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1.369 ian 19: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 22: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
23: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
24: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
25: </strong></font><br/>
26: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
27: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
28: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
29: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
30: form factor.
31: <p>
32:
33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
34: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
35: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
36: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
37: Features</a>,
38: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
39: </strong></font><br/>
40: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
41: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
42: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
43: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
44: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
45: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
46: <p>
47: This article can also be found online at:
48: <ul>
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
50: <a href="http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/news.hwz?cid=10&aid=13257">VIA Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, Worlds Smallest & Lowest Power Native x86 Processor with Industrys Most Advanced Embedded Security Features</a>,
51: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
52: </strong></font>
53: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
54: </ul>
55: <p>
56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.372 jose 57: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">Adding
1.371 jose 58: System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
59: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
60: </strong></font><br/>
61: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
62: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
63: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
64: </p>
65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 67: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 68: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 69: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 70: </strong></font><br/>
71: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
72: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
73: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
74: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
75: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
76: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
77: and its history with OpenBSD.
78: </ul>
79:
1.368 henning 80: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
81: <ul>
82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 83: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/kav-26.08.03-001/">OpenBSD-Firewall erkennt Betriebssysteme</a>, heise online, August 26, 2003.
1.368 henning 84: </strong></font><br>
85: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
86: </ul>
87:
1.364 jose 88: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
89: <ul>
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 91: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
92: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
93: UNIX Review,
94: July, 2003.
95: </strong></font><br>
96: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
97: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
98: who want more information.
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 102: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
103: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
104: Government Computer News,
105: July 22, 2003.
106: </strong></font><br>
107: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
108: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
109: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
110: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
114: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
115: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
116: SANS Institute,
117: July 22, 2003.
118: </strong></font><br>
119: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
120: Awards, organized by the <A href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
121: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
122: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
123: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
124: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
125: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
126: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
127: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
128: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
129: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 133: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
134: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
135: OnLamp.com,
136: July 17, 2003.
137: </strong></font><br>
138: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
139: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
140: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
141: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
142: have been working on.
143:
144: </ul>
145:
1.356 jose 146: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 147: <ul>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 150: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
151: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
152: UNIX Review,
153: June, 2003.
154: </strong></font><br>
155: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
156: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
157: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
158: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
159: <p>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 162: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
163: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
164: eWeek,
165: June 23, 2003.
166: </strong></font><br>
167: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
168: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
169: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
170: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
171: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
172: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
173: <p>
174:
175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 176: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
177: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
178: Software Development Online,
179: June, 2003.
180: </strong></font><br>
181: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
182: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
183: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
184: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
185: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
186: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
187: current activities.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 191: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
192: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 193: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
194: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
195: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
196: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
197: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
198: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
199: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
200: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 201: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 202: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
203: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
204: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
205: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
206: decisions.
207: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
208: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
209: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
210: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 211: <p>
212:
213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 214: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
215: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
216: Page 58, eWeek,
217: June 2, 2003.
218: </strong></font><br>
219: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
220: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
221: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
222: been addressed in -current.
223: <p>
224:
1.356 jose 225: </ul>
226:
227: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
228: <ul>
229:
1.355 jose 230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 231: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
232: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
233: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
234: </strong></font><br>
235: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
236: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
237: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
238: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
239: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
240: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
241: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 245: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
246: Beyond Linux</a>,
247: InfoWorld,
248: May 23, 2003.
249: </strong></font><br>
250: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
251: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
252: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
253: compared to the GPL.
254: <p>
255:
256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 257: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
258: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
259: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 260: May 17, 2003.
261: </strong></font><br>
262: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
263: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
264: the business section and half of another page inside
265: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
266: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
267: in talking about the project's history and goals.
268: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
269: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
270: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
271: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 272: <br>
273: This article can also be found online at:
274: <ul>
275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
276: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
277: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
278: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
279: May 17, 2003
280: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 281: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
283: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
284: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
285: Montreal Gazette,
286: May 21, 2003
287: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 288: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 289: <p>
1.346 ian 290:
291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 292: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 293: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 294: May 7, 2003.
295: </strong></font><br>
296: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
297: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
298: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
299: <p>
300:
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 302: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
303: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
304: OsOpinion,
305: May 6, 2003.
306: </strong></font><br>
307: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
308: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
309: <br>
310: This article can also be found online at:
311: <ul>
312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
313: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
314: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
315: NewsFactor Network.
316: </strong></font>
317: </ul>
318: <p>
319:
320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 321: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 322: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
323: ITBusiness,
324: May 2, 2003.
325: </strong></font><br>
326: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
327: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
328: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
329: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
330: <p>
331:
332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 333: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
334: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
335: InfoWorld,
336: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 337: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 338: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
339: <br>
340: This article can also be found online at:
341: <ul>
342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
343: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
344: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
345: IDG Singapore.
346: </strong></font>
347: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 348: <p>
349:
1.339 jose 350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
351: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
352: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 353: ZDNet,
354: May 1, 2003.
355: </strong></font><br>
356: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 357: someone using parts from previous articles.
358: <br>
1.341 deraadt 359: This article can also be found online at:
360: <ul>
361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
362: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
363: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
364: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 365: </strong></font>
366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
367: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
368: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
369: CNET News.com.
370: </strong></font>
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
372: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
373: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
374: ZDNet UK.
375: </strong></font>
376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
377: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
378: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
379: Help Net Security, Croatia.
380: </strong></font>
381: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 382: <p>
1.339 jose 383:
1.341 deraadt 384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 385: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 386: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
387: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
388: May 1, 2003.
389: </strong></font><br>
390: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
391: that have been added
392: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
393: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
394: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 395: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 396: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
397: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
398: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 399: <p>
400:
401: </ul>
402:
1.253 ian 403: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
404: <ul>
1.255 ian 405:
1.260 ian 406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 407: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 408: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
409: TechRepublic,
410: April 28, 2003.
411: </strong></font><br>
412: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
413: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 414: work.<br>
415: Can also be found online at:
416: <ul>
417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
418: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
419: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
420: ZDNet UK.
421: </strong></font>
422: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 423: <p>
424:
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 426: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
427: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
428: IDG,
429: April 24, 2003.
430: </strong></font><br>
431: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
432: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
433: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
434: Can also be found online at:
435: <ul>
436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
437: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
438: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 439: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 440: </strong></font>
441: </ul>
442: <p>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
445: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 446: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 447: Slate,
448: April 24, 2003.
449: </strong></font><br>
450: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
451: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
452: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
453: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 457: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
458: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
459: April 24, 2003.
460: </strong></font><br>
461: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
462: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
463: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
464: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
465: <p>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 468: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
469: April 24, 2003.
470: </strong></font><br>
471: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
472: the free software community".
473: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
474: other articles.
475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 478: <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 479: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
480: </strong></font><br>
481: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
482: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
483: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
484: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
485: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
486: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
487: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
488: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
489: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
490: <br/>
491: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
492: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
493: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
494: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 495: <br>
496: Can also be found online at:
497: <ul>
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
499: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
500: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
501: Common Dreams NewsCenter
502: </strong></font>
503: </ul>
1.324 ian 504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
507: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
508: Wired, April 24, 2003.
509: </strong></font><br>
510: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
511: article above.
512: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
513: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
514: wasting them."
1.332 ian 515: <br>
516: Can also be found online at:
517: <ul>
518: <li>
519: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
520: </strong></font>
521: </ul>
1.324 ian 522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 525: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
526: </strong></font><br>
527: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 531: <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.
532: </strong></font><br>
533: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
534: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
535: <p>
536:
537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 538: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
539: April 23, 2003.
540: </strong></font><br>
541: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 545: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 546: April 22, 2003.
547: </strong></font><br>
548: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 552: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
553: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
554: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 555: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 556: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
557: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
558: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
559: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
560: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
561: Can also be found online at:
562: <ul>
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
564: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 565: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
566: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 567: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
569: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 570: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
571: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 572: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 573: </ul>
574: <p>
575:
576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 577: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
578: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 579: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 580: </strong></font><br>
581: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 582: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
583: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
584: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
585: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
586: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
587: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 588: <p>
589:
590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 591: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
592: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 593: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
594: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 595: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
596: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
597: at UPenn and DARPA.
598: <p>
599:
600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 601: [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,
602: France
1.315 deraadt 603: April 18, 2003.
604: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 605: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 609: [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 610: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 611: </strong></font><br>
612: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
613: <p>
614:
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 616: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
617: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
618: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 619: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 620: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
621: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
622: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
623: <p>
624:
625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 626: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
627: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 628: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 629: </strong></font><br>
630: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
631: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
632: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 633: American century.
1.267 deraadt 634: <p>
635:
636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 637: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
638: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 639: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 640: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 641: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
642: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
643: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
644: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
645: Can also be found online at:
646: <ul>
647: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
648: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 649: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 650: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 651: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 652: <p>
653:
654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 655: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 656: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 657: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 658: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 659: </strong></font><br>
660: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 661: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
662: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
663: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
664: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 665:
666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
667: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
668: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
669: New York Times.
670: </strong></font>(free registration required)
671:
1.273 deraadt 672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
673: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 674: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 675: ABC News.
676: </strong></font>
677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 679: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 680: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 681: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 682: </strong></font>
683:
684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 685: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 686: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 687: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 688: </strong></font>
689:
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 691: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
692: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 693: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 694: </strong></font>
695:
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 697: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 698: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 699: Times Daily, AL.
700: </strong></font>
701:
702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
703: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
704: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
705: Boston.com, MA.
706: </strong></font>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 709: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 710: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 711: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
712: </strong></font>
713:
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 715: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
716: [Article was pulled]</a>
717: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 718: </strong></font>
719:
720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
721: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
722: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
723: Infoshop News.
724: </strong></font>
725:
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
727: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
728: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
729: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
730: </strong></font>
731:
732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 733: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
734: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
735: Raleigh News, NC.
736: </strong></font>
737:
738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 739: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 740: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
741: Napa News, CA.
742: </strong></font>
743:
744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 745: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 746: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
747: NEPA News, PA.
748: </strong></font>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
751: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
752: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
753: Wired News.
754: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 755: <br>
756: <li>
1.333 deraadt 757: <font color="#009000"><strong>
758: [JAPANESE]
759: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
760: Wired News Japan</a>
761: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 762:
1.271 deraadt 763: </ul>
764: <p>
1.272 deraadt 765: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
766: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 767: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
768: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
769: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
770: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
771: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
772: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 773: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 774: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
775: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
776: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 777: <p>
778: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 779:
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 781: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 782: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
783: Indianapolis Star, IN.
784: </strong></font>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 787: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
788: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
789: Miami Herald, FL.
790: </strong></font>
791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 793: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 794: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
795: </strong></font>
796:
797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
798: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 799: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 800: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 801: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 802:
803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
804: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
805: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
806: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
807: ABC News.
808: </strong></font>
809:
1.276 deraadt 810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
811: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 812: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 813: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 814: </strong></font>
815:
1.286 dhartmei 816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 817: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 818: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
819: Wilmington Star, NC.
820: </strong></font>
821:
1.300 jose 822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
823: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
824: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
825: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
826: </strong></font>
827:
1.309 jose 828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
829: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
830: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
831: Globe Technology.
832: </strong></font>
833:
1.263 deraadt 834: </ul>
1.262 beck 835: <p>
836:
837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 838: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
839: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 840: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 841: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 842: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 843: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
844: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
845: <p>
846:
847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 848: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
849: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
850: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 851: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 852: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
853: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
854: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
855: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
856: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
857: and simply restates other press reports.
858: <p>
859:
860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 861: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
862: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
863: OS News, April 18, 2003.
864: </strong></font><br>
865: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 869: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
870: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 871: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 872: </strong></font><br>
873: Another report on the DARPA funding.
874: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
875: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
876: <p>
877:
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 879: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
880: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
881: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
882: April 17, 2003.
883: </strong></font><br>
884: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
885: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
886: Tech Anthems</a>
887: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
888: 4 so far.
889: <p>
890:
891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 892: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
893: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 894: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 895: </strong></font><br>
896: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
897: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
898: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
899: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
900: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
901: Goes on to say:
902: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
903: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
904: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
905: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 906: This article is also found online at:
907: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
909: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
910: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
911: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 912: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
914: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
915: ZDnet</a>,
916: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 917: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
919: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
920: ZDnet Australia</a>,
921: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 922: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 923: </ul>
1.260 ian 924: <p>
1.279 deraadt 925:
1.260 ian 926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 927: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 928: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 929: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 930: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 931: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 932: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
933: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
934: without notice or justification.
935: <p>
936:
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 938: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 939: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 940: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 941: </strong></font><br>
942: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
943: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 944: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 945: effective today, without any warning..."
946: <p>
1.257 ian 947:
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 949: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
950: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 951: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 952: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 953: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
954: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
955: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
956: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
957: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 961: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
962: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 963: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 964: </strong></font><br>
965: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
966: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
967: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
968: quoting two of them:
969: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
970: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
971: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
972: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
973: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
974: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
975: <p>
976:
1.255 ian 977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 978: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
979: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 980: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 981: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 982: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 983: <p>
984:
985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 986: [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 987: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 988: </strong></font><br>
989: New security concepts in OpenBSD
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 993: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
994: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 995: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 996: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 997: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 998: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
999: security experts for more than three decades."
1000: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1001: <p>
1.261 ian 1002:
1.254 drahn 1003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1004: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1005: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1006: </strong></font><br>
1007: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1008: <p>
1009:
1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1011: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1012: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1013: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1014: </strong></font><br>
1015: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1016: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1017: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1018: <p>
1019:
1020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1021: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1022: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1023: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1024: </strong></font><br>
1025: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1026: from US DARPA.
1027: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1028: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1029: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1030: the BSD license.
1031: <p>
1032: </ul>
1033:
1.251 ian 1034: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1035: <ul>
1036:
1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1038: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1039: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1040: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1041: </strong></font><br>
1042:
1043: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1044: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1045: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1046: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1047: <p>
1048:
1049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1050: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1051: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1052: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1053: </strong></font><br>
1054: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1055: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1056: Mentions
1057: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1058: and
1059: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1060: programs.
1061: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1062: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1063: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1064: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1065: <p>
1.325 ian 1066: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1067: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1068:
1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1070: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1071: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1072: </strong></font><br>
1073: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1074: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1075: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1076: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1077: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1078: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1079: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1080: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1081: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1082: put into service."
1083: <p>
1084: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1085: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1086: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1087: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1088: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1089: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1090: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1091: computers with security features."
1092: <p>
1.329 ian 1093:
1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1095: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1096: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1097: Slate,
1098: March 3, 2003.
1099: </strong></font><br>
1100: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1101: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1102: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1103: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1104: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1105: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1106: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1107: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1108: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1109: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1110: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1111: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1112: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1113: of more secure open-source solutions like
1114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1115: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1116: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1117: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1118: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1119: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1120: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1121: the Beltway."
1122: <p>
1.251 ian 1123: </ul>
1124:
1.249 jufi 1125: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1126: <ul>
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1128: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1129: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1130: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1131: </strong></font><br>
1132: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1133: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1134: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1135: <p>
1.334 ian 1136:
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1138: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1139: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1140: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1143: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1144: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1145: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1146: "... the hypothetical question ...
1147: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1148: <br>
1149: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1150: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1151: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1152: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1153: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1154: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1156: support network security.
1157: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1158: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1159: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1160: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1161: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1162: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1163: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1164: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1165: <br>
1166: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1167: <p>
1168:
1.249 jufi 1169: </ul>
1170:
1.246 jufi 1171: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1172: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1173:
1.247 jufi 1174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1175: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1176: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1177: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1178: </strong></font><br>
1179: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1180: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1181: <p>
1182:
1.247 jufi 1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1184: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1185: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1186: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1189: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1190: <p>
1191:
1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1193: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1194: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1195: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1196: </strong></font><br>
1197: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1198: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1199: <p>
1.247 jufi 1200: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1201:
1.244 jufi 1202: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1203: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1204:
1.247 jufi 1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1206: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1207: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1208: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1209: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1210: </strong></font><br>
1211: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1212: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1213: md5 digests.
1214: <p>
1215:
1.247 jufi 1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1217: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1218: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1219: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1220: </strong></font><br>
1221: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1222: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1223: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1224: right the first time."
1225: <p>
1.247 jufi 1226: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1227:
1228:
1229: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1230: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1231:
1.247 jufi 1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1233: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1234: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1235: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1236: </strong></font><br>
1237: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1238: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1239: part 6</a>.
1240: <p>
1241:
1.247 jufi 1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1243: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1244: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1245: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1246: </strong></font><br>
1247: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1248: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1249: <p>
1.301 jose 1250:
1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1252: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1253: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1254: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1257: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1258: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1259: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1260: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1261: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1262: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1263: <i>Here's the
1264: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1265: <p>
1.247 jufi 1266: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1267:
1268: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1269: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1272: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1273: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1274: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1275: </strong></font><br>
1276: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1277: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1278: <p>
1279:
1.247 jufi 1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1281: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1282: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1283: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1284: </strong></font><br>
1285: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1286: this time using pf.
1287: <p>
1.247 jufi 1288: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1289:
1290: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1291: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1294: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1295: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1296: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1297: </strong></font><br>
1298: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1299: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1300: their rotation.
1301: <p>
1302:
1.247 jufi 1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1304: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1305: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1306: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1307: </strong></font><br>
1308: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1309: <p>
1.247 jufi 1310: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1311:
1.239 jufi 1312: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1313: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1314:
1.247 jufi 1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1316: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1317: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1318: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1319: </strong></font><br>
1320: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1321: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1322: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1323: <p>
1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1326: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1327: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1328: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1329: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1330: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1331: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1332: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1333: <p>
1.247 jufi 1334: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1335:
1.235 lebel 1336: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1337: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1338:
1.239 jufi 1339:
1.247 jufi 1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1341: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1342: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1343: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1344: </strong></font><br>
1345: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1346: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1347: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1348: <p>
1.301 jose 1349:
1.247 jufi 1350: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1351:
1.228 horacio 1352: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1353: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1354:
1.247 jufi 1355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1356: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1357: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1358: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1359: </strong></font><br>
1360: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1361: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1362: <p>
1363:
1.247 jufi 1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1365: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1366: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1367: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1368: </strong></font><br>
1369: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1370: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1371: <p>
1372:
1.247 jufi 1373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1374: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1375: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1376: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1377: </strong></font><br>
1378: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1379: on the desktop of his parents.
1380: <p>
1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1383: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1384: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1385: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1388: using IPFilter.
1389:
1390: <p>
1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1393: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1394: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1395: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1396: </strong></font><br>
1397: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1398: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1399: perspectives of the four OS.
1400: <br>
1401: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1402: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1403: <p>
1404:
1.247 jufi 1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1406: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1407: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1408: software and security</a>,
1409: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1410: </strong></font><br>
1411:
1412: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1413: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1414: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1415: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1416: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1417: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1418: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1419: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1420: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1421: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1422: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1423: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1424: <p>
1.247 jufi 1425: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1426:
1.225 horacio 1427: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1428: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1429:
1.247 jufi 1430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1431: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1432: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1433: Interview</a>,
1434: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1435: </strong></font><br>
1436:
1437: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1438: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1439: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1440: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1441: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1442: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1443: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1444: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1445: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1446: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1447: of choice.
1448: <p>
1.247 jufi 1449: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1450:
1451: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1452: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1455: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1456: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1457: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1458: </strong></font><br>
1459:
1460: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1461: <p>
1462:
1.247 jufi 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1464: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1465: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1466: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1467: </strong></font><br>
1468:
1469: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1470: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1471: <p>
1.247 jufi 1472: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1473:
1.218 horacio 1474: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1475: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1476:
1.247 jufi 1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1478: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1479: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1480: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1481: </strong></font><br>
1482:
1483: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1484: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1485: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1486: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1487: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1488: subjects. Worth a read.
1489: <p>
1490:
1491:
1.247 jufi 1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1493: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1494: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1495: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1496: </strong></font><br>
1497:
1498: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1499: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1500: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1501: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1502: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1503: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1504: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1505: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1506: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1507: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1508: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1509: on other operating systems.<br>
1510: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1511: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1512: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1513: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1514: <p>
1515:
1.247 jufi 1516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1517: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1518: Operating System 2010</a>,
1519: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1520: </strong></font><br>
1521:
1522: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1523: covering the level of software integration into the core
1524: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1525: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1526: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1527: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1528: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1529: <p>
1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1532: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1533: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1534: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1535: </strong></font><br>
1536:
1537: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1538: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1539: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1540: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1541: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1542: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1543: <p>
1.247 jufi 1544: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1545:
1.210 jufi 1546: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1547: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1550: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1551: Already a Contender</a>,
1552: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1553: </strong></font><br>
1554:
1555: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1556: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1557: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1558: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1559: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1560: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1561: <p>
1562:
1.247 jufi 1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1564: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1565: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1566: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1567: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1568:
1.224 horacio 1569: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1570: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1571: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1572: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1573: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1574: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1575: <p>
1.247 jufi 1576: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1577:
1578: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1579: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1582: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1583: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1584: Division</a>,
1585: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1586: </strong></font><br>
1587:
1588: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1589: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1590: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1591: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1592: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1593: investment</em>.<br>
1594: The implementation details can be seen on their
1595: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1596: <p>
1597:
1.247 jufi 1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1599: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1600: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1601: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1602: </strong></font><br>
1603:
1604: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1605: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1606: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1607: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1608: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1609: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1610: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1611: <p>
1612:
1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1614: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1615: Thinking about Security</a>,
1616: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1617: </strong></font><br>
1618:
1619: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1620: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1621: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1622: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1623: to time.<br>
1624: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1625: system and just the most secure system.
1626: <p>
1627:
1.247 jufi 1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1629: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1630: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1631: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1632: </strong></font><br>
1633:
1634: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1635: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1636: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1637: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1638: choice:<br>
1639: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1640: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1641: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1642: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1643: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1644: network security devices and as such must be well
1645: armored."</em><br>
1646: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1647: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1648: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1649: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1650: <br>
1651: Bravo!
1652: <p>
1.247 jufi 1653: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1654:
1.207 ian 1655: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1656: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1657:
1.247 jufi 1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1659: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1660: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1661: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1662:
1.207 ian 1663: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1664: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1665: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1666: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1667: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1668: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1669: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1670: <p>
1.247 jufi 1671: </ul>
1.207 ian 1672:
1.194 jufi 1673: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1674: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1675:
1.247 jufi 1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1677: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1678: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1679: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1680: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1681:
1.240 miod 1682: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1683: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1684: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1685: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1686: <p>
1687:
1.247 jufi 1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1689: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1690: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1691: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1692:
1693: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1694: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1695: <p>
1696:
1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1698: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1699: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1700: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1701:
1702: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1703: <p>
1704:
1705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1706: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1707: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1708: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1709: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1710:
1.240 miod 1711: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1712: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1713: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1714: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1715: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1716: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1717: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1718: <br>
1719: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1720: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1721: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1722: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1723: <p>
1724:
1.247 jufi 1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1726: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1727: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1728: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1729: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1730:
1.194 jufi 1731: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1732: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1733: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1734: <br>
1735: The new
1736: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1737: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1738: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1739: <p>
1.247 jufi 1740: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1741:
1.190 horacio 1742: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1743: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1744:
1.247 jufi 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1746:
1747: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1748: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1749:
1.301 jose 1750:
1.191 jufi 1751: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1752: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1753:
1754: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1755: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1756:
1.212 horacio 1757: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1758: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1759: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1760:
1.211 horacio 1761: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1762: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1763: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1764:
1.247 jufi 1765: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1766: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1767:
1.247 jufi 1768: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1769: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1770:
1.212 horacio 1771: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1772: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1773: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1774:
1775: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1776: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1777:
1778: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1779: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1780:
1.301 jose 1781: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1782: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1783:
1.191 jufi 1784: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1785: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1786:
1787: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1788: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1789:
1.192 jufi 1790: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1791: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1792: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1793:
1.193 deraadt 1794: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1795: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1796: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1799: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1800:
1.247 jufi 1801: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1802: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1803: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1804:
1.213 horacio 1805: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1806: 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 1807: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1808:
1.190 horacio 1809: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1810: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1811: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1812: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1813: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1814: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1815: <p>
1.190 horacio 1816:
1.247 jufi 1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1818: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1819: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1820: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1821: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1822:
1.195 jufi 1823: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1824: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1825: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1826: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1827: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1828: <p>
1829:
1.247 jufi 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1831: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1832: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1833: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1834: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1835:
1.191 jufi 1836: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1837: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1838: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1839: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1840: <p>
1841:
1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1843: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1844: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1845: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1846:
1847: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1848: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1849: <p>
1.247 jufi 1850: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1851:
1.191 jufi 1852:
1.186 jufi 1853: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1854: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1855:
1.247 jufi 1856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1857: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1858: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1859: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1860: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1861:
1.188 jufi 1862: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1863: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1864: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1865: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1866: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1867: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1868: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1869: <p>
1870:
1.301 jose 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1872: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1873: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1874: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1875:
1876: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1877: <p>
1.191 jufi 1878:
1.247 jufi 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1880: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1881: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1882: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1883: </strong></font><br>
1884:
1885: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1886: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1887: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1888: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1889: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1890: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1891: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1892: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1893: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1894: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1895: familiar?
1896: <p>
1.247 jufi 1897: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1898:
1.178 louis 1899: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1900: <ul>
1.178 louis 1901:
1.247 jufi 1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1903: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1904: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1905: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1906: </strong></font><br>
1907:
1908: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1909: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1910: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1911: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1912: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1913: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1914: <p>
1915:
1.247 jufi 1916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1917: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1918: Open source under the hood</a>,
1919: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1920: </strong></font><br>
1921:
1922: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1923: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1924: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1925: <p>
1926:
1.247 jufi 1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1928: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1929: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1930: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1931: </strong></font><br>
1932:
1933: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1934: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1935: <p>
1.247 jufi 1936: </ul>
1.179 louis 1937:
1.174 louis 1938:
1.175 louis 1939: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1940: <ul>
1.175 louis 1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1943: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1944: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1945: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1946: </strong></font><br>
1947:
1948: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1949: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1950: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1951: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1955: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1956: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1957: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1958: </strong></font><br>
1959:
1960: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1961: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1962: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1963: <p>
1.247 jufi 1964: </ul>
1.175 louis 1965:
1.176 louis 1966:
1.172 mickey 1967: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1968: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1969:
1.247 jufi 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1971: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1972: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1973: </strong></font><br>
1974:
1975: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1976: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1977: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1978: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1979: <p>
1980:
1.247 jufi 1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1982: <a
1.269 deraadt 1983: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1984: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1985: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1986: </strong></font><br>
1987:
1988: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1989: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1990: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1991: <p>
1992:
1.247 jufi 1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1994: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1995: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1996: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1997: </strong></font><br>
1998:
1999: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2000: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2001: <p>
2002:
1.247 jufi 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2004: <a
1.269 deraadt 2005: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2006: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2007: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2008: </strong></font><br>
2009:
2010: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2011: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2012: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2013: our own Theo de Raadt.
2014: <p>
2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2017: <a
1.269 deraadt 2018: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2019: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2020: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2021: </strong></font><br>
2022:
2023: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2024: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2025: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2026: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2027: shut down.]
2028: <p>
2029:
1.247 jufi 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2031: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2032: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2033: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2034: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2035: </strong></font><br>
2036:
2037: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2038: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2039: <p>
1.247 jufi 2040: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2041:
1.161 louis 2042: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2043: <ul>
1.161 louis 2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2046: <a
1.269 deraadt 2047: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2048: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2049: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2050: </strong></font><br>
2051:
2052: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2053: by John Wolley
2054: <p>
2055:
1.247 jufi 2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2057: <a
1.269 deraadt 2058: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2059: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2060: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2061: </strong></font><br>
2062:
2063: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2064: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2065: OpenBSD).
2066: <p>
2067:
1.247 jufi 2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2069: <a
1.247 jufi 2070: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2071: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2072: </strong></font><br>
2073:
2074: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2075: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2076: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2077: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2078: and hindsight.
2079: <p>
2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2082: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2083: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2084: </strong></font><br>
2085:
2086: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2087: <p>
2088:
1.247 jufi 2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2090: <a
1.168 provos 2091: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2092: December 7, 2000
2093: </strong></font><br>
2094:
2095: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2096: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2097: us explain.
2098: <p>
2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2101: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2102: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2103: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2104: December 6, 2000
2105: </strong></font><br>
2106:
2107: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2108: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2109: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2110: <p>
2111:
1.247 jufi 2112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2113: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2114: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2115: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2116: </strong></font><br>
2117:
2118: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2119: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2120: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2121: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2122: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2123: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2124: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2125: <p>
2126:
2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2128: <a
1.226 horacio 2129: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2130: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2131: </strong></font><br>
2132:
2133: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2134: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2135: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2136: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2137: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2138: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2139: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2140: <p>
1.162 millert 2141:
1.247 jufi 2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2143: <a
1.161 louis 2144: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2145: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2146: </strong></font><br>
2147:
2148: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2149: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2150: <p>
2151:
1.247 jufi 2152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2153: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2154: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2155: </strong></font><br>
2156:
2157: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2158: <p>
2159:
2160:
1.247 jufi 2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2162: <a
1.226 horacio 2163: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2164: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2165: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2166: </strong></font><br>
2167:
2168: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2169: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2170: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2171: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2172: <p>
1.247 jufi 2173: </ul>
1.169 louis 2174:
1.158 louis 2175: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2176: <ul>
1.147 louis 2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2179: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2180: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2184: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2185: <p>
2186:
1.247 jufi 2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2188: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2189: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2190: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2191: </strong></font><br>
2192: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2193: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2194: <p>
2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2197: <a
2198: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2199: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2200: </strong></font><br>
2201:
2202: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2203: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2204: <p>
2205:
1.247 jufi 2206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2207: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2208: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2209: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2210:
1.213 horacio 2211: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2212: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2213: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2214: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2215: <p>
1.215 horacio 2216:
1.247 jufi 2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2218: <a
2219: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2220: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2221: </strong></font><br>
2222:
2223: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2224: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2225: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2226: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2227: much of the attitude too).
2228: <p>
1.161 louis 2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2231: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2232: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2233: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2234:
1.157 louis 2235: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2236: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2237: <p>
1.247 jufi 2238: </ul>
1.157 louis 2239:
2240: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2241: <ul>
1.157 louis 2242:
1.247 jufi 2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2244: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2245: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2246: </strong></font><br>
2247:
2248: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2249: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2250: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2251: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2252: <p>
2253:
1.247 jufi 2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2255: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2256: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2257: </strong></font><br>
2258:
2259: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2260: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2261: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2262: it because they love coding...
2263: <p>
2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2266: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2267: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2268: </strong></font><br>
2269:
2270: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2271: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2272: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2273: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2274: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2275: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2276: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2277: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2278: <p>
2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2281: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2282: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2283: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2284: </strong></font><br>
2285:
2286: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2287: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2288: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2289: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2290: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2291: the pizza.
2292: <p>
2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2295: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2296: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2297: </strong></font><br>
2298:
2299: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2300: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2301: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2302: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2303: problems.
2304: <p>
2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2307: <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 2308: </strong></font><br>
2309:
1.222 miod 2310: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2311: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2312: - whether they like it or not.
2313: <p>
2314:
1.247 jufi 2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2316: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2317: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2318: </strong></font><br>
2319:
2320: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2321: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2322: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2323: <p>
1.148 aaron 2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2326: <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 2327: </strong></font><br>
2328:
2329: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2330: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2331: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2332: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2333: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2334: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2335: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2336: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2337: <p>
2338:
1.247 jufi 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2340: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2341: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343:
2344: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2345: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2346: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2347: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2348: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2349: <p>
1.247 jufi 2350: </ul>
1.147 louis 2351:
1.138 louis 2352: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2353: <ul>
1.138 louis 2354:
1.247 jufi 2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2356: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2357: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2358: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2359: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2360: </strong></font><br>
2361:
1.227 horacio 2362: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2363: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2364: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2365: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2366: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2367: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2368: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2369: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2370: <p>
2371:
1.247 jufi 2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2373: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2374: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2375: </strong></font><br>
2376:
2377: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2378: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2379: groups, and even Linux.
2380: <p>
2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2383: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2384: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2385: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2386: </strong></font><br>
2387:
2388: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2389: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2390: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2391: library after installing the OS.
2392: <p>
2393:
1.247 jufi 2394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2395: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2396: Sys Admin, September 2000
2397: </strong></font><br>
2398:
2399: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2400: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2401: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2402: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2403: (<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>,
2404: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2405: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2406: <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 2407: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2408: out of the system.
2409: <p>
2410:
1.247 jufi 2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2412: <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
2413: </strong></font><br>
2414:
2415: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2416: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2417: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2418: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2419: the IP filtering and address translation.
2420: <p>
1.301 jose 2421:
2422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2423: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2424: </strong></font><br>
2425:
2426: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2427: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2428: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2429: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2430: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2431: <p>
1.247 jufi 2432: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2433:
1.131 louis 2434: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2435: <ul>
1.131 louis 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2438: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2439: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2440: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2441: </strong></font><br>
2442:
2443: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2444: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2445: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2446: <p>
2447:
1.247 jufi 2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2449: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2450: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2451: </strong></font><br>
2452:
2453: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2454: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2455: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2456: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2457: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2458: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2459: note of"</i>.
2460: <p>
2461:
1.247 jufi 2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2463: <a
1.247 jufi 2464: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2465: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2466: </strong></font><br>
2467:
2468: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2469: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2470: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2471: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2472: <p>
2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2475: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2476: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2477: </strong></font><br>
2478:
2479: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2480: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2481: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2482: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2483: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2484: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2485: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2486: <p>
2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2489: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2490: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2491: 2000
2492: </strong></font><br>
2493:
2494: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2495: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2496: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2497: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2498: against current industry practices.
2499: <p>
2500:
1.247 jufi 2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2502: <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
2503: </strong></font><br>
2504:
2505: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2506: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2507: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2508: <p>
2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2511: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2512: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2513: </strong></font><br>
2514:
2515: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2516: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2517: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2518: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2519: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2520: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2521: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2522: <p>
2523:
1.247 jufi 2524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2525: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2526: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2527: </strong></font><br>
2528:
2529: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2530: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2531: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2532: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2533: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2534: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2535: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2536: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2537: <p>
1.247 jufi 2538: </ul>
1.131 louis 2539:
1.118 louis 2540: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2541: <ul>
1.118 louis 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2544: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2545: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2546: </strong></font><br>
2547:
2548: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2549: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2550: about time. The article mentions that
2551: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2552: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2553: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2554: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2555: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2556: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2557: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2558: <p>
2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2561: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2562: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2563: </strong></font><br>
2564:
2565: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2566: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2567: of OpenSSH.
2568: <p>
2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2571: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2572: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2573: </strong></font><br>
2574:
2575: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2576: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2577: bridging.
2578: <p>
2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2581: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2582: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2583: </strong></font><br>
2584:
1.121 deraadt 2585: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2586: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2587: <p>
2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2590: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2591: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2592: </strong></font><br>
2593:
2594: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2595: <p>
2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2598: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2599: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2600: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2601: </strong></font><br>
2602:
1.120 deraadt 2603: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2604: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2605: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2606: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2607: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2608: <p>
2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2611: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2612: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2613: </strong></font><br>
2614:
1.222 miod 2615: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2616: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2617: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2618: protocols and their quirks.
2619: <p>
2620:
1.247 jufi 2621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2622: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2623: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2624: </strong></font><br>
2625:
2626: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2627: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2628: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2629: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2630: <p>
2631:
1.247 jufi 2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2633: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2634: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2635: </strong></font><br>
2636:
2637: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2638: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2639: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2640: <p>
2641:
1.247 jufi 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2643: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2644: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2645: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2646: </strong></font><br>
2647:
2648: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2649: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2650: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2651: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2652: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2653: <p>
1.247 jufi 2654: </ul>
1.118 louis 2655:
1.104 louis 2656: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2657: <ul>
1.104 louis 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2660: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2661: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2662: </strong></font><br>
2663:
2664: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2665: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2666: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2667: be a bit dry.
2668: <p>
2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2671: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2672: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2673: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2674: </strong></font><br>
2675: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2676: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2677: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2678: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2679: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2680: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2681: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2682: <p>
2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2685: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2686: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2687: 2000
1.128 louis 2688: </strong></font><br>
2689:
2690: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2691: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2692: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2693: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2694: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2695: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2696: <p>
2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2699: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2700: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2701: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2702:
2703: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2704: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2705: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2706: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2707: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2708: <p>
1.110 louis 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2711: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2712: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2713: </strong></font><br>
2714:
2715: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2716: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2717: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2718: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2719: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2720: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2721: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2722: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2723: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2724: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2725: <p>
2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2728: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2729: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2730:
2731: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2732: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2733: <p>
1.108 louis 2734:
1.247 jufi 2735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2736: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2737: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2738: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2739:
2740: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2741: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2742: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2743: <p>
1.106 louis 2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2746: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2747: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2748: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2749:
2750: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2751: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2752: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2753: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2754: <p>
1.107 louis 2755:
1.247 jufi 2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2757: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2758: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2759: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2760:
2761: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2762: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2763: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2764: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2765: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2766: <p>
1.105 louis 2767:
1.247 jufi 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2769: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2770: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2771: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2772:
1.113 naddy 2773: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2774: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2775: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2776: <p>
1.104 louis 2777:
1.247 jufi 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2779: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2780: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2781: </strong></font><br>
2782:
2783: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2784: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2785: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2786: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2787: <p>
1.301 jose 2788:
2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2790: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2791: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2792: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2793:
2794: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2795: hardware-supported cryptography.
2796: <p>
1.247 jufi 2797: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2798:
1.85 louis 2799: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2800: <ul>
1.85 louis 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2803: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2804: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2806:
2807: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2808: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2809: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2810: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2811: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2812: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2813: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2814: <p>
1.99 louis 2815:
1.247 jufi 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2817: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2818: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2819: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2820:
2821: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2822: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2823: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2824: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2825: <p>
1.100 louis 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2828: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2829: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2830: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2831:
2832: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2833: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2834: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2835: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2836: <p>
1.95 louis 2837:
1.247 jufi 2838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2839: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2840: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2841: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2842:
2843: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2844: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2845: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2846: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2847: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2848: <p>
1.92 louis 2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2851: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2852: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2853: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2854:
2855: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2856: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2857: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2858: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2859: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2860: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2861: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2862: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2863: <p>
1.91 louis 2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2866: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2867: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2868: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2869:
2870: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2871: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2872: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2873: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2874: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2875: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2876: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2877: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2878: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2879: <p>
1.90 louis 2880:
1.247 jufi 2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2882: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2883: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2884: </strong></font><br>
2885: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2886: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2887: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2888: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2889: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2890: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2891: <p>
2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2894: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2895: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2896: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2897:
1.113 naddy 2898: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2899: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2900: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2901: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2902: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2903: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2904: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2905: <p>
1.87 louis 2906:
1.247 jufi 2907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2908: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2909: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2910: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2911:
2912: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2913: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2914: <p>
1.85 louis 2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2917: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2918: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2919: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2920:
2921: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2922: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2923: <p>
2924:
2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2926: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2927: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2928: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2929:
2930: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2931: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2932: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2933: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2934: <p>
1.89 louis 2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2937: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2938: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2939: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2940:
2941: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2942: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2943: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2944: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2945: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2946: </ul>
1.85 louis 2947:
1.78 deraadt 2948: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2949: <ul>
1.74 louis 2950:
1.247 jufi 2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2952: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2953: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2954: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2955: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2956:
2957: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2958: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2959: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2960: <p>
1.83 louis 2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2963: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2964: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2965: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2966:
2967: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2968: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2969: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2970: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2971: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2972: <p>
1.93 louis 2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2975: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2976: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2977: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2978: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2979:
1.83 louis 2980: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2981: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2982: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2983: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2984: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2985: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2986: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2987: <p>
1.82 aaron 2988:
1.247 jufi 2989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2990: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2991: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2992: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2993:
1.83 louis 2994: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2995: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2996: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2997: <p>
1.80 louis 2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3000: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3001: Bad Press</a>,
3002: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3003: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3004:
3005: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3006: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3007: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3008: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3009: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3010: <p>
1.247 jufi 3011: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3012:
3013: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3014: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3015:
1.247 jufi 3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3017: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3018: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3019: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3020: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3021:
3022: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3023: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3024: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3025: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3026: <p>
1.74 louis 3027:
1.247 jufi 3028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3029: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3030: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3031: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3032:
1.219 horacio 3033: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3034: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3035: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3036: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3037: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3038: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3039: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3040: <p>
1.88 louis 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3043: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3044: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3045: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3046:
3047: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3048: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3049: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3050: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3051: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3052: <p>
1.81 louis 3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3055: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3056: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3057: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3058:
3059: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3060: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3061: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3062: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3063: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3064: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3065: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3066: <p>
1.90 louis 3067:
1.247 jufi 3068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3069: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3070: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3071: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3072:
3073: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3074: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3075: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3076: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3077: <p>
1.247 jufi 3078: </ul>
1.71 louis 3079:
1.69 deraadt 3080: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3081: <ul>
1.70 louis 3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3084: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3085: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3086: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3087:
3088: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3089: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3090: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3091: <p>
1.70 louis 3092:
1.247 jufi 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3094: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3095: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3096: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3097:
3098: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3099: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3100: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3101: <p>
1.68 louis 3102:
1.247 jufi 3103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3104: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3105: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3106: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3107: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3108:
1.111 jufi 3109: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3110: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3111: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3112: "secure by default" installation.
3113: <p>
1.64 louis 3114:
1.247 jufi 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3116: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3117: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3118: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3119:
1.113 naddy 3120: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3121: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3122: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3123: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3124: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3125: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3126: <p>
1.66 louis 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3129: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3130: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3131: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3132:
3133: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3134: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3135: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3136: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3137: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3138: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3139: <p>
1.83 louis 3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3142: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3143: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3144: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3145:
3146: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3147: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3148: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3149: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3150: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3151: <p>
1.64 louis 3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3154: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3155: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3156: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3157:
3158: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3159: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3160: <p>
1.301 jose 3161:
3162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3163: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3164: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3165: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3166: </strong></font><br>
3167:
3168: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3169: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3170: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3171: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3172: Giving way to
3173: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3174: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3175: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3176: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3177: <p>
1.247 jufi 3178: </ul>
1.65 louis 3179:
1.69 deraadt 3180: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3181: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3184: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3185: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3186: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3187:
3188: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3189: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3190: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3191: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3192: <p>
1.88 louis 3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3195: <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 3196: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3197:
3198: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3199: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3200: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3201: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3202: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3203: <p>
1.60 louis 3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3206: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3207: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3208: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3210:
3211: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3212: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3213: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3214: <p>
1.58 louis 3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3217: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3218: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3219:
3220: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3221: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3222: <p>
1.53 louis 3223:
1.247 jufi 3224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3225: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3226: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3227: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3228:
3229: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3230: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3231: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3232: <p>
1.99 louis 3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3235: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3236: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3237:
3238: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3239: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3240: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3241: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3242: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3245: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3246: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3247: </strong></font><br>
3248:
3249: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3250: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3251: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3252: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3253: <p>
3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3256: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3257: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3258: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3259:
3260: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3261: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3262: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3263:
1.247 jufi 3264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3265: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3266: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3267:
3268: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3269: in
1.247 jufi 3270: <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 3271: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3272: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3273: <p>
1.53 louis 3274:
1.247 jufi 3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3276: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3277: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3278: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3279: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3280:
1.58 louis 3281: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3282: <p>
1.301 jose 3283:
3284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3285: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3286: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3287: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3288: Informacyjny, January 2000
3289: </strong></font><br>
3290:
3291: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3292: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3293: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3294: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3295: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3296: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3297: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3298: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3299: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3300: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3302: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3303: <p>
3304:
3305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3306: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3307: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3308: </strong></font><br>
3309:
3310: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3311: <p>
3312: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3313:
1.69 deraadt 3314: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3315: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3316:
1.247 jufi 3317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3318: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3319: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3320: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3321: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3322:
1.58 louis 3323: Kurt Seifried
3324: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3325: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3326: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3327: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3328:
1.247 jufi 3329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3330: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3331: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3332: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3333:
3334: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3335: <p>
1.96 louis 3336:
1.247 jufi 3337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3338: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3339: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3340: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3341: </strong></font><br>
3342:
3343: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3344: <p>
3345:
3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3347: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3348: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3349: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3350:
3351: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3352: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3353: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3354: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3355: <p>
1.247 jufi 3356: </ul>
1.86 louis 3357:
1.69 deraadt 3358: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3359: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3362: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3363: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3364: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3365:
3366: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3367: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3368: <p>
1.61 louis 3369:
1.247 jufi 3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3371: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3372: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3373: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3374: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3375:
3376: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3377: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3378: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3379: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3380: right -- or at least strives to".
3381: <p>
1.48 louis 3382:
1.247 jufi 3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3384: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3385: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3386: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3387: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3388: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3389: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3390: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3391: <p>
1.61 louis 3392:
1.247 jufi 3393: <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 3394: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3395: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3396:
3397: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3398: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3399: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3400: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3401: <p>
1.46 louis 3402:
1.247 jufi 3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3404: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3405: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3406: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3407:
3408: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3409: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3410: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3413: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3414: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3415: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3416:
3417: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3418: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3419: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3420: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3421: <p>
1.247 jufi 3422: </ul>
1.70 louis 3423:
1.69 deraadt 3424: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3425: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3426:
1.247 jufi 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3428: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3429: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3430: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3431: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3432:
3433: Kurt Seifried
3434: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3435: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3436: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3437: <p>
1.44 philen 3438:
1.247 jufi 3439: <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 3440: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3441: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3442:
3443: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3444: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3445:
1.247 jufi 3446: <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 3447: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3448: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3449:
3450: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3451: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3452:
1.247 jufi 3453: <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 3454: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3455: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3456:
3457: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3458: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3459: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3460: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3461: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <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 3464: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3465: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3466:
1.36 louis 3467: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3468: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3469:
1.247 jufi 3470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3471: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3472: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3473: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3474:
3475: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3476: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3477: </ul>
1.38 louis 3478:
1.69 deraadt 3479: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3480: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3481:
1.247 jufi 3482: <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 3483: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3484: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3485:
3486: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3487: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3488: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3489:
1.113 naddy 3490: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3491: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3492: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3493: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3494:
3495: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3496: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3497: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3498: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3499: <blockquote>
3500: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3501: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3502: <br>
3503: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3504: </code>
3505: </blockquote>
3506: <p>
3507:
1.247 jufi 3508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3509: <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 3510: <p>
3511:
3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3513: <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 3514: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3515:
3516: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3517: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3518: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3519: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3522: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3523: Sept. 28, 1999
3524: </strong></font><br>
3525:
3526: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3527: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3528: translating and reprinting articles from
3529: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3530: <p>
3531:
3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3533: <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 3534: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3535:
3536: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3537: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3538: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3539: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3540: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3541: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3542: <p>
1.19 louis 3543:
1.113 naddy 3544: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3545: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3546: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3547:
3548: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3549: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3550: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3551: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3552: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3553: <p>
1.16 louis 3554:
1.247 jufi 3555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3556: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3557: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3558: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3559:
1.57 louis 3560: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3561: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3562: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3563: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3564:
1.247 jufi 3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3566: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3567: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3568: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3569:
1.113 naddy 3570: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3573: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3574: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3575: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3576:
1.23 louis 3577: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3578: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3579: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3580: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3581: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3582: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3583:
1.247 jufi 3584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3585: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3586: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3587: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3588:
1.199 pvalchev 3589: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3590: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3591: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3592: installation.
1.113 naddy 3593: <p>
1.47 louis 3594:
1.247 jufi 3595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3596: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3597: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3598: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3599:
1.301 jose 3600: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3601: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3602: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3603: </ul>
1.57 louis 3604:
1.69 deraadt 3605: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3606: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3607:
1.247 jufi 3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3609: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3610: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3611: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3612:
3613: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3614: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3615: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3616: <p>
1.12 louis 3617:
1.247 jufi 3618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3619: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3620: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3621: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3622:
3623: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3624: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3625: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3626: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3627: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3628: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3629: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3630: <p>
1.247 jufi 3631: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3632:
1.69 deraadt 3633: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3634: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3635:
1.247 jufi 3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3637: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3638: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3639:
3640: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3641: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3642: available."
1.113 naddy 3643: <p>
1.301 jose 3644:
3645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3646: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3647: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3648: </strong></font><br>
3649:
3650: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3651: <p>
1.247 jufi 3652: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3653:
1.69 deraadt 3654: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3655: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3656:
1.247 jufi 3657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3658: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3659: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3660:
3661: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3662: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3663: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3664: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3665: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3666: <p>
1.33 louis 3667:
1.247 jufi 3668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3669: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3670: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3671: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3672:
1.113 naddy 3673: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3674: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3675: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3676: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3677: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3678: <p>
1.247 jufi 3679: </ul>
1.57 louis 3680:
1.69 deraadt 3681: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3682: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3683:
1.247 jufi 3684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3685: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3686: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3687: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3688:
3689: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3690: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3691: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3692:
1.247 jufi 3693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3694: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3695: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3696: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3697: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3698:
3699: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3700: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3703: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3704:
1.113 naddy 3705: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3708: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3709: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3710: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3711:
3712: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3713: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3714: </ul>
1.23 louis 3715:
1.69 deraadt 3716: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3717: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3718:
1.247 jufi 3719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3720: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3721: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3722:
3723: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3724: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3725: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3726:
1.247 jufi 3727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3728: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3729: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3730: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3731:
3732: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3733: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3734: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3735: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3736: </ul>
1.57 louis 3737:
1.69 deraadt 3738: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3739: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3740:
1.247 jufi 3741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3742: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3743: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3744: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3745:
3746: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3747: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3748: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3749: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3750: <p>
1.15 louis 3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3753: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3754: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3755: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3756:
3757: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3758: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3759: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3760: columns."
1.113 naddy 3761: <p>
1.247 jufi 3762: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3763:
1.69 deraadt 3764: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3765: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3766:
1.247 jufi 3767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3768: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3769: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3770: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3771:
3772: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3773: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3774:
1.113 naddy 3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3776: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3777: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3778:
3779: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3780: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3781: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3782: </ul>
1.57 louis 3783:
1.69 deraadt 3784: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3785: <ul>
1.301 jose 3786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3787: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3788: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3789: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3790:
3791: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3792: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3793: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3794: <p>
3795:
3796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3797: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3798: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3799: Nov 13, 1998 and
3800: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3801: Datateknik</a>,
3802: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3803:
3804: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3805: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3806: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3807: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3808: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3809:
1.113 naddy 3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3811: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3812: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3813: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3814:
1.222 miod 3815: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3816: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3817: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3818: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3819: <p>
1.247 jufi 3820: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3821:
1.69 deraadt 3822: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3823: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3826: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3827: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3828:
1.69 deraadt 3829: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3830: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3831: <p>
1.247 jufi 3832: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3833:
1.69 deraadt 3834: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3835: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3836:
1.247 jufi 3837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3838: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3839: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3840: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3841:
3842: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3843: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3844: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3847: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3848: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3849: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3850: <p>
1.247 jufi 3851: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3852:
1.69 deraadt 3853: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3854: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3857: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3858: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3859: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3860: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3861: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3862:
3863: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3864: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3865: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3866: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3867: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3868: <p>
1.247 jufi 3869: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3870:
3871: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3872: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3875: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3876: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3877:
1.69 deraadt 3878: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3879: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3880: <p>
1.112 naddy 3881:
1.247 jufi 3882: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3883: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3884:
1.292 camield 3885: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3886: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3887: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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