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1.369 ! ian 19: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
! 23: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k...</a>,
! 24: O'Reilly Net ONLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003
! 25: </strong></font><br/>
! 26: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
! 27: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
! 28: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
! 29: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
! 30: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
! 31: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
! 32: and its history with OpenBSD.
! 33: </ul>
! 34:
1.368 henning 35: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
36: <ul>
37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
38: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/kav-26.08.03-001/">OpenBSD-Firewall erkennt Betriebssysteme</a>, heise online, August 26, 2003
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
41: </ul>
42:
1.364 jose 43: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
44: <ul>
45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 46: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
47: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
48: UNIX Review,
49: July, 2003.
50: </strong></font><br>
51: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
52: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
53: who want more information.
54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 57: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
58: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
59: Government Computer News,
60: July 22, 2003.
61: </strong></font><br>
62: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
63: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
64: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
65: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
69: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
70: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
71: SANS Institute,
72: July 22, 2003.
73: </strong></font><br>
74: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
75: Awards, organized by the <A href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
76: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
77: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
78: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
79: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
80: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
81: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
82: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
83: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
84: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 88: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
89: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
90: OnLamp.com,
91: July 17, 2003.
92: </strong></font><br>
93: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
94: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
95: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
96: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
97: have been working on.
98:
99: </ul>
100:
1.356 jose 101: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 102: <ul>
103:
104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 105: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
106: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
107: UNIX Review,
108: June, 2003.
109: </strong></font><br>
110: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
111: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
112: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
113: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
114: <p>
115:
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 117: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
118: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
119: eWeek,
120: June 23, 2003.
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
123: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
124: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
125: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
126: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
127: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
128: <p>
129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 131: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
132: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
133: Software Development Online,
134: June, 2003.
135: </strong></font><br>
136: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
137: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
138: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
139: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
140: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
141: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
142: current activities.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 146: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
147: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 148: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
149: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
150: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
151: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
152: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
153: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
154: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
155: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 156: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 157: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
158: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
159: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
160: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
161: decisions.
162: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
163: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
164: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
165: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 166: <p>
167:
168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 169: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
170: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
171: Page 58, eWeek,
172: June 2, 2003.
173: </strong></font><br>
174: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
175: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
176: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
177: been addressed in -current.
178: <p>
179:
1.356 jose 180: </ul>
181:
182: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
183: <ul>
184:
1.355 jose 185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 186: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
187: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
188: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
189: </strong></font><br>
190: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
191: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
192: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
193: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
194: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
195: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
196: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 200: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
201: Beyond Linux</a>,
202: InfoWorld,
203: May 23, 2003.
204: </strong></font><br>
205: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
206: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
207: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
208: compared to the GPL.
209: <p>
210:
211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 212: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
213: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
214: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 215: May 17, 2003.
216: </strong></font><br>
217: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
218: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
219: the business section and half of another page inside
220: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
221: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
222: in talking about the project's history and goals.
223: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
224: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
225: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
226: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 227: <br>
228: This article can also be found online at:
229: <ul>
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
231: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
232: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
233: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
234: May 17, 2003
235: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 236: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
238: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
239: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
240: Montreal Gazette,
241: May 21, 2003
242: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 243: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 244: <p>
1.346 ian 245:
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 247: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 248: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 249: May 7, 2003.
250: </strong></font><br>
251: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
252: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
253: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
254: <p>
255:
256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 257: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
258: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
259: OsOpinion,
260: May 6, 2003.
261: </strong></font><br>
262: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
263: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
264: <br>
265: This article can also be found online at:
266: <ul>
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
268: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
269: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
270: NewsFactor Network.
271: </strong></font>
272: </ul>
273: <p>
274:
275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 276: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 277: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
278: ITBusiness,
279: May 2, 2003.
280: </strong></font><br>
281: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
282: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
283: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
284: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
285: <p>
286:
287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 288: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
289: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
290: InfoWorld,
291: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 292: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 293: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
294: <br>
295: This article can also be found online at:
296: <ul>
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
298: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
299: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
300: IDG Singapore.
301: </strong></font>
302: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 303: <p>
304:
1.339 jose 305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
306: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
307: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 308: ZDNet,
309: May 1, 2003.
310: </strong></font><br>
311: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 312: someone using parts from previous articles.
313: <br>
1.341 deraadt 314: This article can also be found online at:
315: <ul>
316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
317: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
318: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
319: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 320: </strong></font>
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
322: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
323: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
324: CNET News.com.
325: </strong></font>
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
327: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
328: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
329: ZDNet UK.
330: </strong></font>
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
332: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
333: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
334: Help Net Security, Croatia.
335: </strong></font>
336: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 337: <p>
1.339 jose 338:
1.341 deraadt 339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 340: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 341: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
342: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
343: May 1, 2003.
344: </strong></font><br>
345: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
346: that have been added
347: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
348: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
349: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 350: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 351: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
352: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
353: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 354: <p>
355:
356: </ul>
357:
1.253 ian 358: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
359: <ul>
1.255 ian 360:
1.260 ian 361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 362: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 363: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
364: TechRepublic,
365: April 28, 2003.
366: </strong></font><br>
367: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
368: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 369: work.<br>
370: Can also be found online at:
371: <ul>
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
373: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
374: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
375: ZDNet UK.
376: </strong></font>
377: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 378: <p>
379:
380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 381: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
382: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
383: IDG,
384: April 24, 2003.
385: </strong></font><br>
386: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
387: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
388: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
389: Can also be found online at:
390: <ul>
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
392: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
393: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 394: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 395: </strong></font>
396: </ul>
397: <p>
398:
399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
400: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 401: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 402: Slate,
403: April 24, 2003.
404: </strong></font><br>
405: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
406: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
407: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
408: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
409: <p>
410:
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 412: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
413: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
414: April 24, 2003.
415: </strong></font><br>
416: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
417: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
418: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
419: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 423: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
424: April 24, 2003.
425: </strong></font><br>
426: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
427: the free software community".
428: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
429: other articles.
430: <p>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 433: <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 434: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
435: </strong></font><br>
436: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
437: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
438: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
439: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
440: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
441: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
442: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
443: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
444: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
445: <br/>
446: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
447: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
448: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
449: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 450: <br>
451: Can also be found online at:
452: <ul>
453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
454: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
455: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
456: Common Dreams NewsCenter
457: </strong></font>
458: </ul>
1.324 ian 459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
462: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
463: Wired, April 24, 2003.
464: </strong></font><br>
465: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
466: article above.
467: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
468: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
469: wasting them."
1.332 ian 470: <br>
471: Can also be found online at:
472: <ul>
473: <li>
474: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
475: </strong></font>
476: </ul>
1.324 ian 477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 480: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
481: </strong></font><br>
482: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 486: <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.
487: </strong></font><br>
488: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
489: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 493: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
494: April 23, 2003.
495: </strong></font><br>
496: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
497: <p>
498:
499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 500: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 501: April 22, 2003.
502: </strong></font><br>
503: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 507: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
508: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
509: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 510: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 511: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
512: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
513: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
514: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
515: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
516: Can also be found online at:
517: <ul>
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
519: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 520: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
521: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 522: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
524: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 525: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
526: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 527: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 528: </ul>
529: <p>
530:
531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 532: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
533: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 534: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 535: </strong></font><br>
536: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 537: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
538: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
539: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
540: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
541: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
542: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 546: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
547: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 548: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
549: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 550: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
551: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
552: at UPenn and DARPA.
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 556: [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,
557: France
1.315 deraadt 558: April 18, 2003.
559: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 560: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 561: <p>
562:
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 564: [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 565: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 566: </strong></font><br>
567: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
568: <p>
569:
570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 571: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
572: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
573: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 574: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 575: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
576: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
577: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
578: <p>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 581: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
582: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 583: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 584: </strong></font><br>
585: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
586: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
587: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 588: American century.
1.267 deraadt 589: <p>
590:
591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 592: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
593: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 594: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 595: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 596: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
597: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
598: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
599: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
600: Can also be found online at:
601: <ul>
602: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
603: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 604: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 605: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 606: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 607: <p>
608:
609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 610: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 611: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 612: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 613: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 614: </strong></font><br>
615: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 616: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
617: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
618: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
619: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
622: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
623: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
624: New York Times.
625: </strong></font>(free registration required)
626:
1.273 deraadt 627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
628: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 629: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 630: ABC News.
631: </strong></font>
632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 634: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 635: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 636: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 637: </strong></font>
638:
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 640: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 641: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 642: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 643: </strong></font>
644:
645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 646: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
647: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 648: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 649: </strong></font>
650:
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 652: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 653: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 654: Times Daily, AL.
655: </strong></font>
656:
657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
658: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
659: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
660: Boston.com, MA.
661: </strong></font>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 664: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 665: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 666: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
667: </strong></font>
668:
669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 670: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
671: [Article was pulled]</a>
672: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 673: </strong></font>
674:
675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
676: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
677: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
678: Infoshop News.
679: </strong></font>
680:
681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
682: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
683: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
684: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
685: </strong></font>
686:
687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 688: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
689: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
690: Raleigh News, NC.
691: </strong></font>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 694: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 695: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
696: Napa News, CA.
697: </strong></font>
698:
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 700: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 701: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
702: NEPA News, PA.
703: </strong></font>
704:
705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
706: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
707: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
708: Wired News.
709: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 710: <br>
711: <li>
1.333 deraadt 712: <font color="#009000"><strong>
713: [JAPANESE]
714: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
715: Wired News Japan</a>
716: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 717:
1.271 deraadt 718: </ul>
719: <p>
1.272 deraadt 720: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
721: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 722: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
723: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
724: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
725: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
726: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
727: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 728: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 729: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
730: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
731: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 732: <p>
733: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 734:
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 736: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 737: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
738: Indianapolis Star, IN.
739: </strong></font>
740:
741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 742: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
743: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
744: Miami Herald, FL.
745: </strong></font>
746:
747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 748: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 749: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
750: </strong></font>
751:
752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
753: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 754: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 755: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 756: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 757:
758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
759: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
760: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
761: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
762: ABC News.
763: </strong></font>
764:
1.276 deraadt 765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
766: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 767: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 768: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 769: </strong></font>
770:
1.286 dhartmei 771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 772: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 773: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
774: Wilmington Star, NC.
775: </strong></font>
776:
1.300 jose 777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
778: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
779: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
780: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
781: </strong></font>
782:
1.309 jose 783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
784: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
785: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
786: Globe Technology.
787: </strong></font>
788:
1.263 deraadt 789: </ul>
1.262 beck 790: <p>
791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 793: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
794: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 795: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 796: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 797: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 798: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
799: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
800: <p>
801:
802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 803: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
804: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
805: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 806: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 807: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
808: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
809: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
810: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
811: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
812: and simply restates other press reports.
813: <p>
814:
815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 816: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
817: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
818: OS News, April 18, 2003.
819: </strong></font><br>
820: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
821: <p>
822:
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 824: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
825: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 826: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 827: </strong></font><br>
828: Another report on the DARPA funding.
829: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
830: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
831: <p>
832:
833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 834: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
835: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
836: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
837: April 17, 2003.
838: </strong></font><br>
839: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
840: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
841: Tech Anthems</a>
842: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
843: 4 so far.
844: <p>
845:
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 847: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
848: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 849: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 850: </strong></font><br>
851: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
852: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
853: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
854: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
855: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
856: Goes on to say:
857: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
858: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
859: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
860: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 861: This article is also found online at:
862: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
864: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
865: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
866: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 867: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
869: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
870: ZDnet</a>,
871: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 872: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
874: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
875: ZDnet Australia</a>,
876: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 877: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 878: </ul>
1.260 ian 879: <p>
1.279 deraadt 880:
1.260 ian 881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 882: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 883: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 884: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 885: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 886: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 887: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
888: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
889: without notice or justification.
890: <p>
891:
892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 893: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 894: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 895: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 896: </strong></font><br>
897: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
898: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 899: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 900: effective today, without any warning..."
901: <p>
1.257 ian 902:
903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 904: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
905: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 906: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 907: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 908: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
909: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
910: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
911: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
912: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 913: <p>
914:
915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 916: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
917: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 918: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 919: </strong></font><br>
920: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
921: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
922: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
923: quoting two of them:
924: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
925: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
926: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
927: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
928: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
929: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
930: <p>
931:
1.255 ian 932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 933: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
934: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 935: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 936: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 937: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 938: <p>
939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 941: [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 942: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 943: </strong></font><br>
944: New security concepts in OpenBSD
945: <p>
946:
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 948: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
949: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 950: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 951: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 952: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 953: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
954: security experts for more than three decades."
955: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
956: <p>
1.261 ian 957:
1.254 drahn 958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 959: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 960: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 961: </strong></font><br>
962: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
963: <p>
964:
965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 966: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
967: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
968: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
969: </strong></font><br>
970: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
971: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
972: discussion OpenBSD's path.
973: <p>
974:
975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 976: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
977: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 978: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 979: </strong></font><br>
980: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
981: from US DARPA.
982: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
983: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
984: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
985: the BSD license.
986: <p>
987: </ul>
988:
1.251 ian 989: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
990: <ul>
991:
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 993: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
994: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
995: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
996: </strong></font><br>
997:
998: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
999: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1000: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1001: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1005: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1006: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1007: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1010: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1011: Mentions
1012: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1013: and
1014: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1015: programs.
1016: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1017: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1018: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1019: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1020: <p>
1.325 ian 1021: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1022: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1023:
1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1025: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1026: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1027: </strong></font><br>
1028: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1029: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1030: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1031: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1032: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1033: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1034: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1035: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1036: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1037: put into service."
1038: <p>
1039: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1040: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1041: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1042: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1043: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1044: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1045: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1046: computers with security features."
1047: <p>
1.329 ian 1048:
1049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1050: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1051: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1052: Slate,
1053: March 3, 2003.
1054: </strong></font><br>
1055: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1056: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1057: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1058: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1059: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1060: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1061: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1062: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1063: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1064: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1065: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1066: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1067: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1068: of more secure open-source solutions like
1069: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1070: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1071: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1072: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1073: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1074: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1075: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1076: the Beltway."
1077: <p>
1.251 ian 1078: </ul>
1079:
1.249 jufi 1080: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1081: <ul>
1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1083: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1084: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1085: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1086: </strong></font><br>
1087: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1088: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1089: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1090: <p>
1.334 ian 1091:
1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1093: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1094: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1095: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1096: </strong></font><br>
1097: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1098: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1099: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1100: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1101: "... the hypothetical question ...
1102: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1103: <br>
1104: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1105: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1106: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1107: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1108: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1109: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1111: support network security.
1112: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1113: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1114: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1115: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1116: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1117: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1118: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1119: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1120: <br>
1121: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1122: <p>
1123:
1.249 jufi 1124: </ul>
1125:
1.246 jufi 1126: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1127: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1128:
1.247 jufi 1129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1130: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1131: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1132: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1135: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1136: <p>
1137:
1.247 jufi 1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1139: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1140: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1141: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1142: </strong></font><br>
1143: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1144: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1145: <p>
1146:
1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1148: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1149: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1150: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1151: </strong></font><br>
1152: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1153: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1154: <p>
1.247 jufi 1155: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1156:
1.244 jufi 1157: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1158: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1159:
1.247 jufi 1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1161: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1162: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1163: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1164: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1165: </strong></font><br>
1166: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1167: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1168: md5 digests.
1169: <p>
1170:
1.247 jufi 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1172: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1173: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1174: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1175: </strong></font><br>
1176: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1177: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1178: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1179: right the first time."
1180: <p>
1.247 jufi 1181: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1182:
1183:
1184: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1185: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1186:
1.247 jufi 1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1188: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1189: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1190: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1191: </strong></font><br>
1192: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1193: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1194: part 6</a>.
1195: <p>
1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1198: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1199: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1200: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1201: </strong></font><br>
1202: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1203: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1204: <p>
1.301 jose 1205:
1206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1207: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1208: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1209: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1210: </strong></font><br>
1211:
1212: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1213: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1214: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1215: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1216: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1217: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1218: <i>Here's the
1219: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1220: <p>
1.247 jufi 1221: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1222:
1223: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1224: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1225:
1.247 jufi 1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1227: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1228: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1229: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1230: </strong></font><br>
1231: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1232: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1233: <p>
1234:
1.247 jufi 1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1236: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1237: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1238: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1239: </strong></font><br>
1240: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1241: this time using pf.
1242: <p>
1.247 jufi 1243: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1244:
1245: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1246: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1247:
1.247 jufi 1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1249: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1250: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1251: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1252: </strong></font><br>
1253: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1254: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1255: their rotation.
1256: <p>
1257:
1.247 jufi 1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1259: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1260: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1261: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1262: </strong></font><br>
1263: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1264: <p>
1.247 jufi 1265: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1266:
1.239 jufi 1267: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1268: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1269:
1.247 jufi 1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1271: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1272: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1273: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1274: </strong></font><br>
1275: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1276: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1277: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1278: <p>
1279:
1.247 jufi 1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1281: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1282: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1283: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1284: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1285: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1286: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1287: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1288: <p>
1.247 jufi 1289: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1290:
1.235 lebel 1291: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1292: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1293:
1.239 jufi 1294:
1.247 jufi 1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1296: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1297: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1298: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1299: </strong></font><br>
1300: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1301: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1302: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1303: <p>
1.301 jose 1304:
1.247 jufi 1305: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1306:
1.228 horacio 1307: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1308: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1309:
1.247 jufi 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1311: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1312: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1313: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1314: </strong></font><br>
1315: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1316: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1317: <p>
1318:
1.247 jufi 1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1320: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1321: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1322: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1323: </strong></font><br>
1324: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1325: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1326: <p>
1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1329: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1330: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1331: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1332: </strong></font><br>
1333: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1334: on the desktop of his parents.
1335: <p>
1336:
1.247 jufi 1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1338: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1339: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1340: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1341: </strong></font><br>
1342: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1343: using IPFilter.
1344:
1345: <p>
1346:
1.247 jufi 1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1348: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1349: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1350: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1351: </strong></font><br>
1352: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1353: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1354: perspectives of the four OS.
1355: <br>
1356: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1357: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1358: <p>
1359:
1.247 jufi 1360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1361: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1362: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1363: software and security</a>,
1364: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1365: </strong></font><br>
1366:
1367: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1368: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1369: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1370: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1371: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1372: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1373: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1374: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1375: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1376: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1377: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1378: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1379: <p>
1.247 jufi 1380: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1381:
1.225 horacio 1382: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1383: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1384:
1.247 jufi 1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1386: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1387: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1388: Interview</a>,
1389: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1390: </strong></font><br>
1391:
1392: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1393: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1394: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1395: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1396: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1397: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1398: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1399: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1400: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1401: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1402: of choice.
1403: <p>
1.247 jufi 1404: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1405:
1406: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1407: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1408:
1.247 jufi 1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1410: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1411: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1412: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1413: </strong></font><br>
1414:
1415: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1416: <p>
1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1419: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1420: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1421: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1422: </strong></font><br>
1423:
1424: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1425: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1426: <p>
1.247 jufi 1427: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1428:
1.218 horacio 1429: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1430: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1431:
1.247 jufi 1432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1433: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1434: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1435: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1436: </strong></font><br>
1437:
1438: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1439: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1440: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1441: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1442: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1443: subjects. Worth a read.
1444: <p>
1445:
1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1448: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1449: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1450: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1451: </strong></font><br>
1452:
1453: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1454: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1455: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1456: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1457: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1458: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1459: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1460: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1461: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1462: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1463: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1464: on other operating systems.<br>
1465: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1466: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1467: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1468: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1469: <p>
1470:
1.247 jufi 1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1472: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1473: Operating System 2010</a>,
1474: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1475: </strong></font><br>
1476:
1477: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1478: covering the level of software integration into the core
1479: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1480: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1481: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1482: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1483: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1484: <p>
1485:
1.247 jufi 1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1487: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1488: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1489: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1490: </strong></font><br>
1491:
1492: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1493: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1494: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1495: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1496: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1497: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1498: <p>
1.247 jufi 1499: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1500:
1.210 jufi 1501: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1502: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1503:
1.247 jufi 1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1505: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1506: Already a Contender</a>,
1507: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1508: </strong></font><br>
1509:
1510: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1511: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1512: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1513: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1514: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1515: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1516: <p>
1517:
1.247 jufi 1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1519: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1520: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1521: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1522: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1523:
1.224 horacio 1524: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1525: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1526: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1527: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1528: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1529: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1530: <p>
1.247 jufi 1531: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1532:
1533: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1534: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1535:
1.247 jufi 1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1537: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1538: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1539: Division</a>,
1540: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1541: </strong></font><br>
1542:
1543: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1544: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1545: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1546: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1547: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1548: investment</em>.<br>
1549: The implementation details can be seen on their
1550: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1551: <p>
1552:
1.247 jufi 1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1554: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1555: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1556: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1557: </strong></font><br>
1558:
1559: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1560: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1561: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1562: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1563: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1564: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1565: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1566: <p>
1567:
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1569: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1570: Thinking about Security</a>,
1571: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573:
1574: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1575: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1576: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1577: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1578: to time.<br>
1579: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1580: system and just the most secure system.
1581: <p>
1582:
1.247 jufi 1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1584: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1585: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1586: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1587: </strong></font><br>
1588:
1589: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1590: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1591: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1592: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1593: choice:<br>
1594: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1595: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1596: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1597: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1598: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1599: network security devices and as such must be well
1600: armored."</em><br>
1601: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1602: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1603: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1604: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1605: <br>
1606: Bravo!
1607: <p>
1.247 jufi 1608: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1609:
1.207 ian 1610: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1611: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1612:
1.247 jufi 1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1614: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1615: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1616: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1617:
1.207 ian 1618: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1619: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1620: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1621: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1622: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1623: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1624: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1625: <p>
1.247 jufi 1626: </ul>
1.207 ian 1627:
1.194 jufi 1628: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1629: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1632: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1633: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1634: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1635: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1636:
1.240 miod 1637: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1638: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1639: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1640: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1641: <p>
1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1644: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1645: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1646: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1647:
1648: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1649: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1650: <p>
1651:
1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1653: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1654: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1655: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1656:
1657: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1658: <p>
1659:
1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1661: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1662: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1663: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1664: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1665:
1.240 miod 1666: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1667: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1668: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1669: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1670: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1671: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1672: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1673: <br>
1674: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1675: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1676: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1677: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1678: <p>
1679:
1.247 jufi 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1681: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1682: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1683: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1684: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1685:
1.194 jufi 1686: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1687: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1688: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1689: <br>
1690: The new
1691: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1692: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1693: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1694: <p>
1.247 jufi 1695: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1696:
1.190 horacio 1697: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1698: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1699:
1.247 jufi 1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1701:
1702: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1703: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1704:
1.301 jose 1705:
1.191 jufi 1706: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1707: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1708:
1709: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1710: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1711:
1.212 horacio 1712: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1713: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1714: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1715:
1.211 horacio 1716: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1717: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1718: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1719:
1.247 jufi 1720: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1721: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1724: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1725:
1.212 horacio 1726: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1727: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1728: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1729:
1730: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1731: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1732:
1733: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1734: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1735:
1.301 jose 1736: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1737: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1738:
1.191 jufi 1739: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1740: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1741:
1742: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1743: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1744:
1.192 jufi 1745: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1746: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1747: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1748:
1.193 deraadt 1749: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1750: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1751: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1752:
1.247 jufi 1753: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1754: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1755:
1.247 jufi 1756: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1757: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1758: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1759:
1.213 horacio 1760: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1761: 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 1762: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1763:
1.190 horacio 1764: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1765: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1766: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1767: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1768: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1769: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1770: <p>
1.190 horacio 1771:
1.247 jufi 1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1773: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1774: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1775: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1776: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1777:
1.195 jufi 1778: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1779: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1780: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1781: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1782: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1783: <p>
1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1786: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1787: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1788: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1789: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1790:
1.191 jufi 1791: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1792: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1793: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1794: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1795: <p>
1796:
1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1798: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1799: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1800: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1801:
1802: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1803: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1804: <p>
1.247 jufi 1805: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1806:
1.191 jufi 1807:
1.186 jufi 1808: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1809: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1812: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1813: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1814: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1815: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1816:
1.188 jufi 1817: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1818: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1819: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1820: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1821: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1822: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1823: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1824: <p>
1825:
1.301 jose 1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1827: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1828: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1829: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1830:
1831: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1832: <p>
1.191 jufi 1833:
1.247 jufi 1834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1835: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1836: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1837: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1838: </strong></font><br>
1839:
1840: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1841: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1842: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1843: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1844: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1845: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1846: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1847: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1848: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1849: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1850: familiar?
1851: <p>
1.247 jufi 1852: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1853:
1.178 louis 1854: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1855: <ul>
1.178 louis 1856:
1.247 jufi 1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1858: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1859: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1860: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1861: </strong></font><br>
1862:
1863: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1864: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1865: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1866: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1867: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1868: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1869: <p>
1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1872: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1873: Open source under the hood</a>,
1874: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1875: </strong></font><br>
1876:
1877: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1878: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1879: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1880: <p>
1881:
1.247 jufi 1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1883: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1884: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1885: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1886: </strong></font><br>
1887:
1888: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1889: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1890: <p>
1.247 jufi 1891: </ul>
1.179 louis 1892:
1.174 louis 1893:
1.175 louis 1894: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1895: <ul>
1.175 louis 1896:
1.247 jufi 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1898: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1899: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1900: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1901: </strong></font><br>
1902:
1903: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1904: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1905: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1906: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1907: <p>
1908:
1.247 jufi 1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1910: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1911: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1912: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1913: </strong></font><br>
1914:
1915: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1916: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1917: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1918: <p>
1.247 jufi 1919: </ul>
1.175 louis 1920:
1.176 louis 1921:
1.172 mickey 1922: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1923: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1924:
1.247 jufi 1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1926: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1927: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1928: </strong></font><br>
1929:
1930: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1931: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1932: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1933: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1934: <p>
1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1937: <a
1.269 deraadt 1938: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1939: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1940: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1941: </strong></font><br>
1942:
1943: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1944: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1945: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1946: <p>
1947:
1.247 jufi 1948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1949: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1950: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1951: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1952: </strong></font><br>
1953:
1954: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1955: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1956: <p>
1957:
1.247 jufi 1958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1959: <a
1.269 deraadt 1960: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1961: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1962: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1963: </strong></font><br>
1964:
1965: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1966: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1967: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1968: our own Theo de Raadt.
1969: <p>
1970:
1.247 jufi 1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1972: <a
1.269 deraadt 1973: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1974: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1975: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1976: </strong></font><br>
1977:
1978: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1979: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1980: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1981: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1982: shut down.]
1983: <p>
1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1986: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1987: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1988: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1989: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1990: </strong></font><br>
1991:
1992: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1993: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1994: <p>
1.247 jufi 1995: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1996:
1.161 louis 1997: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1998: <ul>
1.161 louis 1999:
1.247 jufi 2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2001: <a
1.269 deraadt 2002: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2003: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2004: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2005: </strong></font><br>
2006:
2007: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2008: by John Wolley
2009: <p>
2010:
1.247 jufi 2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2012: <a
1.269 deraadt 2013: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2014: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2015: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017:
2018: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2019: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2020: OpenBSD).
2021: <p>
2022:
1.247 jufi 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2024: <a
1.247 jufi 2025: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2026: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2027: </strong></font><br>
2028:
2029: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2030: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2031: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2032: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2033: and hindsight.
2034: <p>
2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2037: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2038: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2039: </strong></font><br>
2040:
2041: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2042: <p>
2043:
1.247 jufi 2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2045: <a
1.168 provos 2046: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2047: December 7, 2000
2048: </strong></font><br>
2049:
2050: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2051: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2052: us explain.
2053: <p>
2054:
1.247 jufi 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2056: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2057: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2058: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2059: December 6, 2000
2060: </strong></font><br>
2061:
2062: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2063: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2064: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2065: <p>
2066:
1.247 jufi 2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2068: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2069: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2070: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2071: </strong></font><br>
2072:
2073: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2074: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2075: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2076: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2077: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2078: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2079: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2080: <p>
2081:
2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2083: <a
1.226 horacio 2084: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2085: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2086: </strong></font><br>
2087:
2088: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2089: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2090: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2091: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2092: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2093: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2094: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2095: <p>
1.162 millert 2096:
1.247 jufi 2097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2098: <a
1.161 louis 2099: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2100: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2101: </strong></font><br>
2102:
2103: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2104: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2105: <p>
2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2108: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2109: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2110: </strong></font><br>
2111:
2112: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2113: <p>
2114:
2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2117: <a
1.226 horacio 2118: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2119: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2120: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2121: </strong></font><br>
2122:
2123: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2124: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2125: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2126: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2127: <p>
1.247 jufi 2128: </ul>
1.169 louis 2129:
1.158 louis 2130: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2131: <ul>
1.147 louis 2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2134: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2135: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2136: </strong></font><br>
2137:
2138: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2139: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2140: <p>
2141:
1.247 jufi 2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2143: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2144: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2145: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2146: </strong></font><br>
2147: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2148: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2149: <p>
2150:
1.247 jufi 2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2152: <a
2153: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2154: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2155: </strong></font><br>
2156:
2157: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2158: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2159: <p>
2160:
1.247 jufi 2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2162: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2163: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2164: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2165:
1.213 horacio 2166: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2167: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2168: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2169: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2170: <p>
1.215 horacio 2171:
1.247 jufi 2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2173: <a
2174: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2175: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2176: </strong></font><br>
2177:
2178: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2179: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2180: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2181: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2182: much of the attitude too).
2183: <p>
1.161 louis 2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2186: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2187: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2188: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2189:
1.157 louis 2190: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2191: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2192: <p>
1.247 jufi 2193: </ul>
1.157 louis 2194:
2195: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2196: <ul>
1.157 louis 2197:
1.247 jufi 2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2199: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2200: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2201: </strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2204: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2205: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2206: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2207: <p>
2208:
1.247 jufi 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2210: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2211: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2212: </strong></font><br>
2213:
2214: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2215: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2216: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2217: it because they love coding...
2218: <p>
2219:
1.247 jufi 2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2221: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2222: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2223: </strong></font><br>
2224:
2225: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2226: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2227: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2228: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2229: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2230: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2231: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2232: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2233: <p>
2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2236: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2237: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2238: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2239: </strong></font><br>
2240:
2241: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2242: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2243: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2244: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2245: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2246: the pizza.
2247: <p>
2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2250: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2251: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2252: </strong></font><br>
2253:
2254: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2255: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2256: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2257: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2258: problems.
2259: <p>
2260:
1.247 jufi 2261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2262: <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 2263: </strong></font><br>
2264:
1.222 miod 2265: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2266: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2267: - whether they like it or not.
2268: <p>
2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2271: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2272: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2273: </strong></font><br>
2274:
2275: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2276: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2277: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2278: <p>
1.148 aaron 2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2281: <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 2282: </strong></font><br>
2283:
2284: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2285: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2286: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2287: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2288: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2289: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2290: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2291: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2292: <p>
2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2295: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2296: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2297: </strong></font><br>
2298:
2299: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2300: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2301: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2302: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2303: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2304: <p>
1.247 jufi 2305: </ul>
1.147 louis 2306:
1.138 louis 2307: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2308: <ul>
1.138 louis 2309:
1.247 jufi 2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2311: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2312: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2313: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2314: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2315: </strong></font><br>
2316:
1.227 horacio 2317: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2318: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2319: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2320: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2321: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2322: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2323: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2324: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2325: <p>
2326:
1.247 jufi 2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2328: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2329: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2330: </strong></font><br>
2331:
2332: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2333: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2334: groups, and even Linux.
2335: <p>
2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2338: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2339: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2340: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2341: </strong></font><br>
2342:
2343: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2344: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2345: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2346: library after installing the OS.
2347: <p>
2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2350: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2351: Sys Admin, September 2000
2352: </strong></font><br>
2353:
2354: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2355: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2356: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2357: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2358: (<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>,
2359: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2360: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2361: <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 2362: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2363: out of the system.
2364: <p>
2365:
1.247 jufi 2366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2367: <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
2368: </strong></font><br>
2369:
2370: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2371: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2372: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2373: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2374: the IP filtering and address translation.
2375: <p>
1.301 jose 2376:
2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2378: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2379: </strong></font><br>
2380:
2381: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2382: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2383: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2384: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2385: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2386: <p>
1.247 jufi 2387: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2388:
1.131 louis 2389: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2390: <ul>
1.131 louis 2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2393: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2394: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2395: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2396: </strong></font><br>
2397:
2398: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2399: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2400: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2401: <p>
2402:
1.247 jufi 2403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2404: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2405: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2406: </strong></font><br>
2407:
2408: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2409: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2410: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2411: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2412: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2413: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2414: note of"</i>.
2415: <p>
2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2418: <a
1.247 jufi 2419: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2420: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2421: </strong></font><br>
2422:
2423: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2424: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2425: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2426: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2427: <p>
2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2430: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2431: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2432: </strong></font><br>
2433:
2434: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2435: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2436: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2437: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2438: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2439: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2440: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2441: <p>
2442:
1.247 jufi 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2444: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2445: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2446: 2000
2447: </strong></font><br>
2448:
2449: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2450: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2451: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2452: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2453: against current industry practices.
2454: <p>
2455:
1.247 jufi 2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2457: <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
2458: </strong></font><br>
2459:
2460: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2461: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2462: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2463: <p>
2464:
1.247 jufi 2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2466: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2467: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2468: </strong></font><br>
2469:
2470: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2471: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2472: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2473: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2474: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2475: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2476: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2477: <p>
2478:
1.247 jufi 2479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2480: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2481: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2482: </strong></font><br>
2483:
2484: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2485: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2486: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2487: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2488: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2489: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2490: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2491: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2492: <p>
1.247 jufi 2493: </ul>
1.131 louis 2494:
1.118 louis 2495: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2496: <ul>
1.118 louis 2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2499: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2500: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2501: </strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2504: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2505: about time. The article mentions that
2506: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2507: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2508: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2509: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2510: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2511: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2512: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2513: <p>
2514:
1.247 jufi 2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2516: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2517: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2518: </strong></font><br>
2519:
2520: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2521: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2522: of OpenSSH.
2523: <p>
2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2526: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2527: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2528: </strong></font><br>
2529:
2530: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2531: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2532: bridging.
2533: <p>
2534:
1.247 jufi 2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2536: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2537: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2538: </strong></font><br>
2539:
1.121 deraadt 2540: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2541: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2542: <p>
2543:
1.247 jufi 2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2545: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2546: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2547: </strong></font><br>
2548:
2549: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2550: <p>
2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2553: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2554: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2555: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2556: </strong></font><br>
2557:
1.120 deraadt 2558: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2559: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2560: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2561: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2562: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2563: <p>
2564:
1.247 jufi 2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2566: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2567: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2568: </strong></font><br>
2569:
1.222 miod 2570: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2571: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2572: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2573: protocols and their quirks.
2574: <p>
2575:
1.247 jufi 2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2577: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2578: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2579: </strong></font><br>
2580:
2581: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2582: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2583: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2584: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2585: <p>
2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2588: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2589: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2590: </strong></font><br>
2591:
2592: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2593: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2594: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2595: <p>
2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2598: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2599: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2600: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2601: </strong></font><br>
2602:
2603: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2604: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2605: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2606: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2607: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2608: <p>
1.247 jufi 2609: </ul>
1.118 louis 2610:
1.104 louis 2611: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2612: <ul>
1.104 louis 2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2615: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2616: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2617: </strong></font><br>
2618:
2619: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2620: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2621: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2622: be a bit dry.
2623: <p>
2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2626: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2627: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2628: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2629: </strong></font><br>
2630: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2631: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2632: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2633: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2634: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2635: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2636: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2637: <p>
2638:
1.247 jufi 2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2640: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2641: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2642: 2000
1.128 louis 2643: </strong></font><br>
2644:
2645: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2646: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2647: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2648: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2649: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2650: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2651: <p>
2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2654: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2655: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2656: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2657:
2658: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2659: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2660: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2661: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2662: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2663: <p>
1.110 louis 2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2666: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2667: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2668: </strong></font><br>
2669:
2670: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2671: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2672: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2673: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2674: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2675: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2676: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2677: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2678: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2679: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2680: <p>
2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2683: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2684: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2685:
2686: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2687: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2688: <p>
1.108 louis 2689:
1.247 jufi 2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2691: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2692: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2693: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2694:
2695: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2696: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2697: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2698: <p>
1.106 louis 2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2701: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2702: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2703: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2704:
2705: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2706: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2707: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2708: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2709: <p>
1.107 louis 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2712: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2713: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2714: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2715:
2716: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2717: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2718: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2719: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2720: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2721: <p>
1.105 louis 2722:
1.247 jufi 2723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2724: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2725: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2726: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2727:
1.113 naddy 2728: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2729: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2730: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2731: <p>
1.104 louis 2732:
1.247 jufi 2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2734: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2735: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2736: </strong></font><br>
2737:
2738: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2739: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2740: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2741: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2742: <p>
1.301 jose 2743:
2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2745: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2746: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2747: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2748:
2749: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2750: hardware-supported cryptography.
2751: <p>
1.247 jufi 2752: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2753:
1.85 louis 2754: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2755: <ul>
1.85 louis 2756:
1.247 jufi 2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2758: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2759: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2760: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2761:
2762: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2763: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2764: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2765: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2766: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2767: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2768: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2769: <p>
1.99 louis 2770:
1.247 jufi 2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2772: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2773: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2774: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2775:
2776: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2777: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2778: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2779: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2780: <p>
1.100 louis 2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2783: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2784: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2785: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2786:
2787: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2788: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2789: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2790: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2791: <p>
1.95 louis 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2794: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2795: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2796: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2797:
2798: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2799: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2800: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2801: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2802: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2803: <p>
1.92 louis 2804:
1.247 jufi 2805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2806: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2807: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2808: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2809:
2810: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2811: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2812: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2813: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2814: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2815: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2816: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2817: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2818: <p>
1.91 louis 2819:
1.247 jufi 2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2821: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2822: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2823: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2824:
2825: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2826: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2827: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2828: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2829: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2830: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2831: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2832: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2833: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2834: <p>
1.90 louis 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2837: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2838: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2839: </strong></font><br>
2840: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2841: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2842: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2843: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2844: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2845: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2846: <p>
2847:
1.247 jufi 2848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2849: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2850: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2851: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2852:
1.113 naddy 2853: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2854: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2855: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2856: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2857: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2858: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2859: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2860: <p>
1.87 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2863: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2864: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2866:
2867: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2868: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2869: <p>
1.85 louis 2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2872: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2873: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2874: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2875:
2876: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2877: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2878: <p>
2879:
2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2881: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2882: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2883: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2884:
2885: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2886: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2887: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2888: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2889: <p>
1.89 louis 2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2892: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2893: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2894: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2895:
2896: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2897: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2898: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2899: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2900: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2901: </ul>
1.85 louis 2902:
1.78 deraadt 2903: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2904: <ul>
1.74 louis 2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2907: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2908: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2909: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2910: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2911:
2912: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2913: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2914: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2915: <p>
1.83 louis 2916:
1.247 jufi 2917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2918: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2919: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2920: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2921:
2922: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2923: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2924: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2925: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2926: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2927: <p>
1.93 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2930: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2931: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2932: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2933: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2934:
1.83 louis 2935: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2936: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2937: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2938: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2939: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2940: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2941: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2942: <p>
1.82 aaron 2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2945: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2946: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2947: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2948:
1.83 louis 2949: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2950: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2951: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2952: <p>
1.80 louis 2953:
1.247 jufi 2954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2955: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2956: Bad Press</a>,
2957: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2958: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2959:
2960: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2961: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2962: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2963: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2964: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2965: <p>
1.247 jufi 2966: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2967:
2968: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2969: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2972: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2973: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2974: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2975: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2976:
2977: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2978: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2979: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2980: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2981: <p>
1.74 louis 2982:
1.247 jufi 2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2984: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2985: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2986: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2987:
1.219 horacio 2988: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2989: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2990: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2991: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2992: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2993: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2994: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2995: <p>
1.88 louis 2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2998: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2999: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3000: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3001:
3002: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3003: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3004: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3005: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3006: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3007: <p>
1.81 louis 3008:
1.247 jufi 3009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3010: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3011: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3012: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3013:
3014: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3015: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3016: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3017: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3018: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3019: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3020: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3021: <p>
1.90 louis 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3024: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3025: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3026: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3027:
3028: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3029: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3030: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3031: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3032: <p>
1.247 jufi 3033: </ul>
1.71 louis 3034:
1.69 deraadt 3035: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3036: <ul>
1.70 louis 3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3039: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3040: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3041: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3042:
3043: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3044: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3045: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3046: <p>
1.70 louis 3047:
1.247 jufi 3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3049: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3050: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3051: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3052:
3053: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3054: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3055: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3056: <p>
1.68 louis 3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3059: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3060: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3061: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3062: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3063:
1.111 jufi 3064: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3065: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3066: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3067: "secure by default" installation.
3068: <p>
1.64 louis 3069:
1.247 jufi 3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3071: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3072: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3073: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3074:
1.113 naddy 3075: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3076: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3077: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3078: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3079: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3080: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3081: <p>
1.66 louis 3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3084: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3085: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3086: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3087:
3088: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3089: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3090: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3091: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3092: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3093: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3094: <p>
1.83 louis 3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3097: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3098: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3099: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3100:
3101: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3102: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3103: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3104: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3105: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3106: <p>
1.64 louis 3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3109: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3110: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3111: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3112:
3113: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3114: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3115: <p>
1.301 jose 3116:
3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3118: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3119: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3120: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3121: </strong></font><br>
3122:
3123: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3124: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3125: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3126: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3127: Giving way to
3128: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3129: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3130: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3131: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3132: <p>
1.247 jufi 3133: </ul>
1.65 louis 3134:
1.69 deraadt 3135: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3136: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3137:
1.247 jufi 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3139: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3140: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3141: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3142:
3143: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3144: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3145: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3146: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3147: <p>
1.88 louis 3148:
1.247 jufi 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3150: <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 3151: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3152:
3153: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3154: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3155: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3156: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3157: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3158: <p>
1.60 louis 3159:
1.247 jufi 3160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3161: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3162: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3163: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3164: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3165:
3166: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3167: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3168: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3169: <p>
1.58 louis 3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3172: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3173: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3174:
3175: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3176: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3177: <p>
1.53 louis 3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3180: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3181: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3182: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3183:
3184: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3185: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3186: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3187: <p>
1.99 louis 3188:
1.247 jufi 3189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3190: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3191: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3192:
3193: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3194: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3195: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3196: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3197: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3198:
1.247 jufi 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3200: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3201: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3202: </strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3205: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3206: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3207: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3208: <p>
3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3211: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3212: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3213: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3214:
3215: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3216: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3217: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3218:
1.247 jufi 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3220: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3221: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3222:
3223: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3224: in
1.247 jufi 3225: <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 3226: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3227: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3228: <p>
1.53 louis 3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3231: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3232: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3233: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3234: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3235:
1.58 louis 3236: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3237: <p>
1.301 jose 3238:
3239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3240: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3241: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3242: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3243: Informacyjny, January 2000
3244: </strong></font><br>
3245:
3246: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3247: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3248: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3249: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3250: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3251: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3252: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3253: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3254: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3255: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3256: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3257: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3258: <p>
3259:
3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3261: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3262: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3263: </strong></font><br>
3264:
3265: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3266: <p>
3267: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3268:
1.69 deraadt 3269: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3270: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3271:
1.247 jufi 3272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3273: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3274: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3275: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3276: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3277:
1.58 louis 3278: Kurt Seifried
3279: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3280: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3281: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3282: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3283:
1.247 jufi 3284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3285: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3286: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3287: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3288:
3289: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3290: <p>
1.96 louis 3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3293: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3294: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3295: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3296: </strong></font><br>
3297:
3298: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3299: <p>
3300:
3301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3302: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3303: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3304: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3305:
3306: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3307: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3309: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3310: <p>
1.247 jufi 3311: </ul>
1.86 louis 3312:
1.69 deraadt 3313: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3314: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3317: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3318: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3319: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3320:
3321: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3322: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3323: <p>
1.61 louis 3324:
1.247 jufi 3325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3326: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3327: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3328: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3329: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3330:
3331: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3332: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3333: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3334: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3335: right -- or at least strives to".
3336: <p>
1.48 louis 3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3339: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3340: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3341: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3342: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3343: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3344: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3345: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3346: <p>
1.61 louis 3347:
1.247 jufi 3348: <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 3349: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3350: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3351:
3352: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3353: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3354: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3355: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3356: <p>
1.46 louis 3357:
1.247 jufi 3358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3359: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3360: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3361: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3362:
3363: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3364: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3365: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3366:
1.247 jufi 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3368: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3369: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3370: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3371:
3372: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3373: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3374: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3375: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3376: <p>
1.247 jufi 3377: </ul>
1.70 louis 3378:
1.69 deraadt 3379: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3380: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3383: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3384: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3385: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3386: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3387:
3388: Kurt Seifried
3389: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3390: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3391: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3392: <p>
1.44 philen 3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <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 3395: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3396: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3397:
3398: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3399: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3400:
1.247 jufi 3401: <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 3402: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3403: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3404:
3405: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3406: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3407:
1.247 jufi 3408: <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 3409: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3410: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3411:
3412: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3413: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3414: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3415: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3416: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <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 3419: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3420: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3421:
1.36 louis 3422: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3423: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3426: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3427: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3428: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3429:
3430: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3431: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3432: </ul>
1.38 louis 3433:
1.69 deraadt 3434: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3435: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3436:
1.247 jufi 3437: <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 3438: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3439: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3440:
3441: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3442: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3443: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3444:
1.113 naddy 3445: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3446: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3447: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3448: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3449:
3450: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3451: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3452: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3453: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3454: <blockquote>
3455: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3456: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3457: <br>
3458: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3459: </code>
3460: </blockquote>
3461: <p>
3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3464: <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 3465: <p>
3466:
3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3468: <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 3469: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3470:
3471: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3472: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3473: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3474: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3477: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3478: Sept. 28, 1999
3479: </strong></font><br>
3480:
3481: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3482: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3483: translating and reprinting articles from
3484: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3485: <p>
3486:
3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3488: <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 3489: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3490:
3491: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3492: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3493: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3494: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3495: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3496: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3497: <p>
1.19 louis 3498:
1.113 naddy 3499: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3500: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3501: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3502:
3503: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3504: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3505: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3506: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3507: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3508: <p>
1.16 louis 3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3511: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3512: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3513: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3514:
1.57 louis 3515: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3516: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3517: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3518: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3519:
1.247 jufi 3520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3521: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3522: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3523: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3524:
1.113 naddy 3525: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3528: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3529: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3530: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3531:
1.23 louis 3532: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3533: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3534: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3535: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3536: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3537: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3540: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3541: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3542: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3543:
1.199 pvalchev 3544: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3545: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3546: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3547: installation.
1.113 naddy 3548: <p>
1.47 louis 3549:
1.247 jufi 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3551: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3552: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3553: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3554:
1.301 jose 3555: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3556: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3557: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3558: </ul>
1.57 louis 3559:
1.69 deraadt 3560: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3561: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3564: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3565: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3566: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3567:
3568: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3569: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3570: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3571: <p>
1.12 louis 3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3574: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3575: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3576: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3577:
3578: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3579: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3580: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3581: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3582: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3583: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3584: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3585: <p>
1.247 jufi 3586: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3587:
1.69 deraadt 3588: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3589: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3590:
1.247 jufi 3591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3592: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3593: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3594:
3595: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3596: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3597: available."
1.113 naddy 3598: <p>
1.301 jose 3599:
3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3601: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3602: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3603: </strong></font><br>
3604:
3605: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3606: <p>
1.247 jufi 3607: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3608:
1.69 deraadt 3609: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3610: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3611:
1.247 jufi 3612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3613: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3614: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3615:
3616: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3617: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3618: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3619: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3620: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3621: <p>
1.33 louis 3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3624: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3625: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3626: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3627:
1.113 naddy 3628: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3629: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3630: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3631: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3632: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3633: <p>
1.247 jufi 3634: </ul>
1.57 louis 3635:
1.69 deraadt 3636: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3637: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3638:
1.247 jufi 3639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3640: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3641: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3642: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3643:
3644: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3645: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3646: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3647:
1.247 jufi 3648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3649: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3650: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3651: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3652: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3653:
3654: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3655: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3656:
1.247 jufi 3657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3658: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3659:
1.113 naddy 3660: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3661:
1.247 jufi 3662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3663: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3664: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3665: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3666:
3667: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3668: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3669: </ul>
1.23 louis 3670:
1.69 deraadt 3671: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3672: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3673:
1.247 jufi 3674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3675: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3676: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3677:
3678: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3679: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3680: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3683: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3684: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3685: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3686:
3687: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3688: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3689: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3690: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3691: </ul>
1.57 louis 3692:
1.69 deraadt 3693: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3694: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3695:
1.247 jufi 3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3697: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3698: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3699: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3700:
3701: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3702: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3703: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3704: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3705: <p>
1.15 louis 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3708: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3709: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3710: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3711:
3712: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3713: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3714: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3715: columns."
1.113 naddy 3716: <p>
1.247 jufi 3717: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3718:
1.69 deraadt 3719: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3720: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3721:
1.247 jufi 3722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3723: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3724: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3725: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3726:
3727: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3728: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3729:
1.113 naddy 3730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3731: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3732: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3733:
3734: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3735: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3736: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3737: </ul>
1.57 louis 3738:
1.69 deraadt 3739: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3740: <ul>
1.301 jose 3741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3742: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3743: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3744: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3745:
3746: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3747: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3748: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3749: <p>
3750:
3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3752: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3753: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3754: Nov 13, 1998 and
3755: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3756: Datateknik</a>,
3757: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3758:
3759: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3760: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3761: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3762: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3763: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3764:
1.113 naddy 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3766: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3767: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3768: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3769:
1.222 miod 3770: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3771: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3772: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3773: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3774: <p>
1.247 jufi 3775: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3776:
1.69 deraadt 3777: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3778: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3779:
1.247 jufi 3780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3781: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3782: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3783:
1.69 deraadt 3784: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3785: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3786: <p>
1.247 jufi 3787: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3788:
1.69 deraadt 3789: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3790: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3791:
1.247 jufi 3792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3793: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3794: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3795: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3796:
3797: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3798: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3799: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3800:
1.247 jufi 3801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3802: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3803: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3804: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3805: <p>
1.247 jufi 3806: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3807:
1.69 deraadt 3808: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3809: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3812: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3813: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3814: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3815: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3816: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3817:
3818: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3819: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3820: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3821: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3822: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3823: <p>
1.247 jufi 3824: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3825:
3826: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3827: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3828:
1.247 jufi 3829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3830: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3831: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3832:
1.69 deraadt 3833: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3834: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3835: <p>
1.112 naddy 3836:
1.247 jufi 3837: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3838: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3839:
1.292 camield 3840: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3841: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3842: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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