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
! 24: Government Computer News,
! 25: July 22, 2003.
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
! 28: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
! 29: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
! 30: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 34: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
! 35: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
! 36: SANS Institute,
! 37: July 22, 2003.
! 38: </strong></font><br>
! 39: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
! 40: Awards, organized by the <A href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
! 41: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
! 42: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
! 43: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
! 44: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
! 45: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
! 46: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
! 47: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
! 48: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
! 49: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
! 50: <p>
! 51:
! 52: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 53: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
54: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
55: OnLamp.com,
56: July 17, 2003.
57: </strong></font><br>
58: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
59: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
60: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
61: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
62: have been working on.
63:
64: </ul>
65:
1.356 jose 66: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 67: <ul>
68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 70: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
71: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
72: eWeek,
73: June 23, 2003.
74: </strong></font><br>
75: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
76: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
77: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
78: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
79: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
80: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 84: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
85: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
86: Software Development Online,
87: June, 2003.
88: </strong></font><br>
89: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
90: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
91: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
92: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
93: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
94: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
95: current activities.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 99: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
100: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 101: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
102: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
103: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
104: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
105: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
106: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
107: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
108: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 109: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 110: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
111: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
112: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
113: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
114: decisions.
115: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
116: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
117: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
118: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 122: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
123: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
124: Page 58, eWeek,
125: June 2, 2003.
126: </strong></font><br>
127: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
128: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
129: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
130: been addressed in -current.
131: <p>
132:
1.356 jose 133: </ul>
134:
135: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
136: <ul>
137:
1.355 jose 138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 139: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
140: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
141: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
142: </strong></font><br>
143: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
144: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
145: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
146: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
147: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
148: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
149: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
150: <p>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 153: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
154: Beyond Linux</a>,
155: InfoWorld,
156: May 23, 2003.
157: </strong></font><br>
158: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
159: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
160: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
161: compared to the GPL.
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 165: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
166: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
167: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 168: May 17, 2003.
169: </strong></font><br>
170: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
171: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
172: the business section and half of another page inside
173: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
174: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
175: in talking about the project's history and goals.
176: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
177: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
178: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
179: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 180: <br>
181: This article can also be found online at:
182: <ul>
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
184: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
185: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
186: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
187: May 17, 2003
188: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 189: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
191: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
192: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
193: Montreal Gazette,
194: May 21, 2003
195: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 196: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 197: <p>
1.346 ian 198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 200: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 201: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 202: May 7, 2003.
203: </strong></font><br>
204: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
205: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
206: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 210: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
211: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
212: OsOpinion,
213: May 6, 2003.
214: </strong></font><br>
215: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
216: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
217: <br>
218: This article can also be found online at:
219: <ul>
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
221: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
222: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
223: NewsFactor Network.
224: </strong></font>
225: </ul>
226: <p>
227:
228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 229: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 230: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
231: ITBusiness,
232: May 2, 2003.
233: </strong></font><br>
234: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
235: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
236: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
237: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 241: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
242: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
243: InfoWorld,
244: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 245: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 246: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
247: <br>
248: This article can also be found online at:
249: <ul>
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
251: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
252: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
253: IDG Singapore.
254: </strong></font>
255: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 256: <p>
257:
1.339 jose 258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
259: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
260: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 261: ZDNet,
262: May 1, 2003.
263: </strong></font><br>
264: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 265: someone using parts from previous articles.
266: <br>
1.341 deraadt 267: This article can also be found online at:
268: <ul>
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
270: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
271: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
272: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 273: </strong></font>
274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
275: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
276: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
277: CNET News.com.
278: </strong></font>
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
280: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
281: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
282: ZDNet UK.
283: </strong></font>
284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
285: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
286: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
287: Help Net Security, Croatia.
288: </strong></font>
289: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 290: <p>
1.339 jose 291:
1.341 deraadt 292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 293: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 294: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
295: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
296: May 1, 2003.
297: </strong></font><br>
298: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
299: that have been added
300: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
301: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
302: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 303: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 304: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
305: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
306: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 307: <p>
308:
309: </ul>
310:
1.253 ian 311: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
312: <ul>
1.255 ian 313:
1.260 ian 314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 315: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 316: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
317: TechRepublic,
318: April 28, 2003.
319: </strong></font><br>
320: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
321: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 322: work.<br>
323: Can also be found online at:
324: <ul>
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
326: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
327: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
328: ZDNet UK.
329: </strong></font>
330: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 334: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
335: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
336: IDG,
337: April 24, 2003.
338: </strong></font><br>
339: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
340: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
341: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
342: Can also be found online at:
343: <ul>
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
345: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
346: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 347: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 348: </strong></font>
349: </ul>
350: <p>
351:
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
353: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 354: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 355: Slate,
356: April 24, 2003.
357: </strong></font><br>
358: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
359: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
360: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
361: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
362: <p>
363:
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 365: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
366: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
367: April 24, 2003.
368: </strong></font><br>
369: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
370: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
371: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
372: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 376: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
377: April 24, 2003.
378: </strong></font><br>
379: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
380: the free software community".
381: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
382: other articles.
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 386: <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 387: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
388: </strong></font><br>
389: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
390: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
391: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
392: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
393: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
394: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
395: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
396: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
397: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
398: <br/>
399: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
400: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
401: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
402: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 403: <br>
404: Can also be found online at:
405: <ul>
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
407: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
408: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
409: Common Dreams NewsCenter
410: </strong></font>
411: </ul>
1.324 ian 412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
415: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
416: Wired, April 24, 2003.
417: </strong></font><br>
418: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
419: article above.
420: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
421: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
422: wasting them."
1.332 ian 423: <br>
424: Can also be found online at:
425: <ul>
426: <li>
427: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
428: </strong></font>
429: </ul>
1.324 ian 430: <p>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 433: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
434: </strong></font><br>
435: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 439: <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.
440: </strong></font><br>
441: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
442: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
443: <p>
444:
445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 446: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
447: April 23, 2003.
448: </strong></font><br>
449: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
450: <p>
451:
452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 453: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 454: April 22, 2003.
455: </strong></font><br>
456: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 460: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
461: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
462: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 463: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 464: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
465: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
466: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
467: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
468: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
469: Can also be found online at:
470: <ul>
471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
472: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 473: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
474: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 475: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
477: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 478: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
479: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 480: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 481: </ul>
482: <p>
483:
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 485: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
486: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 487: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 488: </strong></font><br>
489: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 490: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
491: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
492: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
493: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
494: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
495: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 496: <p>
497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 499: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
500: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 501: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
502: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 503: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
504: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
505: at UPenn and DARPA.
506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 509: [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,
510: France
1.315 deraadt 511: April 18, 2003.
512: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 513: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 514: <p>
515:
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 517: [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 518: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 519: </strong></font><br>
520: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
521: <p>
522:
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 524: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
525: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
526: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 527: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 528: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
529: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
530: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
531: <p>
532:
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 534: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
535: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 536: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 537: </strong></font><br>
538: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
539: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
540: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 541: American century.
1.267 deraadt 542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 545: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
546: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 547: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 548: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 549: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
550: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
551: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
552: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
553: Can also be found online at:
554: <ul>
555: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
556: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 557: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 558: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 559: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 560: <p>
561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 563: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 564: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 565: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 566: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 567: </strong></font><br>
568: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 569: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
570: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
571: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
572: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
575: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
576: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
577: New York Times.
578: </strong></font>(free registration required)
579:
1.273 deraadt 580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
581: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 582: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 583: ABC News.
584: </strong></font>
585:
586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 587: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 588: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 589: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 590: </strong></font>
591:
592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 593: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 594: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 595: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 596: </strong></font>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 599: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
600: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 601: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 602: </strong></font>
603:
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 605: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 606: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 607: Times Daily, AL.
608: </strong></font>
609:
610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
611: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
612: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
613: Boston.com, MA.
614: </strong></font>
615:
616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 617: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 618: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 619: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
620: </strong></font>
621:
622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 623: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
624: [Article was pulled]</a>
625: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 626: </strong></font>
627:
628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
629: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
630: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
631: Infoshop News.
632: </strong></font>
633:
634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
635: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
636: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
637: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
638: </strong></font>
639:
640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 641: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
642: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
643: Raleigh News, NC.
644: </strong></font>
645:
646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 647: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 648: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
649: Napa News, CA.
650: </strong></font>
651:
652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 653: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 654: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
655: NEPA News, PA.
656: </strong></font>
657:
658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
659: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
660: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
661: Wired News.
662: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 663: <br>
664: <li>
1.333 deraadt 665: <font color="#009000"><strong>
666: [JAPANESE]
667: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
668: Wired News Japan</a>
669: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 670:
1.271 deraadt 671: </ul>
672: <p>
1.272 deraadt 673: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
674: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 675: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
676: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
677: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
678: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
679: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
680: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 681: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 682: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
683: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
684: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 685: <p>
686: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 687:
688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 689: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 690: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
691: Indianapolis Star, IN.
692: </strong></font>
693:
694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 695: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
696: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
697: Miami Herald, FL.
698: </strong></font>
699:
700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 701: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 702: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
703: </strong></font>
704:
705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
706: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 707: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 708: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 709: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 710:
711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
712: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
713: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
714: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
715: ABC News.
716: </strong></font>
717:
1.276 deraadt 718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
719: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 720: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 721: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 722: </strong></font>
723:
1.286 dhartmei 724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 725: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 726: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
727: Wilmington Star, NC.
728: </strong></font>
729:
1.300 jose 730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
731: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
732: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
733: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
734: </strong></font>
735:
1.309 jose 736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
737: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
738: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
739: Globe Technology.
740: </strong></font>
741:
1.263 deraadt 742: </ul>
1.262 beck 743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 746: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
747: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 748: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 749: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 750: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 751: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
752: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
753: <p>
754:
755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 756: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
757: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
758: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 759: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 760: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
761: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
762: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
763: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
764: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
765: and simply restates other press reports.
766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 769: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
770: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
771: OS News, April 18, 2003.
772: </strong></font><br>
773: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
774: <p>
775:
776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 777: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
778: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 779: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 780: </strong></font><br>
781: Another report on the DARPA funding.
782: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
783: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
784: <p>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 787: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
788: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
789: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
790: April 17, 2003.
791: </strong></font><br>
792: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
793: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
794: Tech Anthems</a>
795: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
796: 4 so far.
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 800: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
801: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 802: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 803: </strong></font><br>
804: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
805: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
806: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
807: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
808: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
809: Goes on to say:
810: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
811: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
812: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
813: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 814: This article is also found online at:
815: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
817: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
818: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
819: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 820: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
822: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
823: ZDnet</a>,
824: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 825: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
827: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
828: ZDnet Australia</a>,
829: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 830: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 831: </ul>
1.260 ian 832: <p>
1.279 deraadt 833:
1.260 ian 834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 835: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 836: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 837: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 838: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 839: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 840: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
841: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
842: without notice or justification.
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 846: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 847: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 848: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 849: </strong></font><br>
850: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
851: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 852: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 853: effective today, without any warning..."
854: <p>
1.257 ian 855:
856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 857: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
858: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 859: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 860: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 861: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
862: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
863: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
864: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
865: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 869: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
870: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 871: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 872: </strong></font><br>
873: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
874: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
875: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
876: quoting two of them:
877: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
878: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
879: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
880: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
881: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
882: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
883: <p>
884:
1.255 ian 885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 886: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
887: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 888: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 889: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 890: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 891: <p>
892:
893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 894: [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 895: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 896: </strong></font><br>
897: New security concepts in OpenBSD
898: <p>
899:
900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 901: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
902: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 903: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 904: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 905: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 906: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
907: security experts for more than three decades."
908: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
909: <p>
1.261 ian 910:
1.254 drahn 911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 912: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 913: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 914: </strong></font><br>
915: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
916: <p>
917:
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 919: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
920: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
921: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
922: </strong></font><br>
923: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
924: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
925: discussion OpenBSD's path.
926: <p>
927:
928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 929: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
930: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 931: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 932: </strong></font><br>
933: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
934: from US DARPA.
935: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
936: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
937: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
938: the BSD license.
939: <p>
940: </ul>
941:
1.251 ian 942: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
943: <ul>
944:
945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 946: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
947: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
948: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
949: </strong></font><br>
950:
951: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
952: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
953: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
954: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
955: <p>
956:
957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 958: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
959: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 960: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 961: </strong></font><br>
962: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
963: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
964: Mentions
965: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
966: and
967: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
968: programs.
969: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 970: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 971: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
972: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
973: <p>
1.325 ian 974: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
975: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 976:
977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
978: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
979: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
980: </strong></font><br>
981: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
982: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
983: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
984: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
985: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
986: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
987: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
988: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
989: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
990: put into service."
991: <p>
992: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
993: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
994: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
995: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
996: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
997: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
998: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
999: computers with security features."
1000: <p>
1.329 ian 1001:
1002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1003: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1004: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1005: Slate,
1006: March 3, 2003.
1007: </strong></font><br>
1008: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1009: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1010: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1011: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1012: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1013: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1014: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1015: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1016: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1017: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1018: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1019: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1020: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1021: of more secure open-source solutions like
1022: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1023: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1024: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1025: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1026: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1027: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1028: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1029: the Beltway."
1030: <p>
1.251 ian 1031: </ul>
1032:
1.249 jufi 1033: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1034: <ul>
1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1036: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1037: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1038: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1039: </strong></font><br>
1040: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1041: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1042: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1043: <p>
1.334 ian 1044:
1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1046: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1047: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1048: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1049: </strong></font><br>
1050: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1051: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1052: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1053: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1054: "... the hypothetical question ...
1055: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1056: <br>
1057: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1058: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1059: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1060: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1061: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1062: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1063: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1064: support network security.
1065: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1066: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1067: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1068: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1069: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1070: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1071: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1072: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1073: <br>
1074: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1075: <p>
1076:
1.249 jufi 1077: </ul>
1078:
1.246 jufi 1079: <h2>December, 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://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1084: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1085: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1086: </strong></font><br>
1087: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1088: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1089: <p>
1090:
1.247 jufi 1091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1092: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1093: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1094: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1095: </strong></font><br>
1096: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1097: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1098: <p>
1099:
1100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1101: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1102: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1103: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1104: </strong></font><br>
1105: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1106: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1107: <p>
1.247 jufi 1108: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1109:
1.244 jufi 1110: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1111: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1112:
1.247 jufi 1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1114: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1115: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1116: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1117: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1118: </strong></font><br>
1119: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1120: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1121: md5 digests.
1122: <p>
1123:
1.247 jufi 1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1125: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1126: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1127: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1128: </strong></font><br>
1129: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1130: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1131: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1132: right the first time."
1133: <p>
1.247 jufi 1134: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1135:
1136:
1137: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1138: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1139:
1.247 jufi 1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1141: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1142: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1143: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1144: </strong></font><br>
1145: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1146: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1147: part 6</a>.
1148: <p>
1149:
1.247 jufi 1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1151: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1152: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1153: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1154: </strong></font><br>
1155: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1156: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1157: <p>
1.301 jose 1158:
1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1160: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1161: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1162: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1163: </strong></font><br>
1164:
1165: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1166: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1167: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1168: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1169: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1170: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1171: <i>Here's the
1172: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1173: <p>
1.247 jufi 1174: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1175:
1176: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1177: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1178:
1.247 jufi 1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1180: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1181: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1182: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1183: </strong></font><br>
1184: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1185: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1186: <p>
1187:
1.247 jufi 1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1189: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1190: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1191: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1192: </strong></font><br>
1193: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1194: this time using pf.
1195: <p>
1.247 jufi 1196: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1197:
1198: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1199: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1200:
1.247 jufi 1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1202: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1203: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1204: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1205: </strong></font><br>
1206: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1207: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1208: their rotation.
1209: <p>
1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1212: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1213: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1214: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1215: </strong></font><br>
1216: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1217: <p>
1.247 jufi 1218: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1219:
1.239 jufi 1220: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1221: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1222:
1.247 jufi 1223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1224: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1225: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1226: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1227: </strong></font><br>
1228: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1229: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1230: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1231: <p>
1232:
1.247 jufi 1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1234: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1235: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1236: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1237: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1238: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1239: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1240: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1241: <p>
1.247 jufi 1242: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1243:
1.235 lebel 1244: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1245: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1246:
1.239 jufi 1247:
1.247 jufi 1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1249: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1250: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1251: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1252: </strong></font><br>
1253: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1254: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1255: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1256: <p>
1.301 jose 1257:
1.247 jufi 1258: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1259:
1.228 horacio 1260: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1261: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1262:
1.247 jufi 1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1264: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1265: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1266: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1267: </strong></font><br>
1268: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1269: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1270: <p>
1271:
1.247 jufi 1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1273: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1274: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1275: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1276: </strong></font><br>
1277: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1278: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1279: <p>
1280:
1.247 jufi 1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1282: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1283: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1284: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1285: </strong></font><br>
1286: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1287: on the desktop of his parents.
1288: <p>
1289:
1.247 jufi 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1291: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1292: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1293: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1294: </strong></font><br>
1295: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1296: using IPFilter.
1297:
1298: <p>
1299:
1.247 jufi 1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1301: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1302: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1303: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1304: </strong></font><br>
1305: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1306: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1307: perspectives of the four OS.
1308: <br>
1309: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1310: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1311: <p>
1312:
1.247 jufi 1313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1314: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1315: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1316: software and security</a>,
1317: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1318: </strong></font><br>
1319:
1320: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1321: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1322: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1323: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1324: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1325: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1326: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1327: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1328: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1329: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1330: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1331: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1332: <p>
1.247 jufi 1333: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1334:
1.225 horacio 1335: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1336: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1337:
1.247 jufi 1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1339: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1340: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1341: Interview</a>,
1342: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1343: </strong></font><br>
1344:
1345: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1346: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1347: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1348: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1349: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1350: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1351: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1352: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1353: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1354: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1355: of choice.
1356: <p>
1.247 jufi 1357: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1358:
1359: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1360: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1361:
1.247 jufi 1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1363: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1364: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1365: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1366: </strong></font><br>
1367:
1368: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1369: <p>
1370:
1.247 jufi 1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1372: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1373: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1374: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1375: </strong></font><br>
1376:
1377: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1378: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1379: <p>
1.247 jufi 1380: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1381:
1.218 horacio 1382: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1383: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1384:
1.247 jufi 1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1386: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1387: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1388: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1389: </strong></font><br>
1390:
1391: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1392: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1393: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1394: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1395: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1396: subjects. Worth a read.
1397: <p>
1398:
1399:
1.247 jufi 1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1401: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1402: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1403: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1404: </strong></font><br>
1405:
1406: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1407: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1408: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1409: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1410: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1411: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1412: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1413: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1414: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1415: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1416: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1417: on other operating systems.<br>
1418: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1419: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1420: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1421: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1422: <p>
1423:
1.247 jufi 1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1425: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1426: Operating System 2010</a>,
1427: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1428: </strong></font><br>
1429:
1430: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1431: covering the level of software integration into the core
1432: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1433: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1434: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1435: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1436: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1437: <p>
1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1440: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1441: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1442: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1443: </strong></font><br>
1444:
1445: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1446: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1447: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1448: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1449: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1450: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1451: <p>
1.247 jufi 1452: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1453:
1.210 jufi 1454: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1455: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1456:
1.247 jufi 1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1458: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1459: Already a Contender</a>,
1460: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1461: </strong></font><br>
1462:
1463: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1464: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1465: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1466: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1467: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1468: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1469: <p>
1470:
1.247 jufi 1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1472: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1473: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1474: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1475: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1476:
1.224 horacio 1477: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1478: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1479: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1480: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1481: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1482: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1483: <p>
1.247 jufi 1484: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1485:
1486: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1487: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1488:
1.247 jufi 1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1490: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1491: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1492: Division</a>,
1493: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1494: </strong></font><br>
1495:
1496: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1497: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1498: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1499: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1500: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1501: investment</em>.<br>
1502: The implementation details can be seen on their
1503: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1504: <p>
1505:
1.247 jufi 1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1507: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1508: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1509: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1510: </strong></font><br>
1511:
1512: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1513: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1514: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1515: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1516: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1517: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1518: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1519: <p>
1520:
1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1522: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1523: Thinking about Security</a>,
1524: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1525: </strong></font><br>
1526:
1527: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1528: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1529: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1530: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1531: to time.<br>
1532: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1533: system and just the most secure system.
1534: <p>
1535:
1.247 jufi 1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1537: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1538: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1539: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1540: </strong></font><br>
1541:
1542: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1543: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1544: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1545: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1546: choice:<br>
1547: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1548: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1549: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1550: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1551: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1552: network security devices and as such must be well
1553: armored."</em><br>
1554: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1555: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1556: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1557: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1558: <br>
1559: Bravo!
1560: <p>
1.247 jufi 1561: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1562:
1.207 ian 1563: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1564: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1565:
1.247 jufi 1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1567: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1568: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1569: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1570:
1.207 ian 1571: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1572: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1573: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1574: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1575: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1576: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1577: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1578: <p>
1.247 jufi 1579: </ul>
1.207 ian 1580:
1.194 jufi 1581: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1582: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1583:
1.247 jufi 1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1585: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1586: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1587: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1588: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1589:
1.240 miod 1590: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1591: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1592: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1593: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1594: <p>
1595:
1.247 jufi 1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1597: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1598: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1599: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1600:
1601: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1602: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1603: <p>
1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1606: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1607: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1608: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1609:
1610: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1611: <p>
1612:
1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1614: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1615: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1616: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1617: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1618:
1.240 miod 1619: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1620: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1621: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1622: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1623: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1624: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1625: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1626: <br>
1627: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1628: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1629: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1630: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1631: <p>
1632:
1.247 jufi 1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1634: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1635: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1636: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1637: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1638:
1.194 jufi 1639: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1640: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1641: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1642: <br>
1643: The new
1644: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1645: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1646: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1647: <p>
1.247 jufi 1648: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1649:
1.190 horacio 1650: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1651: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1652:
1.247 jufi 1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1654:
1655: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1656: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1657:
1.301 jose 1658:
1.191 jufi 1659: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1660: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1661:
1662: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1663: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1664:
1.212 horacio 1665: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1666: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1667: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1668:
1.211 horacio 1669: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1670: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1671: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1672:
1.247 jufi 1673: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1674: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1675:
1.247 jufi 1676: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1677: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1678:
1.212 horacio 1679: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1680: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1681: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1682:
1683: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1684: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1685:
1686: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1687: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1688:
1.301 jose 1689: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1690: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1691:
1.191 jufi 1692: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1693: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1694:
1695: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1696: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1697:
1.192 jufi 1698: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1699: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1700: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1701:
1.193 deraadt 1702: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1703: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1704: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1705:
1.247 jufi 1706: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1707: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1708:
1.247 jufi 1709: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1710: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1711: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1712:
1.213 horacio 1713: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1714: 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 1715: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1716:
1.190 horacio 1717: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1718: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1719: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1720: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1721: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1722: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1723: <p>
1.190 horacio 1724:
1.247 jufi 1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1726: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1727: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1728: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1729: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1730:
1.195 jufi 1731: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1732: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1733: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1734: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1735: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1736: <p>
1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1739: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1740: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1741: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1742: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1743:
1.191 jufi 1744: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1745: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1746: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1747: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1748: <p>
1749:
1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1751: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1752: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1753: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1754:
1755: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1756: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1757: <p>
1.247 jufi 1758: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1759:
1.191 jufi 1760:
1.186 jufi 1761: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1762: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1765: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1766: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1767: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1768: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1769:
1.188 jufi 1770: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1771: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1772: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1773: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1774: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1775: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1776: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1777: <p>
1778:
1.301 jose 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1780: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1781: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1782: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1783:
1784: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1785: <p>
1.191 jufi 1786:
1.247 jufi 1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1788: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1789: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1790: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1791: </strong></font><br>
1792:
1793: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1794: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1795: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1796: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1797: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1798: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1799: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1800: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1801: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1802: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1803: familiar?
1804: <p>
1.247 jufi 1805: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1806:
1.178 louis 1807: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1808: <ul>
1.178 louis 1809:
1.247 jufi 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1811: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1812: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1813: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1816: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1817: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1818: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1819: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1820: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1821: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1822: <p>
1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1825: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1826: Open source under the hood</a>,
1827: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1828: </strong></font><br>
1829:
1830: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1831: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1832: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1833: <p>
1834:
1.247 jufi 1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1836: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1837: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1838: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1839: </strong></font><br>
1840:
1841: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1842: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1843: <p>
1.247 jufi 1844: </ul>
1.179 louis 1845:
1.174 louis 1846:
1.175 louis 1847: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1848: <ul>
1.175 louis 1849:
1.247 jufi 1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1851: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1852: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1853: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1854: </strong></font><br>
1855:
1856: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1857: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1858: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1859: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1860: <p>
1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1863: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1864: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1865: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1868: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1869: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1870: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1871: <p>
1.247 jufi 1872: </ul>
1.175 louis 1873:
1.176 louis 1874:
1.172 mickey 1875: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1876: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1877:
1.247 jufi 1878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1879: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1880: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1881: </strong></font><br>
1882:
1883: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1884: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1885: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1886: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1887: <p>
1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1890: <a
1.269 deraadt 1891: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1892: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1893: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1894: </strong></font><br>
1895:
1896: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1897: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1898: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1899: <p>
1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1902: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1903: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1904: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1905: </strong></font><br>
1906:
1907: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1908: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1909: <p>
1910:
1.247 jufi 1911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1912: <a
1.269 deraadt 1913: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1914: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1915: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1916: </strong></font><br>
1917:
1918: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1919: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1920: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1921: our own Theo de Raadt.
1922: <p>
1923:
1.247 jufi 1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1925: <a
1.269 deraadt 1926: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1927: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1928: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1929: </strong></font><br>
1930:
1931: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1932: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1933: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1934: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1935: shut down.]
1936: <p>
1937:
1.247 jufi 1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1939: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1940: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1941: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1942: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1943: </strong></font><br>
1944:
1945: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1946: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1947: <p>
1.247 jufi 1948: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1949:
1.161 louis 1950: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1951: <ul>
1.161 louis 1952:
1.247 jufi 1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1954: <a
1.269 deraadt 1955: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1956: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1957: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1958: </strong></font><br>
1959:
1960: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1961: by John Wolley
1962: <p>
1963:
1.247 jufi 1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1965: <a
1.269 deraadt 1966: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1967: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1968: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1969: </strong></font><br>
1970:
1971: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1972: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1973: OpenBSD).
1974: <p>
1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1977: <a
1.247 jufi 1978: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1979: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1980: </strong></font><br>
1981:
1982: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1983: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1984: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1985: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1986: and hindsight.
1987: <p>
1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1990: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1991: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1992: </strong></font><br>
1993:
1994: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1995: <p>
1996:
1.247 jufi 1997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1998: <a
1.168 provos 1999: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2000: December 7, 2000
2001: </strong></font><br>
2002:
2003: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2004: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2005: us explain.
2006: <p>
2007:
1.247 jufi 2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2009: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2010: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2011: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2012: December 6, 2000
2013: </strong></font><br>
2014:
2015: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2016: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2017: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2018: <p>
2019:
1.247 jufi 2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2021: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2022: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2023: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2024: </strong></font><br>
2025:
2026: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2027: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2028: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2029: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2030: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2031: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2032: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2033: <p>
2034:
2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2036: <a
1.226 horacio 2037: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2038: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2039: </strong></font><br>
2040:
2041: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2042: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2043: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2044: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2045: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2046: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2047: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2048: <p>
1.162 millert 2049:
1.247 jufi 2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2051: <a
1.161 louis 2052: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2053: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2054: </strong></font><br>
2055:
2056: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2057: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2058: <p>
2059:
1.247 jufi 2060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2061: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2062: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2063: </strong></font><br>
2064:
2065: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2066: <p>
2067:
2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2070: <a
1.226 horacio 2071: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2072: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2073: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2074: </strong></font><br>
2075:
2076: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2077: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2078: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2079: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2080: <p>
1.247 jufi 2081: </ul>
1.169 louis 2082:
1.158 louis 2083: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2084: <ul>
1.147 louis 2085:
1.247 jufi 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2087: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2088: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2089: </strong></font><br>
2090:
2091: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2092: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2093: <p>
2094:
1.247 jufi 2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2096: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2097: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2098: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2099: </strong></font><br>
2100: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2101: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2102: <p>
2103:
1.247 jufi 2104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2105: <a
2106: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2107: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2108: </strong></font><br>
2109:
2110: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2111: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2112: <p>
2113:
1.247 jufi 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2115: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2116: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2117: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2118:
1.213 horacio 2119: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2121: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2122: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2123: <p>
1.215 horacio 2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2126: <a
2127: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2128: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2129: </strong></font><br>
2130:
2131: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2132: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2133: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2134: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2135: much of the attitude too).
2136: <p>
1.161 louis 2137:
1.247 jufi 2138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2139: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2140: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2141: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2142:
1.157 louis 2143: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2144: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2145: <p>
1.247 jufi 2146: </ul>
1.157 louis 2147:
2148: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2149: <ul>
1.157 louis 2150:
1.247 jufi 2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2152: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2153: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2154: </strong></font><br>
2155:
2156: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2157: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2158: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2159: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2160: <p>
2161:
1.247 jufi 2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2163: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2164: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2165: </strong></font><br>
2166:
2167: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2168: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2169: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2170: it because they love coding...
2171: <p>
2172:
1.247 jufi 2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2174: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2175: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2176: </strong></font><br>
2177:
2178: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2179: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2180: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2181: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2182: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2183: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2184: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2185: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2186: <p>
2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2189: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2190: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2191: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2192: </strong></font><br>
2193:
2194: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2195: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2196: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2197: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2198: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2199: the pizza.
2200: <p>
2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2203: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2204: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2205: </strong></font><br>
2206:
2207: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2208: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2209: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2210: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2211: problems.
2212: <p>
2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2215: <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 2216: </strong></font><br>
2217:
1.222 miod 2218: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2219: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2220: - whether they like it or not.
2221: <p>
2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2224: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2225: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2226: </strong></font><br>
2227:
2228: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2229: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2230: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2231: <p>
1.148 aaron 2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2234: <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 2235: </strong></font><br>
2236:
2237: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2238: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2239: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2240: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2241: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2242: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2243: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2244: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2245: <p>
2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2248: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2249: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2250: </strong></font><br>
2251:
2252: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2253: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2254: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2255: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2256: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2257: <p>
1.247 jufi 2258: </ul>
1.147 louis 2259:
1.138 louis 2260: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2261: <ul>
1.138 louis 2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2264: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2265: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2266: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2267: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2268: </strong></font><br>
2269:
1.227 horacio 2270: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2271: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2272: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2273: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2274: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2275: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2276: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2277: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2278: <p>
2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2281: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2282: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2283: </strong></font><br>
2284:
2285: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2286: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2287: groups, and even Linux.
2288: <p>
2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2291: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2292: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2293: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2294: </strong></font><br>
2295:
2296: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2297: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2298: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2299: library after installing the OS.
2300: <p>
2301:
1.247 jufi 2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2303: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2304: Sys Admin, September 2000
2305: </strong></font><br>
2306:
2307: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2308: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2309: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2310: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2311: (<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>,
2312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2313: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2314: <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 2315: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2316: out of the system.
2317: <p>
2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2320: <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
2321: </strong></font><br>
2322:
2323: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2324: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2325: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2326: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2327: the IP filtering and address translation.
2328: <p>
1.301 jose 2329:
2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2331: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2332: </strong></font><br>
2333:
2334: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2335: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2336: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2337: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2338: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2339: <p>
1.247 jufi 2340: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2341:
1.131 louis 2342: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2343: <ul>
1.131 louis 2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2346: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2347: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2348: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2349: </strong></font><br>
2350:
2351: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2352: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2353: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2354: <p>
2355:
1.247 jufi 2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2357: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2358: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2359: </strong></font><br>
2360:
2361: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2362: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2363: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2364: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2365: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2366: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2367: note of"</i>.
2368: <p>
2369:
1.247 jufi 2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2371: <a
1.247 jufi 2372: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2373: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2374: </strong></font><br>
2375:
2376: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2377: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2378: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2379: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2380: <p>
2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2383: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2384: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2385: </strong></font><br>
2386:
2387: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2388: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2389: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2390: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2391: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2392: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2393: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2394: <p>
2395:
1.247 jufi 2396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2397: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2398: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2399: 2000
2400: </strong></font><br>
2401:
2402: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2403: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2404: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2405: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2406: against current industry practices.
2407: <p>
2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2410: <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
2411: </strong></font><br>
2412:
2413: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2414: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2415: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2416: <p>
2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2419: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2420: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2421: </strong></font><br>
2422:
2423: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2424: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2425: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2426: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2427: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2428: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2429: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2430: <p>
2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2433: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2434: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2435: </strong></font><br>
2436:
2437: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2438: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2439: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2440: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2441: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2442: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2443: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2444: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2445: <p>
1.247 jufi 2446: </ul>
1.131 louis 2447:
1.118 louis 2448: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2449: <ul>
1.118 louis 2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2452: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2453: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
2456: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2457: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2458: about time. The article mentions that
2459: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2460: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2461: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2462: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2463: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2464: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2465: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2466: <p>
2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2469: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2470: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2471: </strong></font><br>
2472:
2473: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2474: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2475: of OpenSSH.
2476: <p>
2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2479: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2480: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2481: </strong></font><br>
2482:
2483: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2484: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2485: bridging.
2486: <p>
2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2489: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2490: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2491: </strong></font><br>
2492:
1.121 deraadt 2493: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2494: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2495: <p>
2496:
1.247 jufi 2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2498: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2499: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2500: </strong></font><br>
2501:
2502: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2503: <p>
2504:
1.247 jufi 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2506: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2507: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2508: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2509: </strong></font><br>
2510:
1.120 deraadt 2511: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2512: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2513: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2514: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2515: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2516: <p>
2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2519: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2520: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2521: </strong></font><br>
2522:
1.222 miod 2523: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2524: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2525: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2526: protocols and their quirks.
2527: <p>
2528:
1.247 jufi 2529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2530: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2531: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2532: </strong></font><br>
2533:
2534: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2535: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2536: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2537: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2538: <p>
2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2541: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2542: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2543: </strong></font><br>
2544:
2545: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2546: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2547: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2548: <p>
2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2551: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2552: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2553: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2554: </strong></font><br>
2555:
2556: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2557: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2558: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2559: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2560: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2561: <p>
1.247 jufi 2562: </ul>
1.118 louis 2563:
1.104 louis 2564: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2565: <ul>
1.104 louis 2566:
1.247 jufi 2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2568: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2569: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2570: </strong></font><br>
2571:
2572: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2573: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2574: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2575: be a bit dry.
2576: <p>
2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2579: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2580: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2581: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2582: </strong></font><br>
2583: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2584: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2585: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2586: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2587: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2588: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2589: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2590: <p>
2591:
1.247 jufi 2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2593: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2594: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2595: 2000
1.128 louis 2596: </strong></font><br>
2597:
2598: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2599: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2600: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2601: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2602: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2603: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2604: <p>
2605:
1.247 jufi 2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2607: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2608: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2609: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2610:
2611: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2612: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2613: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2614: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2615: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2616: <p>
1.110 louis 2617:
1.247 jufi 2618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2619: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2620: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2621: </strong></font><br>
2622:
2623: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2624: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2625: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2626: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2627: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2628: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2629: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2630: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2631: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2632: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2633: <p>
2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2636: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2637: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2638:
2639: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2640: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2641: <p>
1.108 louis 2642:
1.247 jufi 2643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2644: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2645: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2646: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2647:
2648: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2649: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2650: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2651: <p>
1.106 louis 2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2654: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2655: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2656: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2657:
2658: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2659: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2660: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2661: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2662: <p>
1.107 louis 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2665: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2666: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2667: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2668:
2669: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2670: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2671: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2672: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2673: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2674: <p>
1.105 louis 2675:
1.247 jufi 2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2677: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2678: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2679: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2680:
1.113 naddy 2681: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2682: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2683: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2684: <p>
1.104 louis 2685:
1.247 jufi 2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2687: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2688: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2689: </strong></font><br>
2690:
2691: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2692: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2693: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2694: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2695: <p>
1.301 jose 2696:
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2698: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2699: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2700: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2701:
2702: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2703: hardware-supported cryptography.
2704: <p>
1.247 jufi 2705: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2706:
1.85 louis 2707: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2708: <ul>
1.85 louis 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2711: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2712: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2713: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2714:
2715: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2716: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2717: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2718: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2719: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2720: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2721: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2722: <p>
1.99 louis 2723:
1.247 jufi 2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2725: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2726: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2727: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2728:
2729: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2730: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2731: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2732: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2733: <p>
1.100 louis 2734:
1.247 jufi 2735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2736: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2737: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2738: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2739:
2740: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2741: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2742: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2743: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2744: <p>
1.95 louis 2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2747: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2748: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2749: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2750:
2751: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2752: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2753: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2754: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2755: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2756: <p>
1.92 louis 2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2759: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2760: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2761: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2762:
2763: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2764: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2765: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2766: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2767: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2768: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2769: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2770: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2771: <p>
1.91 louis 2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2774: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2775: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2776: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2777:
2778: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2779: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2780: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2781: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2782: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2783: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2784: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2785: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2786: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2787: <p>
1.90 louis 2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2790: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2791: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2792: </strong></font><br>
2793: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2794: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2795: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2796: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2797: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2798: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2799: <p>
2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2802: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2803: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2804: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2805:
1.113 naddy 2806: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2807: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2808: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2809: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2810: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2811: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2812: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2813: <p>
1.87 louis 2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2816: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2817: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2818: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2819:
2820: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2821: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2822: <p>
1.85 louis 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2825: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2826: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2827: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2828:
2829: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2830: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2831: <p>
2832:
2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2834: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2835: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2836: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2837:
2838: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2839: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2840: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2841: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2842: <p>
1.89 louis 2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2845: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2846: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2848:
2849: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2850: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2851: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2852: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2853: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2854: </ul>
1.85 louis 2855:
1.78 deraadt 2856: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2857: <ul>
1.74 louis 2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2860: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2861: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2862: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2863: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2864:
2865: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2866: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2867: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2868: <p>
1.83 louis 2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2871: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2872: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2873: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2874:
2875: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2876: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2877: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2878: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2879: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2880: <p>
1.93 louis 2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2883: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2884: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2885: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2886: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2887:
1.83 louis 2888: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2889: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2890: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2891: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2892: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2893: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2894: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2895: <p>
1.82 aaron 2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2898: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2899: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2900: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2901:
1.83 louis 2902: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2903: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2904: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2905: <p>
1.80 louis 2906:
1.247 jufi 2907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2908: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2909: Bad Press</a>,
2910: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2911: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2912:
2913: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2914: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2915: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2916: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2917: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2918: <p>
1.247 jufi 2919: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2920:
2921: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2922: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2923:
1.247 jufi 2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2925: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2926: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2927: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2928: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2929:
2930: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2931: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2932: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2933: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2934: <p>
1.74 louis 2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2937: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2938: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2939: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2940:
1.219 horacio 2941: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2942: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2943: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2944: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2945: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2946: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2947: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2948: <p>
1.88 louis 2949:
1.247 jufi 2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2951: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2952: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2953: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2954:
2955: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2956: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2957: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2958: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2959: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2960: <p>
1.81 louis 2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2963: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2964: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2965: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2966:
2967: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2968: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2969: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2970: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2971: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2972: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2973: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2974: <p>
1.90 louis 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2977: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2978: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2979: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2980:
2981: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2982: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2983: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2984: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2985: <p>
1.247 jufi 2986: </ul>
1.71 louis 2987:
1.69 deraadt 2988: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2989: <ul>
1.70 louis 2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2992: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2993: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2994: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2995:
2996: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2997: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2998: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2999: <p>
1.70 louis 3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3002: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3003: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3004: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3005:
3006: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3007: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3008: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3009: <p>
1.68 louis 3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3012: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3013: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3014: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3015: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3016:
1.111 jufi 3017: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3018: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3019: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3020: "secure by default" installation.
3021: <p>
1.64 louis 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3024: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3025: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3026: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3027:
1.113 naddy 3028: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3029: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3030: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3031: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3032: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3033: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3034: <p>
1.66 louis 3035:
1.247 jufi 3036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3037: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3038: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3039: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3040:
3041: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3042: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3043: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3044: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3045: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3046: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3047: <p>
1.83 louis 3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3050: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3051: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3052: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3053:
3054: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3055: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3056: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3057: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3058: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3059: <p>
1.64 louis 3060:
1.247 jufi 3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3062: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3063: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3064: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3065:
3066: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3067: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3068: <p>
1.301 jose 3069:
3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3071: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3072: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3073: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3074: </strong></font><br>
3075:
3076: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3077: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3078: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3079: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3080: Giving way to
3081: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3082: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3083: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3084: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3085: <p>
1.247 jufi 3086: </ul>
1.65 louis 3087:
1.69 deraadt 3088: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3089: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3092: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3093: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3094: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3095:
3096: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3097: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3098: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3099: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3100: <p>
1.88 louis 3101:
1.247 jufi 3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3103: <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 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3105:
3106: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3107: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3108: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3109: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3110: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3111: <p>
1.60 louis 3112:
1.247 jufi 3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3114: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3115: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3116: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3117: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3118:
3119: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3120: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3121: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3122: <p>
1.58 louis 3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3125: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3126: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3127:
3128: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3129: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3130: <p>
1.53 louis 3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3133: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3134: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3135: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3136:
3137: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3138: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3139: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3140: <p>
1.99 louis 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3143: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3144: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3145:
3146: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3147: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3148: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3149: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3150: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3153: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3154: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3155: </strong></font><br>
3156:
3157: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3158: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3159: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3160: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3161: <p>
3162:
1.247 jufi 3163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3164: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3165: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3166: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3167:
3168: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3169: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3170: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3171:
1.247 jufi 3172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3173: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3174: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3175:
3176: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3177: in
1.247 jufi 3178: <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 3179: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3180: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3181: <p>
1.53 louis 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3184: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3185: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3186: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3187: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3188:
1.58 louis 3189: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3190: <p>
1.301 jose 3191:
3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3193: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3194: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3195: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3196: Informacyjny, January 2000
3197: </strong></font><br>
3198:
3199: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3200: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3201: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3202: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3203: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3204: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3205: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3206: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3207: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3208: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3209: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3210: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3211: <p>
3212:
3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3214: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3215: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3216: </strong></font><br>
3217:
3218: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3219: <p>
3220: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3221:
1.69 deraadt 3222: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3223: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3226: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3227: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3228: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3229: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3230:
1.58 louis 3231: Kurt Seifried
3232: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3233: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3234: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3235: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3238: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3239: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3240: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3241:
3242: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3243: <p>
1.96 louis 3244:
1.247 jufi 3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3246: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3247: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3248: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3249: </strong></font><br>
3250:
3251: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3252: <p>
3253:
3254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3255: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3256: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3257: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3258:
3259: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3260: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3261: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3262: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3263: <p>
1.247 jufi 3264: </ul>
1.86 louis 3265:
1.69 deraadt 3266: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3267: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3270: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3271: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3272: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3273:
3274: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3275: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3276: <p>
1.61 louis 3277:
1.247 jufi 3278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3279: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3280: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3281: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3282: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3283:
3284: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3285: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3286: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3287: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3288: right -- or at least strives to".
3289: <p>
1.48 louis 3290:
1.247 jufi 3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3292: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3293: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3294: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3295: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3296: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3297: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3298: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3299: <p>
1.61 louis 3300:
1.247 jufi 3301: <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 3302: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3303: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3304:
3305: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3306: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3307: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3308: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3309: <p>
1.46 louis 3310:
1.247 jufi 3311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3312: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3313: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3314: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3315:
3316: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3317: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3318: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3321: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3322: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3323: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3324:
3325: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3326: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3327: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3328: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3329: <p>
1.247 jufi 3330: </ul>
1.70 louis 3331:
1.69 deraadt 3332: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3333: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3336: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3337: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3338: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3339: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3340:
3341: Kurt Seifried
3342: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3343: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3344: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3345: <p>
1.44 philen 3346:
1.247 jufi 3347: <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 3348: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3349: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3350:
3351: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3352: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3353:
1.247 jufi 3354: <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 3355: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3356: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3357:
3358: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3359: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <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 3362: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3363: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3364:
3365: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3366: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3367: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3368: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3369: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3370:
1.247 jufi 3371: <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 3372: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3373: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3374:
1.36 louis 3375: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3376: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3379: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3380: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3381: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3382:
3383: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3384: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3385: </ul>
1.38 louis 3386:
1.69 deraadt 3387: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3388: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3389:
1.247 jufi 3390: <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 3391: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3392: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3393:
3394: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3395: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3396: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3397:
1.113 naddy 3398: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3399: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3400: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3401: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3402:
3403: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3404: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3405: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3406: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3407: <blockquote>
3408: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3409: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3410: <br>
3411: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3412: </code>
3413: </blockquote>
3414: <p>
3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3417: <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 3418: <p>
3419:
3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3421: <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 3422: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3423:
3424: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3425: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3426: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3427: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3428:
1.247 jufi 3429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3430: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3431: Sept. 28, 1999
3432: </strong></font><br>
3433:
3434: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3435: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3436: translating and reprinting articles from
3437: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3438: <p>
3439:
3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3441: <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 3442: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3443:
3444: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3445: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3446: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3447: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3448: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3449: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3450: <p>
1.19 louis 3451:
1.113 naddy 3452: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3453: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3454: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3455:
3456: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3457: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3458: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3459: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3460: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3461: <p>
1.16 louis 3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3464: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3465: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3466: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3467:
1.57 louis 3468: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3469: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3470: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3471: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3472:
1.247 jufi 3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3474: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3475: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3476: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3477:
1.113 naddy 3478: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3481: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3482: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3483: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3484:
1.23 louis 3485: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3486: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3487: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3488: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3489: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3490: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3491:
1.247 jufi 3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3493: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3494: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3495: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3496:
1.199 pvalchev 3497: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3498: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3499: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3500: installation.
1.113 naddy 3501: <p>
1.47 louis 3502:
1.247 jufi 3503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3504: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3505: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3506: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3507:
1.301 jose 3508: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3509: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3510: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3511: </ul>
1.57 louis 3512:
1.69 deraadt 3513: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3514: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3515:
1.247 jufi 3516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3517: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3518: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3519: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3520:
3521: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3522: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3523: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3524: <p>
1.12 louis 3525:
1.247 jufi 3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3527: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3528: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3529: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3530:
3531: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3532: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3533: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3534: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3535: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3536: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3537: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3538: <p>
1.247 jufi 3539: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3540:
1.69 deraadt 3541: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3542: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3545: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3546: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3547:
3548: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3549: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3550: available."
1.113 naddy 3551: <p>
1.301 jose 3552:
3553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3554: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3555: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3556: </strong></font><br>
3557:
3558: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3559: <p>
1.247 jufi 3560: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3561:
1.69 deraadt 3562: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3563: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3564:
1.247 jufi 3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3566: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3567: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3568:
3569: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3570: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3571: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3572: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3573: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3574: <p>
1.33 louis 3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3577: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3578: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3579: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3580:
1.113 naddy 3581: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3582: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3583: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3584: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3585: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3586: <p>
1.247 jufi 3587: </ul>
1.57 louis 3588:
1.69 deraadt 3589: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3590: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3593: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3594: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3595: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3596:
3597: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3598: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3599: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3600:
1.247 jufi 3601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3602: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3603: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3604: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3605: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3606:
3607: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3608: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3609:
1.247 jufi 3610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3611: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3612:
1.113 naddy 3613: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3614:
1.247 jufi 3615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3616: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3617: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3618: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3619:
3620: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3621: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3622: </ul>
1.23 louis 3623:
1.69 deraadt 3624: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3625: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3626:
1.247 jufi 3627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3628: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3629: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3630:
3631: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3632: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3633: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3634:
1.247 jufi 3635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3636: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3637: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3638: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3639:
3640: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3641: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3642: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3643: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3644: </ul>
1.57 louis 3645:
1.69 deraadt 3646: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3647: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3648:
1.247 jufi 3649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3650: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3651: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3652: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3653:
3654: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3655: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3656: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3657: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3658: <p>
1.15 louis 3659:
1.247 jufi 3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3661: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3662: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3663: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3664:
3665: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3666: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3667: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3668: columns."
1.113 naddy 3669: <p>
1.247 jufi 3670: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3671:
1.69 deraadt 3672: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3673: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3674:
1.247 jufi 3675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3676: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3677: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3678: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3679:
3680: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3681: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3682:
1.113 naddy 3683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3684: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3685: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3686:
3687: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3688: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3689: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3690: </ul>
1.57 louis 3691:
1.69 deraadt 3692: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3693: <ul>
1.301 jose 3694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3695: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3696: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3697: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3698:
3699: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3700: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3701: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3702: <p>
3703:
3704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3705: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3706: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3707: Nov 13, 1998 and
3708: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3709: Datateknik</a>,
3710: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3711:
3712: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3713: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3714: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3715: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3716: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3717:
1.113 naddy 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3719: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3720: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3721: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3722:
1.222 miod 3723: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3724: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3725: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3726: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3727: <p>
1.247 jufi 3728: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3729:
1.69 deraadt 3730: <h2>August, 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://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3735: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3736:
1.69 deraadt 3737: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3738: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3739: <p>
1.247 jufi 3740: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3741:
1.69 deraadt 3742: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3743: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3746: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3747: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3748: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3749:
3750: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3751: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3752: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3755: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3756: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3757: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3758: <p>
1.247 jufi 3759: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3760:
1.69 deraadt 3761: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3762: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3763:
1.247 jufi 3764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3765: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3766: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3767: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3768: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3769: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3770:
3771: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3772: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3773: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3774: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3775: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3776: <p>
1.247 jufi 3777: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3778:
3779: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3780: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3781:
1.247 jufi 3782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3783: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3784: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3785:
1.69 deraadt 3786: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3787: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3788: <p>
1.112 naddy 3789:
1.247 jufi 3790: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3791: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3792:
1.292 camield 3793: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3794: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3795: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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3799: </html>