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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.364 jose 19: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 ! jose 22: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
! 23: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
! 24: UNIX Review,
! 25: July, 2003.
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
! 28: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
! 29: who want more information.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 33: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
34: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
35: Government Computer News,
36: July 22, 2003.
37: </strong></font><br>
38: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
39: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
40: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
41: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
42: <p>
43:
44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
45: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
46: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
47: SANS Institute,
48: July 22, 2003.
49: </strong></font><br>
50: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
51: Awards, organized by the <A href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
52: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
53: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
54: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
55: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
56: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
57: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
58: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
59: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
60: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 64: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
65: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
66: OnLamp.com,
67: July 17, 2003.
68: </strong></font><br>
69: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
70: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
71: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
72: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
73: have been working on.
74:
75: </ul>
76:
1.356 jose 77: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 78: <ul>
79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 ! jose 81: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
! 82: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
! 83: UNIX Review,
! 84: June, 2003.
! 85: </strong></font><br>
! 86: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
! 87: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
! 88: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
! 89: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
! 90: <p>
! 91:
! 92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 93: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
94: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
95: eWeek,
96: June 23, 2003.
97: </strong></font><br>
98: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
99: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
100: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
101: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
102: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
103: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
104: <p>
105:
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 107: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
108: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
109: Software Development Online,
110: June, 2003.
111: </strong></font><br>
112: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
113: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
114: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
115: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
116: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
117: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
118: current activities.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 122: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
123: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 124: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
125: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
126: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
127: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
128: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
129: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
130: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
131: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 132: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 133: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
134: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
135: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
136: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
137: decisions.
138: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
139: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
140: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
141: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 145: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
146: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
147: Page 58, eWeek,
148: June 2, 2003.
149: </strong></font><br>
150: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
151: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
152: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
153: been addressed in -current.
154: <p>
155:
1.356 jose 156: </ul>
157:
158: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
159: <ul>
160:
1.355 jose 161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 162: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
163: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
164: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
165: </strong></font><br>
166: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
167: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
168: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
169: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
170: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
171: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
172: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
173: <p>
174:
175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 176: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
177: Beyond Linux</a>,
178: InfoWorld,
179: May 23, 2003.
180: </strong></font><br>
181: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
182: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
183: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
184: compared to the GPL.
185: <p>
186:
187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 188: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
189: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
190: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 191: May 17, 2003.
192: </strong></font><br>
193: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
194: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
195: the business section and half of another page inside
196: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
197: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
198: in talking about the project's history and goals.
199: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
200: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
201: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
202: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 203: <br>
204: This article can also be found online at:
205: <ul>
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
207: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
208: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
209: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
210: May 17, 2003
211: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 212: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
214: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
215: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
216: Montreal Gazette,
217: May 21, 2003
218: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 219: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 220: <p>
1.346 ian 221:
222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 223: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 224: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 225: May 7, 2003.
226: </strong></font><br>
227: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
228: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
229: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 233: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
234: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
235: OsOpinion,
236: May 6, 2003.
237: </strong></font><br>
238: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
239: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
240: <br>
241: This article can also be found online at:
242: <ul>
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
244: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
245: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
246: NewsFactor Network.
247: </strong></font>
248: </ul>
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 252: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 253: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
254: ITBusiness,
255: May 2, 2003.
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
258: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
259: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
260: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 264: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
265: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
266: InfoWorld,
267: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 268: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 269: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
270: <br>
271: This article can also be found online at:
272: <ul>
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
274: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
275: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
276: IDG Singapore.
277: </strong></font>
278: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 279: <p>
280:
1.339 jose 281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
282: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
283: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 284: ZDNet,
285: May 1, 2003.
286: </strong></font><br>
287: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 288: someone using parts from previous articles.
289: <br>
1.341 deraadt 290: This article can also be found online at:
291: <ul>
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
293: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
294: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
295: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 296: </strong></font>
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
298: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
299: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
300: CNET News.com.
301: </strong></font>
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
303: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
304: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
305: ZDNet UK.
306: </strong></font>
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
308: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
309: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
310: Help Net Security, Croatia.
311: </strong></font>
312: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 313: <p>
1.339 jose 314:
1.341 deraadt 315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 316: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 317: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
318: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
319: May 1, 2003.
320: </strong></font><br>
321: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
322: that have been added
323: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
324: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
325: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 326: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 327: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
328: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
329: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 330: <p>
331:
332: </ul>
333:
1.253 ian 334: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
335: <ul>
1.255 ian 336:
1.260 ian 337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 338: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 339: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
340: TechRepublic,
341: April 28, 2003.
342: </strong></font><br>
343: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
344: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 345: work.<br>
346: Can also be found online at:
347: <ul>
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
349: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
350: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
351: ZDNet UK.
352: </strong></font>
353: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 357: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
358: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
359: IDG,
360: April 24, 2003.
361: </strong></font><br>
362: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
363: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
364: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
365: Can also be found online at:
366: <ul>
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
368: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
369: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 370: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 371: </strong></font>
372: </ul>
373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
376: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 377: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 378: Slate,
379: April 24, 2003.
380: </strong></font><br>
381: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
382: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
383: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
384: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
385: <p>
386:
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 388: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
389: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
390: April 24, 2003.
391: </strong></font><br>
392: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
393: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
394: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
395: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 399: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
400: April 24, 2003.
401: </strong></font><br>
402: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
403: the free software community".
404: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
405: other articles.
406: <p>
407:
408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 409: <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 410: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
411: </strong></font><br>
412: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
413: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
414: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
415: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
416: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
417: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
418: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
419: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
420: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
421: <br/>
422: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
423: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
424: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
425: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 426: <br>
427: Can also be found online at:
428: <ul>
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
430: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
431: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
432: Common Dreams NewsCenter
433: </strong></font>
434: </ul>
1.324 ian 435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
438: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
439: Wired, April 24, 2003.
440: </strong></font><br>
441: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
442: article above.
443: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
444: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
445: wasting them."
1.332 ian 446: <br>
447: Can also be found online at:
448: <ul>
449: <li>
450: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
451: </strong></font>
452: </ul>
1.324 ian 453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 456: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
457: </strong></font><br>
458: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 462: <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.
463: </strong></font><br>
464: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
465: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 469: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
470: April 23, 2003.
471: </strong></font><br>
472: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
473: <p>
474:
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 476: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 477: April 22, 2003.
478: </strong></font><br>
479: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
480: <p>
481:
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 483: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
484: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
485: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 486: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 487: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
488: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
489: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
490: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
491: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
492: Can also be found online at:
493: <ul>
494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
495: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 496: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
497: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 498: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
500: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 501: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
502: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 503: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 504: </ul>
505: <p>
506:
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 508: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
509: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 510: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 511: </strong></font><br>
512: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 513: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
514: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
515: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
516: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
517: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
518: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 522: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
523: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 524: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
525: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 526: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
527: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
528: at UPenn and DARPA.
529: <p>
530:
531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 532: [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,
533: France
1.315 deraadt 534: April 18, 2003.
535: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 536: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 540: [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 541: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 542: </strong></font><br>
543: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
544: <p>
545:
546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 547: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
548: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
549: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 550: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 551: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
552: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
553: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
554: <p>
555:
556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 557: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
558: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 559: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 560: </strong></font><br>
561: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
562: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
563: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 564: American century.
1.267 deraadt 565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 568: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
569: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 570: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 571: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 572: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
573: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
574: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
575: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
576: Can also be found online at:
577: <ul>
578: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
579: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 580: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 581: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 582: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 583: <p>
584:
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 586: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 587: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 588: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 589: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 590: </strong></font><br>
591: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 592: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
593: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
594: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
595: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 596:
597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
598: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
599: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
600: New York Times.
601: </strong></font>(free registration required)
602:
1.273 deraadt 603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
604: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 605: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 606: ABC News.
607: </strong></font>
608:
609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 610: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 611: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 612: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 613: </strong></font>
614:
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 616: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 617: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 618: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 619: </strong></font>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 622: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
623: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 624: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 625: </strong></font>
626:
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 628: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 629: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 630: Times Daily, AL.
631: </strong></font>
632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
634: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
635: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
636: Boston.com, MA.
637: </strong></font>
638:
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 640: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 641: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 642: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
643: </strong></font>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 646: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
647: [Article was pulled]</a>
648: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 649: </strong></font>
650:
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
652: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
653: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
654: Infoshop News.
655: </strong></font>
656:
657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
658: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
659: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
660: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
661: </strong></font>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 664: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
665: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
666: Raleigh News, NC.
667: </strong></font>
668:
669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 670: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 671: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
672: Napa News, CA.
673: </strong></font>
674:
675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 676: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 677: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
678: NEPA News, PA.
679: </strong></font>
680:
681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
682: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
683: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
684: Wired News.
685: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 686: <br>
687: <li>
1.333 deraadt 688: <font color="#009000"><strong>
689: [JAPANESE]
690: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
691: Wired News Japan</a>
692: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 693:
1.271 deraadt 694: </ul>
695: <p>
1.272 deraadt 696: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
697: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 698: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
699: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
700: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
701: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
702: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
703: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 704: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 705: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
706: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
707: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 708: <p>
709: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 710:
711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 712: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 713: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
714: Indianapolis Star, IN.
715: </strong></font>
716:
717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 718: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
719: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
720: Miami Herald, FL.
721: </strong></font>
722:
723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 724: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 725: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
726: </strong></font>
727:
728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
729: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 730: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 731: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 732: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 733:
734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
735: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
736: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
737: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
738: ABC News.
739: </strong></font>
740:
1.276 deraadt 741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
742: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 743: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 744: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 745: </strong></font>
746:
1.286 dhartmei 747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 748: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 749: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
750: Wilmington Star, NC.
751: </strong></font>
752:
1.300 jose 753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
754: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
755: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
756: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
757: </strong></font>
758:
1.309 jose 759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
760: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
761: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
762: Globe Technology.
763: </strong></font>
764:
1.263 deraadt 765: </ul>
1.262 beck 766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 769: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
770: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 771: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 772: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 773: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 774: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
775: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
776: <p>
777:
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 779: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
780: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
781: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 782: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 783: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
784: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
785: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
786: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
787: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
788: and simply restates other press reports.
789: <p>
790:
791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 792: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
793: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
794: OS News, April 18, 2003.
795: </strong></font><br>
796: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 800: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
801: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 802: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 803: </strong></font><br>
804: Another report on the DARPA funding.
805: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
806: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
807: <p>
808:
809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 810: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
811: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
812: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
813: April 17, 2003.
814: </strong></font><br>
815: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
816: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
817: Tech Anthems</a>
818: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
819: 4 so far.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 823: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
824: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 825: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 826: </strong></font><br>
827: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
828: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
829: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
830: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
831: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
832: Goes on to say:
833: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
834: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
835: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
836: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 837: This article is also found online at:
838: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
840: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
841: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
842: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 843: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
845: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
846: ZDnet</a>,
847: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 848: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
850: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
851: ZDnet Australia</a>,
852: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 853: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 854: </ul>
1.260 ian 855: <p>
1.279 deraadt 856:
1.260 ian 857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 858: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 859: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 860: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 861: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 862: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 863: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
864: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
865: without notice or justification.
866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 869: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 870: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 871: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 872: </strong></font><br>
873: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
874: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 875: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 876: effective today, without any warning..."
877: <p>
1.257 ian 878:
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 880: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
881: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 882: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 883: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 884: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
885: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
886: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
887: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
888: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 889: <p>
890:
891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 892: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
893: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 894: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 895: </strong></font><br>
896: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
897: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
898: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
899: quoting two of them:
900: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
901: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
902: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
903: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
904: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
905: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
906: <p>
907:
1.255 ian 908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 909: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
910: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 911: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 912: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 913: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 917: [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 918: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 919: </strong></font><br>
920: New security concepts in OpenBSD
921: <p>
922:
923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 924: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
925: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 926: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 927: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 928: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 929: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
930: security experts for more than three decades."
931: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
932: <p>
1.261 ian 933:
1.254 drahn 934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 935: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 936: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 937: </strong></font><br>
938: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
939: <p>
940:
941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 942: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
943: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
944: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
945: </strong></font><br>
946: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
947: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
948: discussion OpenBSD's path.
949: <p>
950:
951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 952: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
953: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 954: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 955: </strong></font><br>
956: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
957: from US DARPA.
958: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
959: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
960: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
961: the BSD license.
962: <p>
963: </ul>
964:
1.251 ian 965: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
966: <ul>
967:
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 969: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
970: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
971: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
972: </strong></font><br>
973:
974: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
975: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
976: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
977: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
978: <p>
979:
980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 981: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
982: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 983: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 984: </strong></font><br>
985: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
986: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
987: Mentions
988: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
989: and
990: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
991: programs.
992: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 993: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 994: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
995: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
996: <p>
1.325 ian 997: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
998: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1001: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1002: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1003: </strong></font><br>
1004: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1005: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1006: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1007: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1008: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1009: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1010: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1011: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1012: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1013: put into service."
1014: <p>
1015: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1016: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1017: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1018: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1019: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1020: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1021: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1022: computers with security features."
1023: <p>
1.329 ian 1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1026: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1027: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1028: Slate,
1029: March 3, 2003.
1030: </strong></font><br>
1031: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1032: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1033: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1034: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1035: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1036: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1037: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1038: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1039: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1040: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1041: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1042: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1043: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1044: of more secure open-source solutions like
1045: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1046: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1047: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1048: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1049: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1050: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1051: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1052: the Beltway."
1053: <p>
1.251 ian 1054: </ul>
1055:
1.249 jufi 1056: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1057: <ul>
1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1059: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1060: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1061: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1062: </strong></font><br>
1063: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1064: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1065: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1066: <p>
1.334 ian 1067:
1068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1069: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1070: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1071: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1072: </strong></font><br>
1073: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1074: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1075: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1076: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1077: "... the hypothetical question ...
1078: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1079: <br>
1080: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1081: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1082: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1083: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1084: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1085: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1086: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1087: support network security.
1088: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1089: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1090: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1091: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1092: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1093: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1094: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1095: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1096: <br>
1097: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1098: <p>
1099:
1.249 jufi 1100: </ul>
1101:
1.246 jufi 1102: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1103: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1104:
1.247 jufi 1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1106: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1107: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1108: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1109: </strong></font><br>
1110: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1111: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1112: <p>
1113:
1.247 jufi 1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1115: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1116: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1117: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1118: </strong></font><br>
1119: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1120: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1121: <p>
1122:
1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1124: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1125: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1126: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1127: </strong></font><br>
1128: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1129: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1130: <p>
1.247 jufi 1131: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1132:
1.244 jufi 1133: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1134: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1135:
1.247 jufi 1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1137: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1138: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1139: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1140: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1143: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1144: md5 digests.
1145: <p>
1146:
1.247 jufi 1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1148: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1149: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1150: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1151: </strong></font><br>
1152: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1153: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1154: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1155: right the first time."
1156: <p>
1.247 jufi 1157: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1158:
1159:
1160: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1161: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1162:
1.247 jufi 1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1164: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1165: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1166: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1167: </strong></font><br>
1168: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1169: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1170: part 6</a>.
1171: <p>
1172:
1.247 jufi 1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1174: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1175: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1176: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1177: </strong></font><br>
1178: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1179: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1180: <p>
1.301 jose 1181:
1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1183: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1184: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1185: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1186: </strong></font><br>
1187:
1188: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1189: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1190: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1191: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1192: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1193: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1194: <i>Here's the
1195: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1196: <p>
1.247 jufi 1197: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1198:
1199: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1200: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1201:
1.247 jufi 1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1203: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1204: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1205: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1206: </strong></font><br>
1207: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1208: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1209: <p>
1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1212: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1213: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1214: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1215: </strong></font><br>
1216: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1217: this time using pf.
1218: <p>
1.247 jufi 1219: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1220:
1221: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1222: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1225: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1226: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1227: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1228: </strong></font><br>
1229: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1230: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1231: their rotation.
1232: <p>
1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1235: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1236: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1237: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1238: </strong></font><br>
1239: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1240: <p>
1.247 jufi 1241: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1242:
1.239 jufi 1243: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1244: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1245:
1.247 jufi 1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1247: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1248: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1249: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1250: </strong></font><br>
1251: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1252: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1253: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1254: <p>
1255:
1.247 jufi 1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1257: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1258: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1259: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1260: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1261: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1262: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1263: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1264: <p>
1.247 jufi 1265: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1266:
1.235 lebel 1267: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1268: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1269:
1.239 jufi 1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1272: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1273: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1274: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1275: </strong></font><br>
1276: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1277: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1278: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1279: <p>
1.301 jose 1280:
1.247 jufi 1281: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1282:
1.228 horacio 1283: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1284: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1285:
1.247 jufi 1286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1287: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1288: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1289: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1290: </strong></font><br>
1291: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1292: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1293: <p>
1294:
1.247 jufi 1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1296: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1297: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1298: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1299: </strong></font><br>
1300: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1301: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1302: <p>
1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1305: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1306: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1307: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1308: </strong></font><br>
1309: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1310: on the desktop of his parents.
1311: <p>
1312:
1.247 jufi 1313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1314: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1315: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1316: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1317: </strong></font><br>
1318: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1319: using IPFilter.
1320:
1321: <p>
1322:
1.247 jufi 1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1324: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1325: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1326: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1327: </strong></font><br>
1328: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1329: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1330: perspectives of the four OS.
1331: <br>
1332: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1333: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1334: <p>
1335:
1.247 jufi 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1337: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1338: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1339: software and security</a>,
1340: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1341: </strong></font><br>
1342:
1343: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1344: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1345: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1346: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1347: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1348: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1349: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1350: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1351: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1352: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1353: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1354: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1355: <p>
1.247 jufi 1356: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1357:
1.225 horacio 1358: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1359: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1360:
1.247 jufi 1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1362: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1363: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1364: Interview</a>,
1365: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1366: </strong></font><br>
1367:
1368: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1369: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1370: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1371: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1372: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1373: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1374: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1375: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1376: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1377: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1378: of choice.
1379: <p>
1.247 jufi 1380: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1381:
1382: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1383: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1384:
1.247 jufi 1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1386: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1387: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1388: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1389: </strong></font><br>
1390:
1391: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1392: <p>
1393:
1.247 jufi 1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1395: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1396: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1397: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1398: </strong></font><br>
1399:
1400: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1401: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1402: <p>
1.247 jufi 1403: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1404:
1.218 horacio 1405: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1406: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1409: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1410: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1411: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413:
1414: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1415: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1416: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1417: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1418: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1419: subjects. Worth a read.
1420: <p>
1421:
1422:
1.247 jufi 1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1424: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1425: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1426: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1427: </strong></font><br>
1428:
1429: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1430: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1431: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1432: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1433: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1434: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1435: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1436: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1437: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1438: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1439: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1440: on other operating systems.<br>
1441: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1442: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1443: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1444: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1445: <p>
1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1448: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1449: Operating System 2010</a>,
1450: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1451: </strong></font><br>
1452:
1453: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1454: covering the level of software integration into the core
1455: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1456: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1457: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1458: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1459: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1460: <p>
1461:
1.247 jufi 1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1463: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1464: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1465: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1466: </strong></font><br>
1467:
1468: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1469: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1470: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1471: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1472: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1473: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1474: <p>
1.247 jufi 1475: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1476:
1.210 jufi 1477: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1478: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1479:
1.247 jufi 1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1481: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1482: Already a Contender</a>,
1483: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1484: </strong></font><br>
1485:
1486: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1487: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1488: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1489: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1490: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1491: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1492: <p>
1493:
1.247 jufi 1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1495: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1496: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1497: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1499:
1.224 horacio 1500: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1501: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1502: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1503: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1504: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1505: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1506: <p>
1.247 jufi 1507: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1508:
1509: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1510: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1511:
1.247 jufi 1512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1513: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1514: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1515: Division</a>,
1516: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1517: </strong></font><br>
1518:
1519: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1520: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1521: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1522: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1523: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1524: investment</em>.<br>
1525: The implementation details can be seen on their
1526: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1527: <p>
1528:
1.247 jufi 1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1530: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1531: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1532: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1533: </strong></font><br>
1534:
1535: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1536: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1537: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1538: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1539: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1540: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1541: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1542: <p>
1543:
1544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1545: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1546: Thinking about Security</a>,
1547: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1548: </strong></font><br>
1549:
1550: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1551: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1552: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1553: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1554: to time.<br>
1555: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1556: system and just the most secure system.
1557: <p>
1558:
1.247 jufi 1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1560: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1561: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1562: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1563: </strong></font><br>
1564:
1565: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1566: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1567: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1568: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1569: choice:<br>
1570: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1571: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1572: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1573: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1574: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1575: network security devices and as such must be well
1576: armored."</em><br>
1577: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1578: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1579: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1580: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1581: <br>
1582: Bravo!
1583: <p>
1.247 jufi 1584: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1585:
1.207 ian 1586: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1587: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1588:
1.247 jufi 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1590: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1591: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1592: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1593:
1.207 ian 1594: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1595: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1596: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1597: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1598: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1599: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1600: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1601: <p>
1.247 jufi 1602: </ul>
1.207 ian 1603:
1.194 jufi 1604: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1605: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1606:
1.247 jufi 1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1608: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1609: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1610: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1611: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1612:
1.240 miod 1613: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1614: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1615: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1616: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1617: <p>
1618:
1.247 jufi 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1620: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1621: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1622: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1623:
1624: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1625: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1626: <p>
1627:
1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1629: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1630: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1631: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1632:
1633: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1634: <p>
1635:
1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1637: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1638: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1639: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1640: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1641:
1.240 miod 1642: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1643: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1644: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1645: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1646: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1647: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1648: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1649: <br>
1650: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1651: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1652: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1653: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1654: <p>
1655:
1.247 jufi 1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1657: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1658: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1659: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1660: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1661:
1.194 jufi 1662: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1663: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1664: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1665: <br>
1666: The new
1667: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1668: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1669: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1670: <p>
1.247 jufi 1671: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1672:
1.190 horacio 1673: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1674: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1675:
1.247 jufi 1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1677:
1678: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1679: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1680:
1.301 jose 1681:
1.191 jufi 1682: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1683: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1684:
1685: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1686: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1687:
1.212 horacio 1688: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1689: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1690: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1691:
1.211 horacio 1692: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1693: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1694: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1695:
1.247 jufi 1696: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1697: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1698:
1.247 jufi 1699: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1700: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1701:
1.212 horacio 1702: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1703: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1704: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1705:
1706: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1707: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1708:
1709: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1710: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1711:
1.301 jose 1712: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1713: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1714:
1.191 jufi 1715: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1716: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1717:
1718: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1719: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1720:
1.192 jufi 1721: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1722: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1723: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1724:
1.193 deraadt 1725: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1726: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1727: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1730: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1731:
1.247 jufi 1732: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1733: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1734: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1735:
1.213 horacio 1736: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1737: 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 1738: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1739:
1.190 horacio 1740: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1741: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1742: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1743: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1744: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1745: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1746: <p>
1.190 horacio 1747:
1.247 jufi 1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1749: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1750: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1751: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1752: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1753:
1.195 jufi 1754: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1755: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1756: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1757: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1758: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1759: <p>
1760:
1.247 jufi 1761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1762: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1763: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1764: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1765: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1766:
1.191 jufi 1767: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1768: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1769: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1770: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1771: <p>
1772:
1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1774: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1775: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1776: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1777:
1778: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1779: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1780: <p>
1.247 jufi 1781: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1782:
1.191 jufi 1783:
1.186 jufi 1784: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1785: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1786:
1.247 jufi 1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1788: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1789: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1790: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1791: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1792:
1.188 jufi 1793: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1794: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1795: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1796: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1797: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1798: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1799: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1800: <p>
1801:
1.301 jose 1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1803: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1804: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1805: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1806:
1807: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1808: <p>
1.191 jufi 1809:
1.247 jufi 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1811: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1812: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1813: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1816: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1817: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1818: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1819: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1820: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1821: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1822: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1823: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1824: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1825: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1826: familiar?
1827: <p>
1.247 jufi 1828: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1829:
1.178 louis 1830: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1831: <ul>
1.178 louis 1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1834: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1835: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1836: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1837: </strong></font><br>
1838:
1839: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1840: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1841: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1842: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1843: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1844: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1845: <p>
1846:
1.247 jufi 1847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1848: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1849: Open source under the hood</a>,
1850: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1851: </strong></font><br>
1852:
1853: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1854: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1855: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1856: <p>
1857:
1.247 jufi 1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1859: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1860: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1861: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1862: </strong></font><br>
1863:
1864: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1865: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1866: <p>
1.247 jufi 1867: </ul>
1.179 louis 1868:
1.174 louis 1869:
1.175 louis 1870: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1871: <ul>
1.175 louis 1872:
1.247 jufi 1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1874: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1875: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1876: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1877: </strong></font><br>
1878:
1879: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1880: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1881: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1882: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1883: <p>
1884:
1.247 jufi 1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1886: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1887: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1888: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1889: </strong></font><br>
1890:
1891: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1892: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1893: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1894: <p>
1.247 jufi 1895: </ul>
1.175 louis 1896:
1.176 louis 1897:
1.172 mickey 1898: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1899: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1902: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1903: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1904: </strong></font><br>
1905:
1906: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1907: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1908: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1909: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1910: <p>
1911:
1.247 jufi 1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1913: <a
1.269 deraadt 1914: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1915: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1916: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1917: </strong></font><br>
1918:
1919: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1920: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1921: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1922: <p>
1923:
1.247 jufi 1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1925: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1926: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1927: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1928: </strong></font><br>
1929:
1930: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1931: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1932: <p>
1933:
1.247 jufi 1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1935: <a
1.269 deraadt 1936: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1937: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1938: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1939: </strong></font><br>
1940:
1941: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1942: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1943: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1944: our own Theo de Raadt.
1945: <p>
1946:
1.247 jufi 1947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1948: <a
1.269 deraadt 1949: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1950: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1951: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1952: </strong></font><br>
1953:
1954: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1955: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1956: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1957: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1958: shut down.]
1959: <p>
1960:
1.247 jufi 1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1962: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1963: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1964: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1965: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1966: </strong></font><br>
1967:
1968: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1969: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1970: <p>
1.247 jufi 1971: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1972:
1.161 louis 1973: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1974: <ul>
1.161 louis 1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1977: <a
1.269 deraadt 1978: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1979: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1980: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1981: </strong></font><br>
1982:
1983: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1984: by John Wolley
1985: <p>
1986:
1.247 jufi 1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1988: <a
1.269 deraadt 1989: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1990: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1991: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1992: </strong></font><br>
1993:
1994: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1995: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1996: OpenBSD).
1997: <p>
1998:
1.247 jufi 1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2000: <a
1.247 jufi 2001: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2002: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2003: </strong></font><br>
2004:
2005: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2006: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2007: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2008: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2009: and hindsight.
2010: <p>
2011:
1.247 jufi 2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2013: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2014: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2015: </strong></font><br>
2016:
2017: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2018: <p>
2019:
1.247 jufi 2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2021: <a
1.168 provos 2022: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2023: December 7, 2000
2024: </strong></font><br>
2025:
2026: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2027: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2028: us explain.
2029: <p>
2030:
1.247 jufi 2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2032: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2033: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2034: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2035: December 6, 2000
2036: </strong></font><br>
2037:
2038: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2039: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2040: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2041: <p>
2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2044: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2045: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2046: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2047: </strong></font><br>
2048:
2049: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2050: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2051: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2052: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2053: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2054: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2055: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2056: <p>
2057:
2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2059: <a
1.226 horacio 2060: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2061: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2062: </strong></font><br>
2063:
2064: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2065: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2066: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2067: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2068: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2069: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2070: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2071: <p>
1.162 millert 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2074: <a
1.161 louis 2075: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2076: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2077: </strong></font><br>
2078:
2079: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2080: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2084: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2085: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2086: </strong></font><br>
2087:
2088: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2089: <p>
2090:
2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2093: <a
1.226 horacio 2094: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2095: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2096: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2097: </strong></font><br>
2098:
2099: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2100: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2101: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2102: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2103: <p>
1.247 jufi 2104: </ul>
1.169 louis 2105:
1.158 louis 2106: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2107: <ul>
1.147 louis 2108:
1.247 jufi 2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2110: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2111: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2112: </strong></font><br>
2113:
2114: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2115: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2116: <p>
2117:
1.247 jufi 2118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2119: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2120: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2121: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2122: </strong></font><br>
2123: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2124: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2125: <p>
2126:
1.247 jufi 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2128: <a
2129: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2130: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2131: </strong></font><br>
2132:
2133: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2134: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2135: <p>
2136:
1.247 jufi 2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2138: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2139: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2140: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2141:
1.213 horacio 2142: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2144: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2145: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2146: <p>
1.215 horacio 2147:
1.247 jufi 2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2149: <a
2150: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2151: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2152: </strong></font><br>
2153:
2154: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2155: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2156: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2157: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2158: much of the attitude too).
2159: <p>
1.161 louis 2160:
1.247 jufi 2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2162: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2163: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2164: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2165:
1.157 louis 2166: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2167: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2168: <p>
1.247 jufi 2169: </ul>
1.157 louis 2170:
2171: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2172: <ul>
1.157 louis 2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2175: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2176: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2177: </strong></font><br>
2178:
2179: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2180: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2181: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2182: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2183: <p>
2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2186: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2187: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2188: </strong></font><br>
2189:
2190: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2191: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2192: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2193: it because they love coding...
2194: <p>
2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2197: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2198: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2199: </strong></font><br>
2200:
2201: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2202: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2203: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2204: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2205: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2206: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2207: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2208: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2209: <p>
2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2212: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2213: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2214: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2215: </strong></font><br>
2216:
2217: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2218: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2219: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2220: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2221: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2222: the pizza.
2223: <p>
2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2226: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2227: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2228: </strong></font><br>
2229:
2230: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2231: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2232: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2233: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2234: problems.
2235: <p>
2236:
1.247 jufi 2237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2238: <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 2239: </strong></font><br>
2240:
1.222 miod 2241: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2242: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2243: - whether they like it or not.
2244: <p>
2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2247: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2248: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2249: </strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2252: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2253: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2254: <p>
1.148 aaron 2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2257: <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 2258: </strong></font><br>
2259:
2260: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2261: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2262: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2263: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2264: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2265: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2266: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2267: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2268: <p>
2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2271: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2272: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2273: </strong></font><br>
2274:
2275: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2276: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2277: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2278: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2279: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2280: <p>
1.247 jufi 2281: </ul>
1.147 louis 2282:
1.138 louis 2283: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2284: <ul>
1.138 louis 2285:
1.247 jufi 2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2287: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2288: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2289: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2290: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2291: </strong></font><br>
2292:
1.227 horacio 2293: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2294: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2295: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2296: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2297: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2298: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2299: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2300: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2301: <p>
2302:
1.247 jufi 2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2304: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2305: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2306: </strong></font><br>
2307:
2308: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2309: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2310: groups, and even Linux.
2311: <p>
2312:
1.247 jufi 2313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2314: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2315: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2316: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2317: </strong></font><br>
2318:
2319: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2320: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2321: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2322: library after installing the OS.
2323: <p>
2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2326: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2327: Sys Admin, September 2000
2328: </strong></font><br>
2329:
2330: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2331: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2332: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2333: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2334: (<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>,
2335: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2336: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2337: <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 2338: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2339: out of the system.
2340: <p>
2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2343: <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
2344: </strong></font><br>
2345:
2346: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2347: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2348: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2349: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2350: the IP filtering and address translation.
2351: <p>
1.301 jose 2352:
2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2354: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2355: </strong></font><br>
2356:
2357: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2358: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2359: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2360: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2361: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2362: <p>
1.247 jufi 2363: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2364:
1.131 louis 2365: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2366: <ul>
1.131 louis 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2369: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2370: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2371: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2375: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2376: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2377: <p>
2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2380: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2381: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2382: </strong></font><br>
2383:
2384: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2385: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2386: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2387: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2388: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2389: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2390: note of"</i>.
2391: <p>
2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2394: <a
1.247 jufi 2395: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2396: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2397: </strong></font><br>
2398:
2399: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2400: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2401: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2402: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2403: <p>
2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2406: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2407: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2408: </strong></font><br>
2409:
2410: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2411: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2412: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2413: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2414: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2415: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2416: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2417: <p>
2418:
1.247 jufi 2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2420: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2421: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2422: 2000
2423: </strong></font><br>
2424:
2425: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2426: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2427: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2428: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2429: against current industry practices.
2430: <p>
2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2433: <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
2434: </strong></font><br>
2435:
2436: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2437: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2438: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2439: <p>
2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2442: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2443: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2444: </strong></font><br>
2445:
2446: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2447: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2448: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2449: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2450: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2451: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2452: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2453: <p>
2454:
1.247 jufi 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2456: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2457: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2458: </strong></font><br>
2459:
2460: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2461: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2462: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2463: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2464: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2465: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2466: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2467: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2468: <p>
1.247 jufi 2469: </ul>
1.131 louis 2470:
1.118 louis 2471: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2472: <ul>
1.118 louis 2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2475: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2476: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2477: </strong></font><br>
2478:
2479: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2480: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2481: about time. The article mentions that
2482: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2483: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2484: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2485: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2486: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2487: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2488: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2489: <p>
2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2492: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2493: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2494: </strong></font><br>
2495:
2496: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2497: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2498: of OpenSSH.
2499: <p>
2500:
1.247 jufi 2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2502: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2503: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2504: </strong></font><br>
2505:
2506: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2507: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2508: bridging.
2509: <p>
2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2512: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2513: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2514: </strong></font><br>
2515:
1.121 deraadt 2516: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2517: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2518: <p>
2519:
1.247 jufi 2520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2521: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2522: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2523: </strong></font><br>
2524:
2525: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2526: <p>
2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2529: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2530: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2531: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2532: </strong></font><br>
2533:
1.120 deraadt 2534: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2535: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2536: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2537: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2538: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2539: <p>
2540:
1.247 jufi 2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2542: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2543: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2544: </strong></font><br>
2545:
1.222 miod 2546: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2547: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2548: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2549: protocols and their quirks.
2550: <p>
2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2553: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2554: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2555: </strong></font><br>
2556:
2557: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2558: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2559: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2560: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2561: <p>
2562:
1.247 jufi 2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2564: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2565: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2566: </strong></font><br>
2567:
2568: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2569: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2570: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2571: <p>
2572:
1.247 jufi 2573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2574: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2575: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2576: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2577: </strong></font><br>
2578:
2579: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2580: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2581: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2582: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2583: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2584: <p>
1.247 jufi 2585: </ul>
1.118 louis 2586:
1.104 louis 2587: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2588: <ul>
1.104 louis 2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2591: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2592: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2593: </strong></font><br>
2594:
2595: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2596: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2597: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2598: be a bit dry.
2599: <p>
2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2602: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2603: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2604: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2605: </strong></font><br>
2606: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2607: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2608: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2609: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2610: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2611: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2612: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2613: <p>
2614:
1.247 jufi 2615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2616: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2617: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2618: 2000
1.128 louis 2619: </strong></font><br>
2620:
2621: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2622: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2623: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2624: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2625: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2626: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2627: <p>
2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2630: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2631: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2632: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2633:
2634: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2635: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2636: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2637: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2638: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2639: <p>
1.110 louis 2640:
1.247 jufi 2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2642: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2643: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2644: </strong></font><br>
2645:
2646: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2647: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2648: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2649: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2650: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2651: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2652: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2653: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2654: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2655: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2656: <p>
2657:
1.247 jufi 2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2659: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2660: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2661:
2662: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2663: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2664: <p>
1.108 louis 2665:
1.247 jufi 2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2667: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2668: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2669: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2670:
2671: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2672: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2673: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2674: <p>
1.106 louis 2675:
1.247 jufi 2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2677: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2678: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2679: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2680:
2681: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2682: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2683: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2684: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2685: <p>
1.107 louis 2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2688: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2689: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2690: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2691:
2692: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2693: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2694: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2695: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2696: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2697: <p>
1.105 louis 2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2700: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2701: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2702: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2703:
1.113 naddy 2704: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2705: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2706: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2707: <p>
1.104 louis 2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2710: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2711: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2712: </strong></font><br>
2713:
2714: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2715: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2716: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2717: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2718: <p>
1.301 jose 2719:
2720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2721: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2722: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2723: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2724:
2725: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2726: hardware-supported cryptography.
2727: <p>
1.247 jufi 2728: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2729:
1.85 louis 2730: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2731: <ul>
1.85 louis 2732:
1.247 jufi 2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2734: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2735: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2736: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2737:
2738: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2739: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2740: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2741: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2742: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2743: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2744: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2745: <p>
1.99 louis 2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2748: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2749: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2750: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2751:
2752: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2753: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2754: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2755: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2756: <p>
1.100 louis 2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2759: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2760: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2761: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2762:
2763: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2764: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2765: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2766: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2767: <p>
1.95 louis 2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2770: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2771: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2772: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2773:
2774: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2775: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2776: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2777: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2778: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2779: <p>
1.92 louis 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2782: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2783: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2784: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2785:
2786: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2787: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2788: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2789: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2790: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2791: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2792: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2793: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2794: <p>
1.91 louis 2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2797: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2798: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2799: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2800:
2801: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2802: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2803: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2804: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2805: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2806: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2807: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2808: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2809: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2810: <p>
1.90 louis 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2813: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2814: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2815: </strong></font><br>
2816: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2817: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2818: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2819: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2820: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2821: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2822: <p>
2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2825: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2826: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2827: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2828:
1.113 naddy 2829: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2830: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2831: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2832: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2833: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2834: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2835: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2836: <p>
1.87 louis 2837:
1.247 jufi 2838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2839: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2840: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2841: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2842:
2843: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2844: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2845: <p>
1.85 louis 2846:
1.247 jufi 2847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2848: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2849: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2850: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2851:
2852: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2853: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2854: <p>
2855:
2856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2857: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2858: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2859: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2860:
2861: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2862: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2863: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2864: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2865: <p>
1.89 louis 2866:
1.247 jufi 2867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2868: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2869: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2870: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2871:
2872: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2873: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2874: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2875: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2876: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2877: </ul>
1.85 louis 2878:
1.78 deraadt 2879: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2880: <ul>
1.74 louis 2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2883: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2884: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2885: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2886: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2887:
2888: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2889: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2890: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2891: <p>
1.83 louis 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2894: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2895: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2896: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2897:
2898: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2899: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2900: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2901: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2902: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.93 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2906: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2907: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2908: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2909: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2910:
1.83 louis 2911: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2912: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2913: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2914: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2915: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2916: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2917: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2918: <p>
1.82 aaron 2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2921: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2922: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2923: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2924:
1.83 louis 2925: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2926: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2927: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2928: <p>
1.80 louis 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2931: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2932: Bad Press</a>,
2933: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2934: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2935:
2936: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2937: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2938: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2939: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2940: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2941: <p>
1.247 jufi 2942: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2943:
2944: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2945: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2948: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2949: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2950: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2951: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2952:
2953: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2954: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2955: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2956: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2957: <p>
1.74 louis 2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2960: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2961: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2962: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2963:
1.219 horacio 2964: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2965: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2966: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2967: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2968: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2969: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2970: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2971: <p>
1.88 louis 2972:
1.247 jufi 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2974: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2975: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2976: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2977:
2978: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2979: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2980: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2981: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2982: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2983: <p>
1.81 louis 2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2986: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2987: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2988: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2989:
2990: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2991: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2992: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2993: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2994: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2995: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2996: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2997: <p>
1.90 louis 2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3000: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3001: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3002: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3003:
3004: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3005: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3006: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3007: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3008: <p>
1.247 jufi 3009: </ul>
1.71 louis 3010:
1.69 deraadt 3011: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3012: <ul>
1.70 louis 3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3015: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3016: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3017: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3018:
3019: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3020: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3021: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3022: <p>
1.70 louis 3023:
1.247 jufi 3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3025: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3026: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3027: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3028:
3029: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3030: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3031: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3032: <p>
1.68 louis 3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3035: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3036: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3037: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3038: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3039:
1.111 jufi 3040: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3041: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3042: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3043: "secure by default" installation.
3044: <p>
1.64 louis 3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3047: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3048: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3049: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3050:
1.113 naddy 3051: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3052: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3053: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3054: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3055: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3056: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3057: <p>
1.66 louis 3058:
1.247 jufi 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3060: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3061: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3062: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3063:
3064: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3065: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3066: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3067: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3068: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3069: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3070: <p>
1.83 louis 3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3073: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3074: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3075: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3076:
3077: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3078: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3079: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3080: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3081: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3082: <p>
1.64 louis 3083:
1.247 jufi 3084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3085: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3086: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3087: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3088:
3089: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3090: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3091: <p>
1.301 jose 3092:
3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3094: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3095: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3096: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3097: </strong></font><br>
3098:
3099: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3100: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3101: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3102: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3103: Giving way to
3104: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3105: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3106: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3107: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3108: <p>
1.247 jufi 3109: </ul>
1.65 louis 3110:
1.69 deraadt 3111: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3112: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3115: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3116: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3117: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3118:
3119: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3120: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3121: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3122: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3123: <p>
1.88 louis 3124:
1.247 jufi 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3126: <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 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3128:
3129: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3130: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3131: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3132: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3133: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3134: <p>
1.60 louis 3135:
1.247 jufi 3136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3137: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3138: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3139: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3140: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3141:
3142: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3143: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3144: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3145: <p>
1.58 louis 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3148: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3149: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3150:
3151: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3152: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3153: <p>
1.53 louis 3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3156: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3157: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3158: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3159:
3160: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3161: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3162: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3163: <p>
1.99 louis 3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3166: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3167: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3168:
3169: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3170: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3171: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3172: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3173: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3174:
1.247 jufi 3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3176: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3177: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3178: </strong></font><br>
3179:
3180: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3181: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3182: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3183: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3184: <p>
3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3187: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3188: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3189: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3190:
3191: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3192: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3193: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3196: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3197: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3198:
3199: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3200: in
1.247 jufi 3201: <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 3202: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3203: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3204: <p>
1.53 louis 3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3207: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3208: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3209: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3210: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3211:
1.58 louis 3212: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3213: <p>
1.301 jose 3214:
3215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3216: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3217: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3218: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3219: Informacyjny, January 2000
3220: </strong></font><br>
3221:
3222: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3223: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3224: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3225: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3226: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3227: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3228: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3229: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3230: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3231: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3232: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3233: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3234: <p>
3235:
3236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3237: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3238: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3239: </strong></font><br>
3240:
3241: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3242: <p>
3243: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3244:
1.69 deraadt 3245: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3246: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3247:
1.247 jufi 3248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3249: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3250: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3251: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3252: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3253:
1.58 louis 3254: Kurt Seifried
3255: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3256: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3257: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3258: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3259:
1.247 jufi 3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3261: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3262: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3263: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3264:
3265: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3266: <p>
1.96 louis 3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3269: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3270: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3271: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3272: </strong></font><br>
3273:
3274: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3275: <p>
3276:
3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3278: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3279: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3280: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3281:
3282: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3283: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3284: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3285: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3286: <p>
1.247 jufi 3287: </ul>
1.86 louis 3288:
1.69 deraadt 3289: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3290: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3293: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3294: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3295: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3296:
3297: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3298: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3299: <p>
1.61 louis 3300:
1.247 jufi 3301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3302: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3303: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3304: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3305: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3306:
3307: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3308: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3309: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3310: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3311: right -- or at least strives to".
3312: <p>
1.48 louis 3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3315: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3316: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3317: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3318: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3319: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3320: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3321: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3322: <p>
1.61 louis 3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <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 3325: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3326: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3327:
3328: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3329: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3330: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3331: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3332: <p>
1.46 louis 3333:
1.247 jufi 3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3335: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3336: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3337: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3338:
3339: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3340: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3341: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3344: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3345: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3346: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3347:
3348: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3349: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3350: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3351: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3352: <p>
1.247 jufi 3353: </ul>
1.70 louis 3354:
1.69 deraadt 3355: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3356: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3357:
1.247 jufi 3358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3359: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3360: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3361: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3362: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3363:
3364: Kurt Seifried
3365: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3366: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3367: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3368: <p>
1.44 philen 3369:
1.247 jufi 3370: <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 3371: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3372: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3373:
3374: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3375: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3376:
1.247 jufi 3377: <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 3378: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3379: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3380:
3381: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3382: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <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 3385: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3386: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3387:
3388: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3389: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3390: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3391: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3392: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <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 3395: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3396: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3397:
1.36 louis 3398: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3399: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3400:
1.247 jufi 3401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3402: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3403: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3404: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3405:
3406: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3407: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3408: </ul>
1.38 louis 3409:
1.69 deraadt 3410: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3411: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <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 3414: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3415: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3416:
3417: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3418: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3419: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3420:
1.113 naddy 3421: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3422: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3423: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3424: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3425:
3426: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3427: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3428: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3429: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3430: <blockquote>
3431: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3432: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3433: <br>
3434: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3435: </code>
3436: </blockquote>
3437: <p>
3438:
1.247 jufi 3439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3440: <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 3441: <p>
3442:
3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3444: <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 3445: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3446:
3447: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3448: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3449: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3450: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3451:
1.247 jufi 3452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3453: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3454: Sept. 28, 1999
3455: </strong></font><br>
3456:
3457: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3458: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3459: translating and reprinting articles from
3460: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3461: <p>
3462:
3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3464: <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 3465: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3466:
3467: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3468: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3469: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3470: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3471: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3472: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3473: <p>
1.19 louis 3474:
1.113 naddy 3475: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3476: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3477: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3478:
3479: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3480: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3481: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3482: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3483: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3484: <p>
1.16 louis 3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3487: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3488: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3489: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3490:
1.57 louis 3491: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3492: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3493: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3494: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3497: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3498: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3499: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3500:
1.113 naddy 3501: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3502:
1.247 jufi 3503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3504: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3505: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3506: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3507:
1.23 louis 3508: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3509: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3510: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3511: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3512: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3513: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3516: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3517: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3518: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3519:
1.199 pvalchev 3520: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3521: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3522: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3523: installation.
1.113 naddy 3524: <p>
1.47 louis 3525:
1.247 jufi 3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3527: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3528: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3529: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3530:
1.301 jose 3531: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3532: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3533: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3534: </ul>
1.57 louis 3535:
1.69 deraadt 3536: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3537: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3540: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3541: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3542: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3543:
3544: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3545: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3546: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3547: <p>
1.12 louis 3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3550: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3551: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3552: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3553:
3554: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3555: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3556: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3557: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3558: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3559: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3560: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3561: <p>
1.247 jufi 3562: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3563:
1.69 deraadt 3564: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3565: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3566:
1.247 jufi 3567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3568: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3569: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3570:
3571: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3572: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3573: available."
1.113 naddy 3574: <p>
1.301 jose 3575:
3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3577: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3578: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3579: </strong></font><br>
3580:
3581: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3582: <p>
1.247 jufi 3583: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3584:
1.69 deraadt 3585: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3586: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3587:
1.247 jufi 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3589: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3590: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3591:
3592: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3593: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3594: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3595: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3596: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3597: <p>
1.33 louis 3598:
1.247 jufi 3599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3600: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3601: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3602: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3603:
1.113 naddy 3604: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3605: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3606: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3607: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3608: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3609: <p>
1.247 jufi 3610: </ul>
1.57 louis 3611:
1.69 deraadt 3612: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3613: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3614:
1.247 jufi 3615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3616: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3617: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3618: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3619:
3620: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3621: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3622: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3623:
1.247 jufi 3624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3625: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3626: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3627: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3628: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3629:
3630: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3631: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3634: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3635:
1.113 naddy 3636: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3637:
1.247 jufi 3638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3639: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3640: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3641: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3642:
3643: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3644: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3645: </ul>
1.23 louis 3646:
1.69 deraadt 3647: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3648: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3649:
1.247 jufi 3650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3651: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3652: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3653:
3654: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3655: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3656: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3657:
1.247 jufi 3658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3659: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3660: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3661: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3662:
3663: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3664: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3665: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3666: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3667: </ul>
1.57 louis 3668:
1.69 deraadt 3669: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3670: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3673: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3674: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3675: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3676:
3677: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3678: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3679: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3680: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3681: <p>
1.15 louis 3682:
1.247 jufi 3683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3684: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3685: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3686: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3687:
3688: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3689: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3690: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3691: columns."
1.113 naddy 3692: <p>
1.247 jufi 3693: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3694:
1.69 deraadt 3695: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3696: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3697:
1.247 jufi 3698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3699: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3700: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3701: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3702:
3703: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3704: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3705:
1.113 naddy 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3707: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3708: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3709:
3710: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3711: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3712: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3713: </ul>
1.57 louis 3714:
1.69 deraadt 3715: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3716: <ul>
1.301 jose 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3718: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3719: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3720: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3721:
3722: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3723: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3724: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3725: <p>
3726:
3727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3728: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3729: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3730: Nov 13, 1998 and
3731: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3732: Datateknik</a>,
3733: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3734:
3735: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3736: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3737: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3738: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3739: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3740:
1.113 naddy 3741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3742: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3743: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3744: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3745:
1.222 miod 3746: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3747: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3748: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3749: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3750: <p>
1.247 jufi 3751: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3752:
1.69 deraadt 3753: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3754: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3755:
1.247 jufi 3756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3757: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3758: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3759:
1.69 deraadt 3760: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3761: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3762: <p>
1.247 jufi 3763: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3764:
1.69 deraadt 3765: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3766: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3767:
1.247 jufi 3768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3769: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3770: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3771: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3772:
3773: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3774: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3775: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3778: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3779: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3780: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3781: <p>
1.247 jufi 3782: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3783:
1.69 deraadt 3784: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3785: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3786:
1.247 jufi 3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3788: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3789: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3790: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3791: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3792: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3793:
3794: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3795: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3796: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3797: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3798: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3799: <p>
1.247 jufi 3800: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3801:
3802: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3803: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3804:
1.247 jufi 3805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3806: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3807: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3808:
1.69 deraadt 3809: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3810: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3811: <p>
1.112 naddy 3812:
1.247 jufi 3813: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3814: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3815:
1.292 camield 3816: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3817: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3818: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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