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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.368 ! henning 19: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/kav-26.08.03-001/">OpenBSD-Firewall erkennt Betriebssysteme</a>, heise online, August 26, 2003
! 23: </strong></font><br>
! 24: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
! 25: </ul>
! 26:
1.364 jose 27: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
28: <ul>
29: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 30: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
31: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
32: UNIX Review,
33: July, 2003.
34: </strong></font><br>
35: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
36: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
37: who want more information.
38: <p>
39:
40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 41: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
42: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
43: Government Computer News,
44: July 22, 2003.
45: </strong></font><br>
46: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
47: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
48: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
49: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
50: <p>
51:
52: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
53: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
54: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
55: SANS Institute,
56: July 22, 2003.
57: </strong></font><br>
58: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
59: Awards, organized by the <A href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
60: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
61: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
62: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
63: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
64: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
65: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
66: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
67: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
68: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
69: <p>
70:
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 72: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
73: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
74: OnLamp.com,
75: July 17, 2003.
76: </strong></font><br>
77: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
78: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
79: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
80: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
81: have been working on.
82:
83: </ul>
84:
1.356 jose 85: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 86: <ul>
87:
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 89: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
90: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
91: UNIX Review,
92: June, 2003.
93: </strong></font><br>
94: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
95: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
96: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
97: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 101: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
102: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
103: eWeek,
104: June 23, 2003.
105: </strong></font><br>
106: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
107: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
108: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
109: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
110: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
111: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 115: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
116: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
117: Software Development Online,
118: June, 2003.
119: </strong></font><br>
120: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
121: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
122: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
123: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
124: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
125: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
126: current activities.
127: <p>
128:
129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 130: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
131: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 132: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
133: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
134: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
135: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
136: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
137: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
138: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
139: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 140: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 141: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
142: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
143: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
144: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
145: decisions.
146: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
147: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
148: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
149: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 150: <p>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 153: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
154: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
155: Page 58, eWeek,
156: June 2, 2003.
157: </strong></font><br>
158: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
159: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
160: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
161: been addressed in -current.
162: <p>
163:
1.356 jose 164: </ul>
165:
166: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
167: <ul>
168:
1.355 jose 169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 170: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
171: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
172: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
173: </strong></font><br>
174: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
175: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
176: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
177: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
178: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
179: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
180: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
181: <p>
182:
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 184: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
185: Beyond Linux</a>,
186: InfoWorld,
187: May 23, 2003.
188: </strong></font><br>
189: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
190: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
191: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
192: compared to the GPL.
193: <p>
194:
195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 196: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
197: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
198: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 199: May 17, 2003.
200: </strong></font><br>
201: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
202: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
203: the business section and half of another page inside
204: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
205: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
206: in talking about the project's history and goals.
207: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
208: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
209: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
210: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 211: <br>
212: This article can also be found online at:
213: <ul>
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
215: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
216: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
217: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
218: May 17, 2003
219: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 220: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
222: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
223: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
224: Montreal Gazette,
225: May 21, 2003
226: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 227: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 228: <p>
1.346 ian 229:
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 231: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 232: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 233: May 7, 2003.
234: </strong></font><br>
235: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
236: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
237: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 241: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
242: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
243: OsOpinion,
244: May 6, 2003.
245: </strong></font><br>
246: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
247: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
248: <br>
249: This article can also be found online at:
250: <ul>
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
252: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
253: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
254: NewsFactor Network.
255: </strong></font>
256: </ul>
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 260: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 261: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
262: ITBusiness,
263: May 2, 2003.
264: </strong></font><br>
265: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
266: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
267: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
268: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
269: <p>
270:
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 272: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
273: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
274: InfoWorld,
275: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 276: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 277: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
278: <br>
279: This article can also be found online at:
280: <ul>
281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
282: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
283: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
284: IDG Singapore.
285: </strong></font>
286: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 287: <p>
288:
1.339 jose 289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
290: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
291: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 292: ZDNet,
293: May 1, 2003.
294: </strong></font><br>
295: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 296: someone using parts from previous articles.
297: <br>
1.341 deraadt 298: This article can also be found online at:
299: <ul>
300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
301: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
302: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
303: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 304: </strong></font>
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
306: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
307: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
308: CNET News.com.
309: </strong></font>
310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
311: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
312: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
313: ZDNet UK.
314: </strong></font>
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
316: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
317: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
318: Help Net Security, Croatia.
319: </strong></font>
320: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 321: <p>
1.339 jose 322:
1.341 deraadt 323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 324: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 325: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
326: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
327: May 1, 2003.
328: </strong></font><br>
329: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
330: that have been added
331: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
332: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
333: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 334: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 335: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
336: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
337: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 338: <p>
339:
340: </ul>
341:
1.253 ian 342: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
343: <ul>
1.255 ian 344:
1.260 ian 345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 346: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 347: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
348: TechRepublic,
349: April 28, 2003.
350: </strong></font><br>
351: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
352: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 353: work.<br>
354: Can also be found online at:
355: <ul>
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
357: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
358: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
359: ZDNet UK.
360: </strong></font>
361: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 362: <p>
363:
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 365: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
366: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
367: IDG,
368: April 24, 2003.
369: </strong></font><br>
370: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
371: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
372: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
373: Can also be found online at:
374: <ul>
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
376: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
377: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 378: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 379: </strong></font>
380: </ul>
381: <p>
382:
383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
384: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 385: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 386: Slate,
387: April 24, 2003.
388: </strong></font><br>
389: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
390: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
391: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
392: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
393: <p>
394:
395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 396: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
397: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
398: April 24, 2003.
399: </strong></font><br>
400: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
401: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
402: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
403: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 407: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
408: April 24, 2003.
409: </strong></font><br>
410: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
411: the free software community".
412: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
413: other articles.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 417: <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 418: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
419: </strong></font><br>
420: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
421: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
422: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
423: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
424: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
425: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
426: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
427: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
428: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
429: <br/>
430: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
431: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
432: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
433: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 434: <br>
435: Can also be found online at:
436: <ul>
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
438: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
439: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
440: Common Dreams NewsCenter
441: </strong></font>
442: </ul>
1.324 ian 443: <p>
444:
445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
446: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
447: Wired, April 24, 2003.
448: </strong></font><br>
449: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
450: article above.
451: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
452: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
453: wasting them."
1.332 ian 454: <br>
455: Can also be found online at:
456: <ul>
457: <li>
458: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
459: </strong></font>
460: </ul>
1.324 ian 461: <p>
462:
463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 464: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
465: </strong></font><br>
466: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 470: <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.
471: </strong></font><br>
472: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
473: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
474: <p>
475:
476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 477: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
478: April 23, 2003.
479: </strong></font><br>
480: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
481: <p>
482:
483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 484: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 485: April 22, 2003.
486: </strong></font><br>
487: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 491: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
492: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
493: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 494: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 495: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
496: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
497: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
498: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
499: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
500: Can also be found online at:
501: <ul>
502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
503: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 504: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
505: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 506: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
508: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 509: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
510: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 511: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 512: </ul>
513: <p>
514:
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 516: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
517: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 518: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 519: </strong></font><br>
520: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 521: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
522: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
523: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
524: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
525: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
526: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 527: <p>
528:
529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 530: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
531: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 532: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
533: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 534: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
535: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
536: at UPenn and DARPA.
537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 540: [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,
541: France
1.315 deraadt 542: April 18, 2003.
543: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 544: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 545: <p>
546:
547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 548: [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 549: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 550: </strong></font><br>
551: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
552: <p>
553:
554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 555: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
556: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
557: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 558: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 559: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
560: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
561: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
562: <p>
563:
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 565: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
566: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 567: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 568: </strong></font><br>
569: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
570: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
571: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 572: American century.
1.267 deraadt 573: <p>
574:
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 576: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
577: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 578: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 579: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 580: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
581: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
582: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
583: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
584: Can also be found online at:
585: <ul>
586: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
587: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 588: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 589: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 590: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 594: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 595: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 596: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 597: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 598: </strong></font><br>
599: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 600: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
601: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
602: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
603: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 604:
605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
606: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
607: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
608: New York Times.
609: </strong></font>(free registration required)
610:
1.273 deraadt 611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
612: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 613: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 614: ABC News.
615: </strong></font>
616:
617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 618: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 619: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 620: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 621: </strong></font>
622:
623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 624: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 625: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 626: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 627: </strong></font>
628:
629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 630: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
631: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 632: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 633: </strong></font>
634:
635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 636: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 637: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 638: Times Daily, AL.
639: </strong></font>
640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
642: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
643: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
644: Boston.com, MA.
645: </strong></font>
646:
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 648: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 649: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 650: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
651: </strong></font>
652:
653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 654: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
655: [Article was pulled]</a>
656: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 657: </strong></font>
658:
659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
660: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
661: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
662: Infoshop News.
663: </strong></font>
664:
665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
666: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
667: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
668: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
669: </strong></font>
670:
671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 672: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
673: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
674: Raleigh News, NC.
675: </strong></font>
676:
677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 678: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 679: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
680: Napa News, CA.
681: </strong></font>
682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 684: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 685: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
686: NEPA News, PA.
687: </strong></font>
688:
689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
690: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
691: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
692: Wired News.
693: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 694: <br>
695: <li>
1.333 deraadt 696: <font color="#009000"><strong>
697: [JAPANESE]
698: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
699: Wired News Japan</a>
700: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 701:
1.271 deraadt 702: </ul>
703: <p>
1.272 deraadt 704: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
705: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 706: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
707: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
708: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
709: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
710: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
711: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 712: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 713: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
714: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
715: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 716: <p>
717: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 718:
719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 720: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 721: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
722: Indianapolis Star, IN.
723: </strong></font>
724:
725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 726: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
727: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
728: Miami Herald, FL.
729: </strong></font>
730:
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 732: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 733: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
734: </strong></font>
735:
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
737: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 738: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 739: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 740: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 741:
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
743: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
744: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
745: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
746: ABC News.
747: </strong></font>
748:
1.276 deraadt 749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
750: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 751: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 752: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 753: </strong></font>
754:
1.286 dhartmei 755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 756: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 757: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
758: Wilmington Star, NC.
759: </strong></font>
760:
1.300 jose 761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
762: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
763: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
764: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
765: </strong></font>
766:
1.309 jose 767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
768: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
769: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
770: Globe Technology.
771: </strong></font>
772:
1.263 deraadt 773: </ul>
1.262 beck 774: <p>
775:
776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 777: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
778: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 779: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 780: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 781: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 782: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
783: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
784: <p>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 787: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
788: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
789: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 790: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 791: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
792: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
793: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
794: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
795: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
796: and simply restates other press reports.
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 800: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
801: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
802: OS News, April 18, 2003.
803: </strong></font><br>
804: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
805: <p>
806:
807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 808: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
809: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 810: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 811: </strong></font><br>
812: Another report on the DARPA funding.
813: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
814: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
815: <p>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 818: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
819: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
820: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
821: April 17, 2003.
822: </strong></font><br>
823: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
824: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
825: Tech Anthems</a>
826: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
827: 4 so far.
828: <p>
829:
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 831: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
832: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 833: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 834: </strong></font><br>
835: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
836: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
837: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
838: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
839: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
840: Goes on to say:
841: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
842: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
843: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
844: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 845: This article is also found online at:
846: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
848: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
849: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
850: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 851: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
853: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
854: ZDnet</a>,
855: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 856: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
858: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
859: ZDnet Australia</a>,
860: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 861: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 862: </ul>
1.260 ian 863: <p>
1.279 deraadt 864:
1.260 ian 865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 866: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 867: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 868: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 869: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 870: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 871: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
872: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
873: without notice or justification.
874: <p>
875:
876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 877: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 878: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 879: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 880: </strong></font><br>
881: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
882: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 883: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 884: effective today, without any warning..."
885: <p>
1.257 ian 886:
887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 888: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
889: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 890: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 891: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 892: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
893: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
894: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
895: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
896: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 897: <p>
898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 900: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
901: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 902: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 903: </strong></font><br>
904: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
905: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
906: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
907: quoting two of them:
908: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
909: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
910: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
911: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
912: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
913: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
914: <p>
915:
1.255 ian 916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 917: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
918: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 919: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 920: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 921: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 922: <p>
923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 925: [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 926: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 927: </strong></font><br>
928: New security concepts in OpenBSD
929: <p>
930:
931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 932: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
933: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 934: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 935: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 936: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 937: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
938: security experts for more than three decades."
939: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
940: <p>
1.261 ian 941:
1.254 drahn 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 943: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 944: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 945: </strong></font><br>
946: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
947: <p>
948:
949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 950: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
951: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
952: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
953: </strong></font><br>
954: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
955: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
956: discussion OpenBSD's path.
957: <p>
958:
959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 960: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
961: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 962: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 963: </strong></font><br>
964: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
965: from US DARPA.
966: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
967: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
968: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
969: the BSD license.
970: <p>
971: </ul>
972:
1.251 ian 973: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
974: <ul>
975:
976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 977: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
978: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
979: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
980: </strong></font><br>
981:
982: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
983: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
984: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
985: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
986: <p>
987:
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 989: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
990: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 991: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 992: </strong></font><br>
993: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
994: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
995: Mentions
996: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
997: and
998: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
999: programs.
1000: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1001: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1002: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1003: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1004: <p>
1.325 ian 1005: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1006: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1007:
1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1009: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1010: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1011: </strong></font><br>
1012: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1013: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1014: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1015: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1016: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1017: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1018: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1019: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1020: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1021: put into service."
1022: <p>
1023: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1024: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1025: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1026: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1027: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1028: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1029: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1030: computers with security features."
1031: <p>
1.329 ian 1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1034: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1035: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1036: Slate,
1037: March 3, 2003.
1038: </strong></font><br>
1039: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1040: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1041: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1042: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1043: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1044: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1045: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1046: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1047: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1048: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1049: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1050: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1051: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1052: of more secure open-source solutions like
1053: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1054: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1055: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1056: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1057: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1058: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1059: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1060: the Beltway."
1061: <p>
1.251 ian 1062: </ul>
1063:
1.249 jufi 1064: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1065: <ul>
1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1067: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1068: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1069: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1070: </strong></font><br>
1071: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1072: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1073: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1074: <p>
1.334 ian 1075:
1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1077: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1078: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1079: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1080: </strong></font><br>
1081: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1082: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1083: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1084: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1085: "... the hypothetical question ...
1086: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1087: <br>
1088: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1089: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1090: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1091: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1092: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1093: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1094: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1095: support network security.
1096: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1097: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1098: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1099: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1100: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1101: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1102: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1103: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1104: <br>
1105: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1106: <p>
1107:
1.249 jufi 1108: </ul>
1109:
1.246 jufi 1110: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1111: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1112:
1.247 jufi 1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1114: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1115: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1116: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1117: </strong></font><br>
1118: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1119: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1120: <p>
1121:
1.247 jufi 1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1123: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1124: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1125: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1126: </strong></font><br>
1127: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1128: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1129: <p>
1130:
1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1132: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1133: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1134: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1135: </strong></font><br>
1136: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1137: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1138: <p>
1.247 jufi 1139: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1140:
1.244 jufi 1141: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1142: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1143:
1.247 jufi 1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1145: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1146: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1147: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1148: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1149: </strong></font><br>
1150: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1151: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1152: md5 digests.
1153: <p>
1154:
1.247 jufi 1155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1156: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1157: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1158: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1159: </strong></font><br>
1160: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1161: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1162: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1163: right the first time."
1164: <p>
1.247 jufi 1165: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1166:
1167:
1168: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1169: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1170:
1.247 jufi 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1172: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1173: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1174: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1175: </strong></font><br>
1176: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1177: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1178: part 6</a>.
1179: <p>
1180:
1.247 jufi 1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1182: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1183: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1184: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1185: </strong></font><br>
1186: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1187: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1188: <p>
1.301 jose 1189:
1190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1191: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1192: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1193: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1194: </strong></font><br>
1195:
1196: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1197: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1198: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1199: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1200: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1201: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1202: <i>Here's the
1203: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1204: <p>
1.247 jufi 1205: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1206:
1207: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1208: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1209:
1.247 jufi 1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1211: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1212: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1213: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1214: </strong></font><br>
1215: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1216: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1217: <p>
1218:
1.247 jufi 1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1220: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1221: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1222: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1223: </strong></font><br>
1224: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1225: this time using pf.
1226: <p>
1.247 jufi 1227: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1228:
1229: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1230: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1231:
1.247 jufi 1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1233: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1234: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1235: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1236: </strong></font><br>
1237: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1238: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1239: their rotation.
1240: <p>
1241:
1.247 jufi 1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1243: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1244: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1245: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1246: </strong></font><br>
1247: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1248: <p>
1.247 jufi 1249: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1250:
1.239 jufi 1251: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1252: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1253:
1.247 jufi 1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1255: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1256: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1257: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1258: </strong></font><br>
1259: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1260: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1261: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1262: <p>
1263:
1.247 jufi 1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1265: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1266: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1267: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1268: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1269: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1270: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1271: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1272: <p>
1.247 jufi 1273: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1274:
1.235 lebel 1275: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1276: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1277:
1.239 jufi 1278:
1.247 jufi 1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1280: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1281: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1282: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1283: </strong></font><br>
1284: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1285: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1286: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1287: <p>
1.301 jose 1288:
1.247 jufi 1289: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1290:
1.228 horacio 1291: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1292: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1293:
1.247 jufi 1294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1295: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1296: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1297: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1298: </strong></font><br>
1299: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1300: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1301: <p>
1302:
1.247 jufi 1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1304: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1305: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1306: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1307: </strong></font><br>
1308: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1309: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1310: <p>
1311:
1.247 jufi 1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1313: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1314: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1315: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1316: </strong></font><br>
1317: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1318: on the desktop of his parents.
1319: <p>
1320:
1.247 jufi 1321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1322: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1323: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1324: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1325: </strong></font><br>
1326: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1327: using IPFilter.
1328:
1329: <p>
1330:
1.247 jufi 1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1332: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1333: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1334: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1335: </strong></font><br>
1336: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1337: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1338: perspectives of the four OS.
1339: <br>
1340: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1341: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1342: <p>
1343:
1.247 jufi 1344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1345: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1346: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1347: software and security</a>,
1348: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1349: </strong></font><br>
1350:
1351: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1352: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1353: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1354: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1355: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1356: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1357: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1358: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1359: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1360: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1361: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1362: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1363: <p>
1.247 jufi 1364: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1365:
1.225 horacio 1366: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1367: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1370: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1371: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1372: Interview</a>,
1373: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1374: </strong></font><br>
1375:
1376: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1377: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1378: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1379: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1380: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1381: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1382: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1383: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1384: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1385: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1386: of choice.
1387: <p>
1.247 jufi 1388: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1389:
1390: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1391: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1394: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1395: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1396: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1399: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1400: <p>
1401:
1.247 jufi 1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1403: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1404: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1405: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1406: </strong></font><br>
1407:
1408: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1409: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1410: <p>
1.247 jufi 1411: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1412:
1.218 horacio 1413: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1414: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1415:
1.247 jufi 1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1417: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1418: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1419: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1420: </strong></font><br>
1421:
1422: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1423: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1424: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1425: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1426: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1427: subjects. Worth a read.
1428: <p>
1429:
1430:
1.247 jufi 1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1432: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1433: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1434: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1435: </strong></font><br>
1436:
1437: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1438: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1439: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1440: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1441: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1442: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1443: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1444: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1445: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1446: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1447: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1448: on other operating systems.<br>
1449: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1450: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1451: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1452: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1453: <p>
1454:
1.247 jufi 1455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1456: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1457: Operating System 2010</a>,
1458: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1459: </strong></font><br>
1460:
1461: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1462: covering the level of software integration into the core
1463: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1464: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1465: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1466: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1467: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1468: <p>
1469:
1.247 jufi 1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1471: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1472: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1473: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1474: </strong></font><br>
1475:
1476: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1477: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1478: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1479: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1480: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1481: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1482: <p>
1.247 jufi 1483: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1484:
1.210 jufi 1485: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1486: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1489: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1490: Already a Contender</a>,
1491: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1492: </strong></font><br>
1493:
1494: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1495: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1496: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1497: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1498: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1499: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1500: <p>
1501:
1.247 jufi 1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1503: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1504: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1505: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1506: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1507:
1.224 horacio 1508: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1509: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1510: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1511: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1512: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1513: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1514: <p>
1.247 jufi 1515: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1516:
1517: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1518: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1519:
1.247 jufi 1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1521: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1522: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1523: Division</a>,
1524: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1525: </strong></font><br>
1526:
1527: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1528: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1529: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1530: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1531: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1532: investment</em>.<br>
1533: The implementation details can be seen on their
1534: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1535: <p>
1536:
1.247 jufi 1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1538: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1539: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1540: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1541: </strong></font><br>
1542:
1543: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1544: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1545: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1546: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1547: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1548: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1549: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1550: <p>
1551:
1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1553: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1554: Thinking about Security</a>,
1555: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1556: </strong></font><br>
1557:
1558: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1559: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1560: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1561: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1562: to time.<br>
1563: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1564: system and just the most secure system.
1565: <p>
1566:
1.247 jufi 1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1568: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1569: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1570: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1571: </strong></font><br>
1572:
1573: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1574: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1575: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1576: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1577: choice:<br>
1578: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1579: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1580: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1581: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1582: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1583: network security devices and as such must be well
1584: armored."</em><br>
1585: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1586: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1587: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1588: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1589: <br>
1590: Bravo!
1591: <p>
1.247 jufi 1592: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1593:
1.207 ian 1594: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1595: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1596:
1.247 jufi 1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1598: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1599: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1600: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1601:
1.207 ian 1602: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1603: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1604: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1605: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1606: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1607: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1608: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1609: <p>
1.247 jufi 1610: </ul>
1.207 ian 1611:
1.194 jufi 1612: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1613: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1614:
1.247 jufi 1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1616: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1617: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1618: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1619: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1620:
1.240 miod 1621: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1622: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1623: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1624: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1625: <p>
1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1628: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1629: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1630: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1631:
1632: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1633: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1634: <p>
1635:
1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1637: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1638: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1639: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1640:
1641: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1642: <p>
1643:
1644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1645: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1646: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1647: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1648: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1649:
1.240 miod 1650: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1651: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1652: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1653: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1654: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1655: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1656: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1657: <br>
1658: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1659: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1660: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1661: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1662: <p>
1663:
1.247 jufi 1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1665: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1666: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1667: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1668: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1669:
1.194 jufi 1670: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1671: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1672: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1673: <br>
1674: The new
1675: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1676: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1677: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1678: <p>
1.247 jufi 1679: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1680:
1.190 horacio 1681: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1682: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1683:
1.247 jufi 1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1685:
1686: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1687: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1688:
1.301 jose 1689:
1.191 jufi 1690: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1691: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1692:
1693: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1694: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1695:
1.212 horacio 1696: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1697: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1698: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1699:
1.211 horacio 1700: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1701: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1702: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1703:
1.247 jufi 1704: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1705: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1706:
1.247 jufi 1707: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1708: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1709:
1.212 horacio 1710: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1711: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1712: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1713:
1714: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1715: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1716:
1717: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1718: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1719:
1.301 jose 1720: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1721: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1722:
1.191 jufi 1723: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1724: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1725:
1726: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1727: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1728:
1.192 jufi 1729: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1730: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1731: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1732:
1.193 deraadt 1733: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1734: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1735: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1736:
1.247 jufi 1737: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1738: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1741: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1742: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1743:
1.213 horacio 1744: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1745: 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 1746: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1747:
1.190 horacio 1748: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1749: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1750: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1751: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1752: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1753: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1754: <p>
1.190 horacio 1755:
1.247 jufi 1756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1757: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1758: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1759: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1760: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1761:
1.195 jufi 1762: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1763: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1764: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1765: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1766: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1767: <p>
1768:
1.247 jufi 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1770: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1771: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1772: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1773: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1774:
1.191 jufi 1775: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1776: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1777: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1778: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1779: <p>
1780:
1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1782: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1783: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1784: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1785:
1786: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1787: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1788: <p>
1.247 jufi 1789: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1790:
1.191 jufi 1791:
1.186 jufi 1792: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1793: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1794:
1.247 jufi 1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1796: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1797: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1798: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1799: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1800:
1.188 jufi 1801: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1802: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1803: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1804: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1805: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1806: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1807: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1808: <p>
1809:
1.301 jose 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1811: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1812: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1813: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1814:
1815: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1816: <p>
1.191 jufi 1817:
1.247 jufi 1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1819: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1820: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1821: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1822: </strong></font><br>
1823:
1824: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1825: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1826: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1827: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1828: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1829: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1830: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1831: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1832: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1833: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1834: familiar?
1835: <p>
1.247 jufi 1836: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1837:
1.178 louis 1838: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1839: <ul>
1.178 louis 1840:
1.247 jufi 1841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1842: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1843: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1844: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1845: </strong></font><br>
1846:
1847: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1848: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1849: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1850: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1851: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1852: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1853: <p>
1854:
1.247 jufi 1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1856: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1857: Open source under the hood</a>,
1858: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1859: </strong></font><br>
1860:
1861: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1862: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1863: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1864: <p>
1865:
1.247 jufi 1866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1867: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1868: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1869: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1870: </strong></font><br>
1871:
1872: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1873: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1874: <p>
1.247 jufi 1875: </ul>
1.179 louis 1876:
1.174 louis 1877:
1.175 louis 1878: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1879: <ul>
1.175 louis 1880:
1.247 jufi 1881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1882: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1883: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1884: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1885: </strong></font><br>
1886:
1887: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1888: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1889: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1890: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1891: <p>
1892:
1.247 jufi 1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1894: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1895: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1896: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1897: </strong></font><br>
1898:
1899: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1900: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1901: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1902: <p>
1.247 jufi 1903: </ul>
1.175 louis 1904:
1.176 louis 1905:
1.172 mickey 1906: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1907: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1908:
1.247 jufi 1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1910: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1911: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1912: </strong></font><br>
1913:
1914: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1915: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1916: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1917: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1918: <p>
1919:
1.247 jufi 1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1921: <a
1.269 deraadt 1922: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1923: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1924: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1925: </strong></font><br>
1926:
1927: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1928: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1929: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1930: <p>
1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1933: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1934: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1935: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1936: </strong></font><br>
1937:
1938: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1939: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1940: <p>
1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1943: <a
1.269 deraadt 1944: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1945: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1946: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1947: </strong></font><br>
1948:
1949: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1950: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1951: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1952: our own Theo de Raadt.
1953: <p>
1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1956: <a
1.269 deraadt 1957: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1958: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1959: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1960: </strong></font><br>
1961:
1962: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1963: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1964: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1965: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1966: shut down.]
1967: <p>
1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1970: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1971: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1972: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1973: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1974: </strong></font><br>
1975:
1976: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1977: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1978: <p>
1.247 jufi 1979: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1980:
1.161 louis 1981: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1982: <ul>
1.161 louis 1983:
1.247 jufi 1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1985: <a
1.269 deraadt 1986: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1987: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1988: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1989: </strong></font><br>
1990:
1991: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1992: by John Wolley
1993: <p>
1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1996: <a
1.269 deraadt 1997: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1998: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1999: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2000: </strong></font><br>
2001:
2002: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2003: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2004: OpenBSD).
2005: <p>
2006:
1.247 jufi 2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2008: <a
1.247 jufi 2009: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2010: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2011: </strong></font><br>
2012:
2013: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2014: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2015: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2016: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2017: and hindsight.
2018: <p>
2019:
1.247 jufi 2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2021: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2022: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2023: </strong></font><br>
2024:
2025: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2026: <p>
2027:
1.247 jufi 2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2029: <a
1.168 provos 2030: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2031: December 7, 2000
2032: </strong></font><br>
2033:
2034: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2035: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2036: us explain.
2037: <p>
2038:
1.247 jufi 2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2040: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2041: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2042: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2043: December 6, 2000
2044: </strong></font><br>
2045:
2046: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2047: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2048: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2049: <p>
2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2052: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2053: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2054: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2055: </strong></font><br>
2056:
2057: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2058: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2059: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2060: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2061: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2062: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2063: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2064: <p>
2065:
2066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2067: <a
1.226 horacio 2068: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2069: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2070: </strong></font><br>
2071:
2072: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2073: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2074: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2075: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2076: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2077: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2078: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2079: <p>
1.162 millert 2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2082: <a
1.161 louis 2083: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2084: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2085: </strong></font><br>
2086:
2087: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2088: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2089: <p>
2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2092: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2093: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2094: </strong></font><br>
2095:
2096: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2097: <p>
2098:
2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2101: <a
1.226 horacio 2102: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2103: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2104: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2105: </strong></font><br>
2106:
2107: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2108: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2109: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2110: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2111: <p>
1.247 jufi 2112: </ul>
1.169 louis 2113:
1.158 louis 2114: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2115: <ul>
1.147 louis 2116:
1.247 jufi 2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2118: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2119: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2120: </strong></font><br>
2121:
2122: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2123: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2124: <p>
2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2127: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2128: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2129: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2130: </strong></font><br>
2131: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2132: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2133: <p>
2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2136: <a
2137: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2138: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2139: </strong></font><br>
2140:
2141: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2142: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2143: <p>
2144:
1.247 jufi 2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2146: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2147: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2148: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2149:
1.213 horacio 2150: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2151: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2152: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2153: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2154: <p>
1.215 horacio 2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2157: <a
2158: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2159: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2160: </strong></font><br>
2161:
2162: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2163: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2164: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2165: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2166: much of the attitude too).
2167: <p>
1.161 louis 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2170: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2171: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2172: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2173:
1.157 louis 2174: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2175: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2176: <p>
1.247 jufi 2177: </ul>
1.157 louis 2178:
2179: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2180: <ul>
1.157 louis 2181:
1.247 jufi 2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2183: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2184: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2185: </strong></font><br>
2186:
2187: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2188: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2189: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2190: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2191: <p>
2192:
1.247 jufi 2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2194: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2195: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2196: </strong></font><br>
2197:
2198: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2199: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2200: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2201: it because they love coding...
2202: <p>
2203:
1.247 jufi 2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2205: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2206: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2207: </strong></font><br>
2208:
2209: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2210: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2211: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2212: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2213: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2214: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2215: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2216: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2217: <p>
2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2220: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2221: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2222: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2223: </strong></font><br>
2224:
2225: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2226: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2227: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2228: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2229: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2230: the pizza.
2231: <p>
2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2234: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2235: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2236: </strong></font><br>
2237:
2238: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2239: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2240: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2241: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2242: problems.
2243: <p>
2244:
1.247 jufi 2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2246: <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 2247: </strong></font><br>
2248:
1.222 miod 2249: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2250: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2251: - whether they like it or not.
2252: <p>
2253:
1.247 jufi 2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2255: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2256: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2257: </strong></font><br>
2258:
2259: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2260: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2261: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2262: <p>
1.148 aaron 2263:
1.247 jufi 2264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2265: <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 2266: </strong></font><br>
2267:
2268: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2269: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2270: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2271: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2272: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2273: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2274: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2275: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2276: <p>
2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2279: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2280: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2284: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2285: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2286: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2287: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2288: <p>
1.247 jufi 2289: </ul>
1.147 louis 2290:
1.138 louis 2291: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2292: <ul>
1.138 louis 2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2295: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2296: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2297: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2298: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2299: </strong></font><br>
2300:
1.227 horacio 2301: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2302: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2303: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2304: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2305: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2306: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2307: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2308: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2309: <p>
2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2312: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2313: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2314: </strong></font><br>
2315:
2316: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2317: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2318: groups, and even Linux.
2319: <p>
2320:
1.247 jufi 2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2322: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2323: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2324: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2325: </strong></font><br>
2326:
2327: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2328: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2329: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2330: library after installing the OS.
2331: <p>
2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2334: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2335: Sys Admin, September 2000
2336: </strong></font><br>
2337:
2338: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2339: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2340: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2341: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2342: (<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>,
2343: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2344: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2345: <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 2346: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2347: out of the system.
2348: <p>
2349:
1.247 jufi 2350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2351: <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
2352: </strong></font><br>
2353:
2354: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2355: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2356: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2357: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2358: the IP filtering and address translation.
2359: <p>
1.301 jose 2360:
2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2362: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2363: </strong></font><br>
2364:
2365: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2366: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2367: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2368: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2369: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2370: <p>
1.247 jufi 2371: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2372:
1.131 louis 2373: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2374: <ul>
1.131 louis 2375:
1.247 jufi 2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2377: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2378: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2379: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2380: </strong></font><br>
2381:
2382: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2383: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2384: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2385: <p>
2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2388: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2389: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2390: </strong></font><br>
2391:
2392: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2393: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2394: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2395: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2396: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2397: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2398: note of"</i>.
2399: <p>
2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2402: <a
1.247 jufi 2403: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2404: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2405: </strong></font><br>
2406:
2407: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2408: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2409: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2410: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2411: <p>
2412:
1.247 jufi 2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2414: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2415: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2416: </strong></font><br>
2417:
2418: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2419: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2420: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2421: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2422: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2423: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2424: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2425: <p>
2426:
1.247 jufi 2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2428: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2429: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2430: 2000
2431: </strong></font><br>
2432:
2433: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2434: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2435: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2436: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2437: against current industry practices.
2438: <p>
2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2441: <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
2442: </strong></font><br>
2443:
2444: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2445: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2446: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2447: <p>
2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2450: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2451: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2452: </strong></font><br>
2453:
2454: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2455: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2456: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2457: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2458: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2459: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2460: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2461: <p>
2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2464: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2465: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2466: </strong></font><br>
2467:
2468: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2469: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2470: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2471: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2472: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2473: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2474: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2475: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2476: <p>
1.247 jufi 2477: </ul>
1.131 louis 2478:
1.118 louis 2479: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2480: <ul>
1.118 louis 2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2483: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2484: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2485: </strong></font><br>
2486:
2487: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2488: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2489: about time. The article mentions that
2490: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2491: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2492: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2493: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2494: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2495: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2496: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2497: <p>
2498:
1.247 jufi 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2500: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2501: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2502: </strong></font><br>
2503:
2504: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2505: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2506: of OpenSSH.
2507: <p>
2508:
1.247 jufi 2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2510: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2511: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2512: </strong></font><br>
2513:
2514: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2515: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2516: bridging.
2517: <p>
2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2520: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2521: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2522: </strong></font><br>
2523:
1.121 deraadt 2524: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2525: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2526: <p>
2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2529: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2530: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2531: </strong></font><br>
2532:
2533: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2534: <p>
2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2537: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2538: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2539: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2540: </strong></font><br>
2541:
1.120 deraadt 2542: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2543: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2544: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2545: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2546: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2547: <p>
2548:
1.247 jufi 2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2550: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2551: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2552: </strong></font><br>
2553:
1.222 miod 2554: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2555: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2556: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2557: protocols and their quirks.
2558: <p>
2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2561: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2562: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2563: </strong></font><br>
2564:
2565: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2566: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2567: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2568: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2569: <p>
2570:
1.247 jufi 2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2572: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2573: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2574: </strong></font><br>
2575:
2576: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2577: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2578: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2579: <p>
2580:
1.247 jufi 2581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2582: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2583: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2584: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2585: </strong></font><br>
2586:
2587: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2588: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2589: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2590: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2591: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2592: <p>
1.247 jufi 2593: </ul>
1.118 louis 2594:
1.104 louis 2595: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2596: <ul>
1.104 louis 2597:
1.247 jufi 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2599: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2600: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2601: </strong></font><br>
2602:
2603: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2604: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2605: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2606: be a bit dry.
2607: <p>
2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2610: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2611: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2612: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2613: </strong></font><br>
2614: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2615: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2616: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2617: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2618: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2619: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2620: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2621: <p>
2622:
1.247 jufi 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2624: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2625: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2626: 2000
1.128 louis 2627: </strong></font><br>
2628:
2629: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2630: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2631: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2632: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2633: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2634: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2635: <p>
2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2638: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2639: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2640: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2641:
2642: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2643: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2644: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2645: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2646: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2647: <p>
1.110 louis 2648:
1.247 jufi 2649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2650: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2651: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2652: </strong></font><br>
2653:
2654: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2655: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2656: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2657: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2658: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2659: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2660: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2661: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2662: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2663: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2664: <p>
2665:
1.247 jufi 2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2667: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2668: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2669:
2670: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2671: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2672: <p>
1.108 louis 2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2675: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2676: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2677: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2678:
2679: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2680: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2681: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2682: <p>
1.106 louis 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2685: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2686: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2687: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2688:
2689: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2690: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2691: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2692: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2693: <p>
1.107 louis 2694:
1.247 jufi 2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2696: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2697: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2698: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2699:
2700: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2701: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2702: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2703: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2704: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2705: <p>
1.105 louis 2706:
1.247 jufi 2707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2708: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2709: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2710: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2711:
1.113 naddy 2712: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2713: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2714: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2715: <p>
1.104 louis 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2718: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2719: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2720: </strong></font><br>
2721:
2722: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2723: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2724: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2725: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2726: <p>
1.301 jose 2727:
2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2729: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2730: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2731: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2732:
2733: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2734: hardware-supported cryptography.
2735: <p>
1.247 jufi 2736: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2737:
1.85 louis 2738: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2739: <ul>
1.85 louis 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2742: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2743: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2744: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2745:
2746: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2747: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2748: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2749: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2750: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2751: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2752: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2753: <p>
1.99 louis 2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2756: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2757: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2758: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2759:
2760: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2761: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2762: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2763: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2764: <p>
1.100 louis 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2767: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2768: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2770:
2771: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2772: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2773: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2774: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2775: <p>
1.95 louis 2776:
1.247 jufi 2777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2778: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2779: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2780: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2781:
2782: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2783: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2784: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2785: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2786: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2787: <p>
1.92 louis 2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2790: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2791: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2792: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2793:
2794: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2795: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2796: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2797: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2798: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2799: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2800: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2801: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2802: <p>
1.91 louis 2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2805: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2806: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2807: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2808:
2809: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2810: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2811: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2812: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2813: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2814: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2815: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2816: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2817: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2818: <p>
1.90 louis 2819:
1.247 jufi 2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2821: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2822: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2823: </strong></font><br>
2824: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2825: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2826: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2827: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2828: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2829: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2830: <p>
2831:
1.247 jufi 2832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2833: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2834: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2835: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2836:
1.113 naddy 2837: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2838: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2839: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2840: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2841: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2842: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2843: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2844: <p>
1.87 louis 2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2847: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2848: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2849: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2850:
2851: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2852: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2853: <p>
1.85 louis 2854:
1.247 jufi 2855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2856: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2857: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2858: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2859:
2860: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2861: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2862: <p>
2863:
2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2865: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2866: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2867: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2868:
2869: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2870: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2871: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2872: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2873: <p>
1.89 louis 2874:
1.247 jufi 2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2876: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2877: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2878: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2879:
2880: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2881: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2882: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2883: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2884: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2885: </ul>
1.85 louis 2886:
1.78 deraadt 2887: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2888: <ul>
1.74 louis 2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2891: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2892: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2893: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2894: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2895:
2896: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2897: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2898: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2899: <p>
1.83 louis 2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2902: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2903: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2904: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2905:
2906: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2907: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2908: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2909: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2910: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2911: <p>
1.93 louis 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2914: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2915: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2916: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2917: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2918:
1.83 louis 2919: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2920: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2921: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2922: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2923: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2924: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2925: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2926: <p>
1.82 aaron 2927:
1.247 jufi 2928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2929: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2930: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2931: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2932:
1.83 louis 2933: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2934: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2935: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2936: <p>
1.80 louis 2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2939: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2940: Bad Press</a>,
2941: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2942: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2943:
2944: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2945: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2946: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2947: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2948: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2949: <p>
1.247 jufi 2950: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2951:
2952: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2953: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2956: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2957: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2958: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2959: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2960:
2961: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2962: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2963: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2964: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2965: <p>
1.74 louis 2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2968: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2969: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2970: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2971:
1.219 horacio 2972: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2973: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2974: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2975: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2976: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2977: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2978: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2979: <p>
1.88 louis 2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2982: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2983: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2984: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2985:
2986: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2987: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2988: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2989: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2990: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2991: <p>
1.81 louis 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2994: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2995: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2996: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2997:
2998: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2999: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3000: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3001: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3002: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3003: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3004: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3005: <p>
1.90 louis 3006:
1.247 jufi 3007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3008: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3009: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3010: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3011:
3012: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3013: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3014: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3015: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3016: <p>
1.247 jufi 3017: </ul>
1.71 louis 3018:
1.69 deraadt 3019: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3020: <ul>
1.70 louis 3021:
1.247 jufi 3022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3023: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3024: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3025: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3026:
3027: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3028: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3029: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3030: <p>
1.70 louis 3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3033: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3034: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3035: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3036:
3037: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3038: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3039: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3040: <p>
1.68 louis 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3043: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3044: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3045: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3046: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3047:
1.111 jufi 3048: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3049: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3050: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3051: "secure by default" installation.
3052: <p>
1.64 louis 3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3055: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3056: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3057: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3058:
1.113 naddy 3059: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3060: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3061: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3062: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3063: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3064: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3065: <p>
1.66 louis 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3068: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3069: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3070: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3071:
3072: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3073: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3074: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3075: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3076: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3077: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3078: <p>
1.83 louis 3079:
1.247 jufi 3080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3081: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3082: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3083: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3084:
3085: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3086: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3087: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3088: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3089: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3090: <p>
1.64 louis 3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3093: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3094: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3095: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3096:
3097: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3098: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3099: <p>
1.301 jose 3100:
3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3102: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3103: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3104: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3105: </strong></font><br>
3106:
3107: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3108: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3109: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3110: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3111: Giving way to
3112: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3113: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3114: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3115: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3116: <p>
1.247 jufi 3117: </ul>
1.65 louis 3118:
1.69 deraadt 3119: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3120: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3121:
1.247 jufi 3122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3123: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3124: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3125: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3126:
3127: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3128: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3129: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3130: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3131: <p>
1.88 louis 3132:
1.247 jufi 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3134: <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 3135: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3136:
3137: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3138: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3139: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3140: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3141: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3142: <p>
1.60 louis 3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3145: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3146: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3147: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3148: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3149:
3150: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3151: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3152: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3153: <p>
1.58 louis 3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3156: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3157: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3158:
3159: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3160: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3161: <p>
1.53 louis 3162:
1.247 jufi 3163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3164: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3165: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3166: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3167:
3168: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3169: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3170: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3171: <p>
1.99 louis 3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3174: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3175: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3176:
3177: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3178: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3179: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3180: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3181: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3184: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3185: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3186: </strong></font><br>
3187:
3188: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3189: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3190: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3191: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3192: <p>
3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3195: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3196: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3197: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3198:
3199: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3200: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3201: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3202:
1.247 jufi 3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3204: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3205: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3206:
3207: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3208: in
1.247 jufi 3209: <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 3210: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3211: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3212: <p>
1.53 louis 3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3215: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3216: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3217: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3218: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3219:
1.58 louis 3220: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3221: <p>
1.301 jose 3222:
3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3224: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3225: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3226: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3227: Informacyjny, January 2000
3228: </strong></font><br>
3229:
3230: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3231: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3232: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3233: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3234: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3235: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3236: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3237: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3238: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3239: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3240: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3241: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3242: <p>
3243:
3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3245: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3246: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3247: </strong></font><br>
3248:
3249: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3250: <p>
3251: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3252:
1.69 deraadt 3253: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3254: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3255:
1.247 jufi 3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3257: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3258: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3259: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3260: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3261:
1.58 louis 3262: Kurt Seifried
3263: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3264: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3265: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3266: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3269: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3270: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3271: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3272:
3273: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3274: <p>
1.96 louis 3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3277: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3278: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3279: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3280: </strong></font><br>
3281:
3282: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3283: <p>
3284:
3285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3286: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3287: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3288: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3289:
3290: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3291: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3293: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3294: <p>
1.247 jufi 3295: </ul>
1.86 louis 3296:
1.69 deraadt 3297: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3298: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3299:
1.247 jufi 3300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3301: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3302: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3303: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3304:
3305: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3306: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3307: <p>
1.61 louis 3308:
1.247 jufi 3309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3310: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3311: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3312: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3313: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3314:
3315: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3316: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3317: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3318: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3319: right -- or at least strives to".
3320: <p>
1.48 louis 3321:
1.247 jufi 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3323: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3324: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3325: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3326: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3327: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3328: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3329: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3330: <p>
1.61 louis 3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <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 3333: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3334: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3335:
3336: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3337: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3338: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3339: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3340: <p>
1.46 louis 3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3343: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3344: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3345: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3346:
3347: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3348: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3349: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3352: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3353: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3354: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3355:
3356: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3357: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3358: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3359: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3360: <p>
1.247 jufi 3361: </ul>
1.70 louis 3362:
1.69 deraadt 3363: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3364: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3367: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3368: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3369: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3370: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3371:
3372: Kurt Seifried
3373: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3374: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3375: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3376: <p>
1.44 philen 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <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 3379: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3380: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3381:
3382: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3383: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <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 3386: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3387: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3388:
3389: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3390: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3391:
1.247 jufi 3392: <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 3393: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3394: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3395:
3396: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3397: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3398: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3399: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3400: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3401:
1.247 jufi 3402: <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 3403: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3404: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3405:
1.36 louis 3406: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3407: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3408:
1.247 jufi 3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3410: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3411: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3412: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3413:
3414: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3415: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3416: </ul>
1.38 louis 3417:
1.69 deraadt 3418: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3419: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3420:
1.247 jufi 3421: <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 3422: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3423: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3424:
3425: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3426: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3427: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3428:
1.113 naddy 3429: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3430: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3431: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3432: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3433:
3434: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3435: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3436: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3437: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3438: <blockquote>
3439: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3440: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3441: <br>
3442: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3443: </code>
3444: </blockquote>
3445: <p>
3446:
1.247 jufi 3447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3448: <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 3449: <p>
3450:
3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3452: <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 3453: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3454:
3455: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3456: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3457: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3458: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3459:
1.247 jufi 3460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3461: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3462: Sept. 28, 1999
3463: </strong></font><br>
3464:
3465: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3466: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3467: translating and reprinting articles from
3468: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3469: <p>
3470:
3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3472: <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 3473: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3474:
3475: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3476: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3477: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3478: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3479: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3480: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3481: <p>
1.19 louis 3482:
1.113 naddy 3483: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3484: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3485: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3486:
3487: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3488: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3489: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3490: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3491: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3492: <p>
1.16 louis 3493:
1.247 jufi 3494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3495: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3496: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3497: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3498:
1.57 louis 3499: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3500: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3501: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3502: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3503:
1.247 jufi 3504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3505: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3506: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3507: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3508:
1.113 naddy 3509: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3512: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3513: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3514: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3515:
1.23 louis 3516: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3517: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3518: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3519: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3520: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3521: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3522:
1.247 jufi 3523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3524: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3525: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3526: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3527:
1.199 pvalchev 3528: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3529: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3530: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3531: installation.
1.113 naddy 3532: <p>
1.47 louis 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3535: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3536: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3537: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3538:
1.301 jose 3539: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3540: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3541: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3542: </ul>
1.57 louis 3543:
1.69 deraadt 3544: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3545: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3546:
1.247 jufi 3547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3548: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3549: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3550: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3551:
3552: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3553: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3554: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3555: <p>
1.12 louis 3556:
1.247 jufi 3557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3558: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3559: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3560: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3561:
3562: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3563: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3564: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3565: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3566: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3567: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3568: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3569: <p>
1.247 jufi 3570: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3571:
1.69 deraadt 3572: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3573: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3574:
1.247 jufi 3575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3576: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3577: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3578:
3579: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3580: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3581: available."
1.113 naddy 3582: <p>
1.301 jose 3583:
3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3585: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3586: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3587: </strong></font><br>
3588:
3589: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3590: <p>
1.247 jufi 3591: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3592:
1.69 deraadt 3593: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3594: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3597: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3598: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3599:
3600: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3601: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3602: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3603: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3604: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3605: <p>
1.33 louis 3606:
1.247 jufi 3607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3608: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3609: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3610: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3611:
1.113 naddy 3612: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3613: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3614: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3615: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3616: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3617: <p>
1.247 jufi 3618: </ul>
1.57 louis 3619:
1.69 deraadt 3620: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3621: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3624: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3625: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3626: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3627:
3628: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3629: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3630: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3631:
1.247 jufi 3632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3633: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3634: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3635: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3636: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3637:
3638: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3639: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3640:
1.247 jufi 3641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3642: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3643:
1.113 naddy 3644: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3647: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3648: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3649: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3650:
3651: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3652: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3653: </ul>
1.23 louis 3654:
1.69 deraadt 3655: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3656: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3657:
1.247 jufi 3658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3659: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3660: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3661:
3662: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3663: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3664: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3665:
1.247 jufi 3666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3667: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3668: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3669: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3670:
3671: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3672: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3673: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3674: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3675: </ul>
1.57 louis 3676:
1.69 deraadt 3677: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3678: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3679:
1.247 jufi 3680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3681: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3682: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3683: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3684:
3685: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3686: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3687: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3688: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3689: <p>
1.15 louis 3690:
1.247 jufi 3691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3692: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3693: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3694: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3695:
3696: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3697: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3698: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3699: columns."
1.113 naddy 3700: <p>
1.247 jufi 3701: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3702:
1.69 deraadt 3703: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3704: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3707: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3708: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3709: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3710:
3711: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3712: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3713:
1.113 naddy 3714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3715: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3716: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3717:
3718: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3719: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3720: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3721: </ul>
1.57 louis 3722:
1.69 deraadt 3723: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3724: <ul>
1.301 jose 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3726: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3727: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3728: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3729:
3730: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3731: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3732: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3733: <p>
3734:
3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3736: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3737: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3738: Nov 13, 1998 and
3739: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3740: Datateknik</a>,
3741: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3742:
3743: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3744: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3745: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3746: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3747: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3748:
1.113 naddy 3749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3750: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3751: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3752: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3753:
1.222 miod 3754: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3755: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3756: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3757: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3758: <p>
1.247 jufi 3759: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3760:
1.69 deraadt 3761: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3762: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3763:
1.247 jufi 3764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3765: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3766: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3767:
1.69 deraadt 3768: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3769: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3770: <p>
1.247 jufi 3771: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3772:
1.69 deraadt 3773: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3774: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3775:
1.247 jufi 3776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3777: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3778: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3779: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3780:
3781: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3782: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3783: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3784:
1.247 jufi 3785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3786: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3787: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3788: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3789: <p>
1.247 jufi 3790: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3791:
1.69 deraadt 3792: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3793: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3796: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3797: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3798: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3799: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3800: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3801:
3802: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3803: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3804: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3805: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3806: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3807: <p>
1.247 jufi 3808: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3809:
3810: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3811: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3812:
1.247 jufi 3813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3814: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3815: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3816:
1.69 deraadt 3817: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3818: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3819: <p>
1.112 naddy 3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3822: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3823:
1.292 camield 3824: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3825: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3826: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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