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1.374 ! jose 19: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
! 23: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
! 24: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
! 25: </strong></font><br/>
! 26: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
! 27: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
! 28: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
! 29: <p>
! 30: </ul>
! 31:
1.369 ian 32: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
33: <ul>
34: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 35: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
36: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
37: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
38: </strong></font><br/>
39: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
40: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
41: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
42: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
43: form factor.
44: <p>
45:
46: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
47: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
48: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
49: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
50: Features</a>,
51: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
52: </strong></font><br/>
53: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
54: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
55: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
56: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
57: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
58: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
59: <p>
60: This article can also be found online at:
61: <ul>
62: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
63: <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>,
64: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
65: </strong></font>
66: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
67: </ul>
68: <p>
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.372 jose 70: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">Adding
1.371 jose 71: System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
72: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
73: </strong></font><br/>
74: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
75: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
76: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
77: </p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 80: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 81: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 82: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 83: </strong></font><br/>
84: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
85: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
86: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
87: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
88: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
89: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
90: and its history with OpenBSD.
91: </ul>
92:
1.368 henning 93: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
94: <ul>
95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 96: [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 97: </strong></font><br>
98: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
99: </ul>
100:
1.364 jose 101: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
102: <ul>
103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 104: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
105: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
106: UNIX Review,
107: July, 2003.
108: </strong></font><br>
109: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
110: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
111: who want more information.
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 115: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
116: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
117: Government Computer News,
118: July 22, 2003.
119: </strong></font><br>
120: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
121: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
122: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
123: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
124: <p>
125:
126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
127: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
128: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
129: SANS Institute,
130: July 22, 2003.
131: </strong></font><br>
132: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
133: Awards, organized by the <A href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
134: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
135: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
136: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
137: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
138: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
139: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
140: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
141: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
142: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 146: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
147: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
148: OnLamp.com,
149: July 17, 2003.
150: </strong></font><br>
151: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
152: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
153: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
154: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
155: have been working on.
156:
157: </ul>
158:
1.356 jose 159: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 160: <ul>
161:
162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 163: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
164: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
165: UNIX Review,
166: June, 2003.
167: </strong></font><br>
168: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
169: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
170: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
171: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 175: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
176: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
177: eWeek,
178: June 23, 2003.
179: </strong></font><br>
180: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
181: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
182: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
183: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
184: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
185: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 189: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
190: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
191: Software Development Online,
192: June, 2003.
193: </strong></font><br>
194: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
195: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
196: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
197: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
198: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
199: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
200: current activities.
201: <p>
202:
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 204: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
205: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 206: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
207: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
208: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
209: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
210: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
211: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
212: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
213: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 214: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 215: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
216: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
217: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
218: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
219: decisions.
220: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
221: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
222: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
223: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 227: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
228: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
229: Page 58, eWeek,
230: June 2, 2003.
231: </strong></font><br>
232: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
233: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
234: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
235: been addressed in -current.
236: <p>
237:
1.356 jose 238: </ul>
239:
240: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
241: <ul>
242:
1.355 jose 243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 244: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
245: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
246: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
247: </strong></font><br>
248: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
249: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
250: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
251: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
252: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
253: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
254: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
255: <p>
256:
257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 258: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
259: Beyond Linux</a>,
260: InfoWorld,
261: May 23, 2003.
262: </strong></font><br>
263: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
264: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
265: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
266: compared to the GPL.
267: <p>
268:
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 270: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
271: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
272: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 273: May 17, 2003.
274: </strong></font><br>
275: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
276: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
277: the business section and half of another page inside
278: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
279: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
280: in talking about the project's history and goals.
281: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
282: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
283: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
284: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 285: <br>
286: This article can also be found online at:
287: <ul>
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
289: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
290: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
291: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
292: May 17, 2003
293: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 294: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
296: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
297: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
298: Montreal Gazette,
299: May 21, 2003
300: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 301: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 302: <p>
1.346 ian 303:
304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 305: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 306: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 307: May 7, 2003.
308: </strong></font><br>
309: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
310: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
311: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 315: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
316: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
317: OsOpinion,
318: May 6, 2003.
319: </strong></font><br>
320: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
321: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
322: <br>
323: This article can also be found online at:
324: <ul>
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
326: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
327: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
328: NewsFactor Network.
329: </strong></font>
330: </ul>
331: <p>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 334: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 335: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
336: ITBusiness,
337: May 2, 2003.
338: </strong></font><br>
339: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
340: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
341: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
342: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
343: <p>
344:
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 346: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
347: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
348: InfoWorld,
349: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 350: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 351: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
352: <br>
353: This article can also be found online at:
354: <ul>
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
356: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
357: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
358: IDG Singapore.
359: </strong></font>
360: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 361: <p>
362:
1.339 jose 363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
364: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
365: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 366: ZDNet,
367: May 1, 2003.
368: </strong></font><br>
369: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 370: someone using parts from previous articles.
371: <br>
1.341 deraadt 372: This article can also be found online at:
373: <ul>
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
375: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
376: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
377: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 378: </strong></font>
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
380: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
381: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
382: CNET News.com.
383: </strong></font>
384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
385: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
386: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
387: ZDNet UK.
388: </strong></font>
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
390: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
391: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
392: Help Net Security, Croatia.
393: </strong></font>
394: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 395: <p>
1.339 jose 396:
1.341 deraadt 397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 398: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 399: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
400: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
401: May 1, 2003.
402: </strong></font><br>
403: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
404: that have been added
405: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
406: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
407: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 408: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 409: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
410: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
411: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 412: <p>
413:
414: </ul>
415:
1.253 ian 416: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
417: <ul>
1.255 ian 418:
1.260 ian 419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 420: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 421: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
422: TechRepublic,
423: April 28, 2003.
424: </strong></font><br>
425: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
426: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 427: work.<br>
428: Can also be found online at:
429: <ul>
430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
431: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
432: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
433: ZDNet UK.
434: </strong></font>
435: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 439: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
440: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
441: IDG,
442: April 24, 2003.
443: </strong></font><br>
444: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
445: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
446: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
447: Can also be found online at:
448: <ul>
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
450: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
451: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 452: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 453: </strong></font>
454: </ul>
455: <p>
456:
457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
458: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 459: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 460: Slate,
461: April 24, 2003.
462: </strong></font><br>
463: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
464: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
465: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
466: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 470: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
471: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
472: April 24, 2003.
473: </strong></font><br>
474: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
475: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
476: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
477: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
478: <p>
479:
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 481: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
482: April 24, 2003.
483: </strong></font><br>
484: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
485: the free software community".
486: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
487: other articles.
488: <p>
489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 491: <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 492: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
493: </strong></font><br>
494: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
495: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
496: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
497: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
498: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
499: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
500: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
501: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
502: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
503: <br/>
504: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
505: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
506: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
507: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 508: <br>
509: Can also be found online at:
510: <ul>
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
512: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
513: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
514: Common Dreams NewsCenter
515: </strong></font>
516: </ul>
1.324 ian 517: <p>
518:
519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
520: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
521: Wired, April 24, 2003.
522: </strong></font><br>
523: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
524: article above.
525: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
526: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
527: wasting them."
1.332 ian 528: <br>
529: Can also be found online at:
530: <ul>
531: <li>
532: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
533: </strong></font>
534: </ul>
1.324 ian 535: <p>
536:
537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 538: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
539: </strong></font><br>
540: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
541: <p>
542:
543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 544: <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.
545: </strong></font><br>
546: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
547: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 551: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
552: April 23, 2003.
553: </strong></font><br>
554: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
555: <p>
556:
557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 558: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 559: April 22, 2003.
560: </strong></font><br>
561: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
562: <p>
563:
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 565: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
566: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
567: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 568: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 569: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
570: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
571: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
572: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
573: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
574: Can also be found online at:
575: <ul>
576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
577: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 578: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
579: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 580: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
582: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 583: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
584: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 585: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 586: </ul>
587: <p>
588:
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 590: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
591: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 592: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 593: </strong></font><br>
594: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 595: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
596: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
597: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
598: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
599: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
600: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 601: <p>
602:
603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 604: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
605: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 606: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
607: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 608: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
609: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
610: at UPenn and DARPA.
611: <p>
612:
613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 614: [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,
615: France
1.315 deraadt 616: April 18, 2003.
617: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 618: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 619: <p>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 622: [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 623: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 624: </strong></font><br>
625: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
626: <p>
627:
628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 629: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
630: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
631: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 632: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 633: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
634: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
635: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
636: <p>
637:
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 639: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
640: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 641: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 642: </strong></font><br>
643: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
644: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
645: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 646: American century.
1.267 deraadt 647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 650: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
651: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 652: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 653: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 654: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
655: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
656: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
657: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
658: Can also be found online at:
659: <ul>
660: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
661: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 662: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 663: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 664: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 665: <p>
666:
667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 668: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 669: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 670: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 671: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 672: </strong></font><br>
673: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 674: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
675: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
676: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
677: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 678:
679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
680: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
681: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
682: New York Times.
683: </strong></font>(free registration required)
684:
1.273 deraadt 685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
686: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 687: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 688: ABC News.
689: </strong></font>
690:
691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 692: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 693: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 694: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 695: </strong></font>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 698: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 699: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 700: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 701: </strong></font>
702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 704: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
705: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 706: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 707: </strong></font>
708:
709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 710: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 711: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 712: Times Daily, AL.
713: </strong></font>
714:
715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
716: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
717: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
718: Boston.com, MA.
719: </strong></font>
720:
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 722: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 723: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 724: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
725: </strong></font>
726:
727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 728: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
729: [Article was pulled]</a>
730: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 731: </strong></font>
732:
733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
734: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
735: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
736: Infoshop News.
737: </strong></font>
738:
739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
740: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
741: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
742: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
743: </strong></font>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 746: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
747: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
748: Raleigh News, NC.
749: </strong></font>
750:
751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 752: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 753: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
754: Napa News, CA.
755: </strong></font>
756:
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 758: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 759: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
760: NEPA News, PA.
761: </strong></font>
762:
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
764: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
765: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
766: Wired News.
767: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 768: <br>
769: <li>
1.333 deraadt 770: <font color="#009000"><strong>
771: [JAPANESE]
772: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
773: Wired News Japan</a>
774: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 775:
1.271 deraadt 776: </ul>
777: <p>
1.272 deraadt 778: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
779: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 780: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
781: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
782: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
783: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
784: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
785: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 786: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 787: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
788: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
789: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 790: <p>
791: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 794: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 795: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
796: Indianapolis Star, IN.
797: </strong></font>
798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 800: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
801: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
802: Miami Herald, FL.
803: </strong></font>
804:
805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 806: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 807: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
808: </strong></font>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
811: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 812: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 813: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 814: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
817: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
818: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
819: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
820: ABC News.
821: </strong></font>
822:
1.276 deraadt 823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
824: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 825: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 826: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 827: </strong></font>
828:
1.286 dhartmei 829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 830: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 831: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
832: Wilmington Star, NC.
833: </strong></font>
834:
1.300 jose 835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
836: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
837: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
838: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
839: </strong></font>
840:
1.309 jose 841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
842: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
843: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
844: Globe Technology.
845: </strong></font>
846:
1.263 deraadt 847: </ul>
1.262 beck 848: <p>
849:
850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 851: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
852: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 853: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 854: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 855: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 856: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
857: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
858: <p>
859:
860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 861: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
862: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
863: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 864: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 865: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
866: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
867: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
868: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
869: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
870: and simply restates other press reports.
871: <p>
872:
873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 874: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
875: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
876: OS News, April 18, 2003.
877: </strong></font><br>
878: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 882: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
883: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 884: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 885: </strong></font><br>
886: Another report on the DARPA funding.
887: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
888: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
889: <p>
890:
891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 892: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
893: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
894: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
895: April 17, 2003.
896: </strong></font><br>
897: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
898: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
899: Tech Anthems</a>
900: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
901: 4 so far.
902: <p>
903:
904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 905: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
906: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 907: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 908: </strong></font><br>
909: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
910: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
911: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
912: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
913: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
914: Goes on to say:
915: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
916: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
917: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
918: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 919: This article is also found online at:
920: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
922: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
923: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
924: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 925: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
927: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
928: ZDnet</a>,
929: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 930: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
932: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
933: ZDnet Australia</a>,
934: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 935: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 936: </ul>
1.260 ian 937: <p>
1.279 deraadt 938:
1.260 ian 939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 940: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 941: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 942: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 943: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 944: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 945: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
946: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
947: without notice or justification.
948: <p>
949:
950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 951: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 952: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 953: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 954: </strong></font><br>
955: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
956: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 957: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 958: effective today, without any warning..."
959: <p>
1.257 ian 960:
961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 962: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
963: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 964: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 965: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 966: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
967: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
968: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
969: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
970: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 971: <p>
972:
973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 974: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
975: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 976: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 977: </strong></font><br>
978: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
979: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
980: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
981: quoting two of them:
982: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
983: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
984: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
985: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
986: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
987: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
988: <p>
989:
1.255 ian 990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 991: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
992: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 993: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 994: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 995: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 996: <p>
997:
998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 999: [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 1000: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1001: </strong></font><br>
1002: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1003: <p>
1004:
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1006: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1007: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1008: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1009: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1010: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1011: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1012: security experts for more than three decades."
1013: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1014: <p>
1.261 ian 1015:
1.254 drahn 1016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1017: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1018: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1019: </strong></font><br>
1020: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1024: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1025: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1026: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1027: </strong></font><br>
1028: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1029: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1030: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1031: <p>
1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1034: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1035: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1036: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1037: </strong></font><br>
1038: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1039: from US DARPA.
1040: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1041: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1042: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1043: the BSD license.
1044: <p>
1045: </ul>
1046:
1.251 ian 1047: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1048: <ul>
1049:
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1051: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1052: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1053: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1054: </strong></font><br>
1055:
1056: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1057: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1058: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1059: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1060: <p>
1061:
1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1063: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1064: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1065: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1066: </strong></font><br>
1067: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1068: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1069: Mentions
1070: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1071: and
1072: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1073: programs.
1074: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1075: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1076: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1077: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1078: <p>
1.325 ian 1079: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1080: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1081:
1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1083: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1084: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1085: </strong></font><br>
1086: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1087: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1088: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1089: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1090: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1091: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1092: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1093: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1094: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1095: put into service."
1096: <p>
1097: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1098: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1099: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1100: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1101: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1102: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1103: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1104: computers with security features."
1105: <p>
1.329 ian 1106:
1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1108: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1109: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1110: Slate,
1111: March 3, 2003.
1112: </strong></font><br>
1113: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1114: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1115: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1116: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1117: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1118: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1119: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1120: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1121: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1122: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1123: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1124: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1125: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1126: of more secure open-source solutions like
1127: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1128: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1129: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1130: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1131: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1132: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1133: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1134: the Beltway."
1135: <p>
1.251 ian 1136: </ul>
1137:
1.249 jufi 1138: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1139: <ul>
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1141: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1142: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1143: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1144: </strong></font><br>
1145: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1146: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1147: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1148: <p>
1.334 ian 1149:
1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1151: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1152: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1153: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1154: </strong></font><br>
1155: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1156: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1157: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1158: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1159: "... the hypothetical question ...
1160: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1161: <br>
1162: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1163: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1164: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1165: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1166: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1167: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1168: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1169: support network security.
1170: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1171: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1172: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1173: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1174: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1175: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1176: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1177: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1178: <br>
1179: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1180: <p>
1181:
1.249 jufi 1182: </ul>
1183:
1.246 jufi 1184: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1185: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1186:
1.247 jufi 1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1188: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1189: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1190: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1191: </strong></font><br>
1192: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1193: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1194: <p>
1195:
1.247 jufi 1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1197: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1198: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1199: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1200: </strong></font><br>
1201: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1202: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1203: <p>
1204:
1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1206: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1207: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1208: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1209: </strong></font><br>
1210: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1211: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1212: <p>
1.247 jufi 1213: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1214:
1.244 jufi 1215: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1216: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1217:
1.247 jufi 1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1219: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1220: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1221: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1222: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1223: </strong></font><br>
1224: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1225: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1226: md5 digests.
1227: <p>
1228:
1.247 jufi 1229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1230: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1231: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1232: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1233: </strong></font><br>
1234: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1235: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1236: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1237: right the first time."
1238: <p>
1.247 jufi 1239: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1240:
1241:
1242: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1243: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1244:
1.247 jufi 1245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1246: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1247: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1248: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1249: </strong></font><br>
1250: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1251: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1252: part 6</a>.
1253: <p>
1254:
1.247 jufi 1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1256: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1257: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1258: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1259: </strong></font><br>
1260: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1261: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1262: <p>
1.301 jose 1263:
1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1265: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1266: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1267: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1268: </strong></font><br>
1269:
1270: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1271: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1272: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1273: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1274: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1275: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1276: <i>Here's the
1277: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1278: <p>
1.247 jufi 1279: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1280:
1281: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1282: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1283:
1.247 jufi 1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1285: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1286: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1287: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1288: </strong></font><br>
1289: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1290: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1291: <p>
1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1294: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1295: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1296: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1297: </strong></font><br>
1298: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1299: this time using pf.
1300: <p>
1.247 jufi 1301: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1302:
1303: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1304: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1305:
1.247 jufi 1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1307: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1308: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1309: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1310: </strong></font><br>
1311: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1312: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1313: their rotation.
1314: <p>
1315:
1.247 jufi 1316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1317: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1318: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1319: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1320: </strong></font><br>
1321: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1322: <p>
1.247 jufi 1323: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1324:
1.239 jufi 1325: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1326: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1329: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1330: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1331: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1332: </strong></font><br>
1333: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1334: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1335: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1336: <p>
1337:
1.247 jufi 1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1339: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1340: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1341: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1342: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1343: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1344: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1345: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1346: <p>
1.247 jufi 1347: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1348:
1.235 lebel 1349: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1350: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1351:
1.239 jufi 1352:
1.247 jufi 1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1354: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1355: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1356: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1357: </strong></font><br>
1358: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1359: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1360: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1361: <p>
1.301 jose 1362:
1.247 jufi 1363: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1364:
1.228 horacio 1365: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1366: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1367:
1.247 jufi 1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1369: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1370: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1371: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1372: </strong></font><br>
1373: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1374: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1375: <p>
1376:
1.247 jufi 1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1378: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1379: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1380: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1383: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1384: <p>
1385:
1.247 jufi 1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1387: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1388: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1389: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1390: </strong></font><br>
1391: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1392: on the desktop of his parents.
1393: <p>
1394:
1.247 jufi 1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1396: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1397: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1398: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1399: </strong></font><br>
1400: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1401: using IPFilter.
1402:
1403: <p>
1404:
1.247 jufi 1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1406: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1407: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1408: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1409: </strong></font><br>
1410: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1411: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1412: perspectives of the four OS.
1413: <br>
1414: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1415: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1416: <p>
1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1419: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1420: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1421: software and security</a>,
1422: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1423: </strong></font><br>
1424:
1425: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1426: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1427: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1428: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1429: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1430: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1431: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1432: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1433: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1434: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1435: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1436: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1437: <p>
1.247 jufi 1438: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1439:
1.225 horacio 1440: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1441: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1442:
1.247 jufi 1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1444: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1445: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1446: Interview</a>,
1447: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1448: </strong></font><br>
1449:
1450: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1451: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1452: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1453: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1454: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1455: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1456: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1457: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1458: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1459: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1460: of choice.
1461: <p>
1.247 jufi 1462: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1463:
1464: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1465: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1466:
1.247 jufi 1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1468: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1469: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1470: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1471: </strong></font><br>
1472:
1473: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1474: <p>
1475:
1.247 jufi 1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1477: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1478: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1479: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1480: </strong></font><br>
1481:
1482: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1483: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1484: <p>
1.247 jufi 1485: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1486:
1.218 horacio 1487: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1488: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1489:
1.247 jufi 1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1491: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1492: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1493: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1494: </strong></font><br>
1495:
1496: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1497: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1498: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1499: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1500: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1501: subjects. Worth a read.
1502: <p>
1503:
1504:
1.247 jufi 1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1506: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1507: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1508: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1509: </strong></font><br>
1510:
1511: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1512: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1513: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1514: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1515: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1516: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1517: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1518: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1519: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1520: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1521: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1522: on other operating systems.<br>
1523: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1524: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1525: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1526: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1527: <p>
1528:
1.247 jufi 1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1530: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1531: Operating System 2010</a>,
1532: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1533: </strong></font><br>
1534:
1535: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1536: covering the level of software integration into the core
1537: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1538: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1539: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1540: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1541: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1542: <p>
1543:
1.247 jufi 1544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1545: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1546: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1547: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1548: </strong></font><br>
1549:
1550: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1551: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1552: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1553: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1554: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1555: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1556: <p>
1.247 jufi 1557: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1558:
1.210 jufi 1559: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1560: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1561:
1.247 jufi 1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1563: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1564: Already a Contender</a>,
1565: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1566: </strong></font><br>
1567:
1568: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1569: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1570: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1571: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1572: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1573: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1574: <p>
1575:
1.247 jufi 1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1577: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1578: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1579: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1581:
1.224 horacio 1582: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1583: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1584: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1585: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1586: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1587: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1588: <p>
1.247 jufi 1589: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1590:
1591: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1592: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1593:
1.247 jufi 1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1595: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1596: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1597: Division</a>,
1598: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1599: </strong></font><br>
1600:
1601: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1602: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1603: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1604: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1605: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1606: investment</em>.<br>
1607: The implementation details can be seen on their
1608: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1609: <p>
1610:
1.247 jufi 1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1612: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1613: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1614: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1615: </strong></font><br>
1616:
1617: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1618: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1619: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1620: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1621: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1622: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1623: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1624: <p>
1625:
1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1627: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1628: Thinking about Security</a>,
1629: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1630: </strong></font><br>
1631:
1632: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1633: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1634: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1635: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1636: to time.<br>
1637: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1638: system and just the most secure system.
1639: <p>
1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1642: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1643: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1644: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1645: </strong></font><br>
1646:
1647: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1648: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1649: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1650: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1651: choice:<br>
1652: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1653: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1654: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1655: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1656: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1657: network security devices and as such must be well
1658: armored."</em><br>
1659: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1660: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1661: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1662: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1663: <br>
1664: Bravo!
1665: <p>
1.247 jufi 1666: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1667:
1.207 ian 1668: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1669: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1670:
1.247 jufi 1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1672: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1673: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1674: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1675:
1.207 ian 1676: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1677: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1678: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1679: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1680: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1681: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1682: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1683: <p>
1.247 jufi 1684: </ul>
1.207 ian 1685:
1.194 jufi 1686: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1687: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1688:
1.247 jufi 1689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1690: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1691: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1692: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1693: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1694:
1.240 miod 1695: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1696: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1697: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1698: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1699: <p>
1700:
1.247 jufi 1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1702: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1703: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1704: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1705:
1706: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1707: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1708: <p>
1709:
1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1711: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1712: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1713: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1714:
1715: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1716: <p>
1717:
1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1719: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1720: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1721: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1722: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1723:
1.240 miod 1724: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1725: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1726: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1727: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1728: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1729: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1730: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1731: <br>
1732: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1733: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1734: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1735: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1736: <p>
1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1739: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1740: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1741: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1742: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1743:
1.194 jufi 1744: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1745: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1746: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1747: <br>
1748: The new
1749: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1750: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1751: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1752: <p>
1.247 jufi 1753: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1754:
1.190 horacio 1755: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1756: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1757:
1.247 jufi 1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1759:
1760: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1761: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1762:
1.301 jose 1763:
1.191 jufi 1764: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1765: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1766:
1767: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1768: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1769:
1.212 horacio 1770: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1771: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1772: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1773:
1.211 horacio 1774: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1775: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1776: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1777:
1.247 jufi 1778: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1779: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1780:
1.247 jufi 1781: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1782: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1783:
1.212 horacio 1784: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1785: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1786: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1787:
1788: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1789: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1790:
1791: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1792: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1793:
1.301 jose 1794: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1795: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1796:
1.191 jufi 1797: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1798: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1799:
1800: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1801: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1802:
1.192 jufi 1803: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1804: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1805: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1806:
1.193 deraadt 1807: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1808: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1809: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1812: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1813:
1.247 jufi 1814: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1815: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1816: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1817:
1.213 horacio 1818: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1819: 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 1820: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1821:
1.190 horacio 1822: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1823: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1824: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1825: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1826: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1827: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1828: <p>
1.190 horacio 1829:
1.247 jufi 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1831: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1832: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1833: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1834: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1835:
1.195 jufi 1836: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1837: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1838: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1839: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1840: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1841: <p>
1842:
1.247 jufi 1843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1844: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1845: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1846: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1847: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1848:
1.191 jufi 1849: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1850: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1851: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1852: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1853: <p>
1854:
1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1856: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1857: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1858: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1859:
1860: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1861: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1862: <p>
1.247 jufi 1863: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1864:
1.191 jufi 1865:
1.186 jufi 1866: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1867: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1868:
1.247 jufi 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1870: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1871: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1872: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1873: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1874:
1.188 jufi 1875: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1876: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1877: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1878: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1879: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1880: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1881: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1882: <p>
1883:
1.301 jose 1884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1885: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1886: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1887: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1888:
1889: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1890: <p>
1.191 jufi 1891:
1.247 jufi 1892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1893: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1894: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1895: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1896: </strong></font><br>
1897:
1898: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1899: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1900: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1901: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1902: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1903: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1904: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1905: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1906: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1907: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1908: familiar?
1909: <p>
1.247 jufi 1910: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1911:
1.178 louis 1912: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1913: <ul>
1.178 louis 1914:
1.247 jufi 1915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1916: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1917: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1918: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1919: </strong></font><br>
1920:
1921: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1922: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1923: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1924: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1925: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1926: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1927: <p>
1928:
1.247 jufi 1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1930: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1931: Open source under the hood</a>,
1932: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1933: </strong></font><br>
1934:
1935: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1936: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1937: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1938: <p>
1939:
1.247 jufi 1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1941: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1942: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1943: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1944: </strong></font><br>
1945:
1946: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1947: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1948: <p>
1.247 jufi 1949: </ul>
1.179 louis 1950:
1.174 louis 1951:
1.175 louis 1952: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1953: <ul>
1.175 louis 1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1956: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1957: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1958: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1959: </strong></font><br>
1960:
1961: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1962: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1963: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1964: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1965: <p>
1966:
1.247 jufi 1967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1968: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1969: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1970: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1971: </strong></font><br>
1972:
1973: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1974: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1975: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1976: <p>
1.247 jufi 1977: </ul>
1.175 louis 1978:
1.176 louis 1979:
1.172 mickey 1980: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1981: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1982:
1.247 jufi 1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1984: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1985: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1986: </strong></font><br>
1987:
1988: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1989: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1990: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1991: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1992: <p>
1993:
1.247 jufi 1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1995: <a
1.269 deraadt 1996: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1997: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1998: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1999: </strong></font><br>
2000:
2001: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2002: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2003: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2004: <p>
2005:
1.247 jufi 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2007: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2008: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2009: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2010: </strong></font><br>
2011:
2012: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2013: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2014: <p>
2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2017: <a
1.269 deraadt 2018: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2019: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2020: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2021: </strong></font><br>
2022:
2023: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2024: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2025: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2026: our own Theo de Raadt.
2027: <p>
2028:
1.247 jufi 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2030: <a
1.269 deraadt 2031: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2032: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2033: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2034: </strong></font><br>
2035:
2036: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2037: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2038: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2039: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2040: shut down.]
2041: <p>
2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2044: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2045: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2046: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2047: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2048: </strong></font><br>
2049:
2050: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2051: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2052: <p>
1.247 jufi 2053: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2054:
1.161 louis 2055: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2056: <ul>
1.161 louis 2057:
1.247 jufi 2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2059: <a
1.269 deraadt 2060: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2061: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2062: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2063: </strong></font><br>
2064:
2065: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2066: by John Wolley
2067: <p>
2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2070: <a
1.269 deraadt 2071: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2072: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2073: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2074: </strong></font><br>
2075:
2076: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2077: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2078: OpenBSD).
2079: <p>
2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2082: <a
1.247 jufi 2083: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2084: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2085: </strong></font><br>
2086:
2087: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2088: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2089: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2090: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2091: and hindsight.
2092: <p>
2093:
1.247 jufi 2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2095: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2096: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2097: </strong></font><br>
2098:
2099: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2100: <p>
2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2103: <a
1.168 provos 2104: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2105: December 7, 2000
2106: </strong></font><br>
2107:
2108: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2109: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2110: us explain.
2111: <p>
2112:
1.247 jufi 2113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2114: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2115: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2116: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2117: December 6, 2000
2118: </strong></font><br>
2119:
2120: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2121: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2122: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2123: <p>
2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2126: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2127: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2128: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2129: </strong></font><br>
2130:
2131: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2132: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2133: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2134: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2135: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2136: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2137: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2138: <p>
2139:
2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2141: <a
1.226 horacio 2142: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2143: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2144: </strong></font><br>
2145:
2146: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2147: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2148: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2149: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2150: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2151: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2152: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2153: <p>
1.162 millert 2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2156: <a
1.161 louis 2157: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2158: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2159: </strong></font><br>
2160:
2161: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2162: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2163: <p>
2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2166: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2167: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2168: </strong></font><br>
2169:
2170: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2171: <p>
2172:
2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2175: <a
1.226 horacio 2176: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2177: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2178: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2179: </strong></font><br>
2180:
2181: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2182: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2183: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2184: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2185: <p>
1.247 jufi 2186: </ul>
1.169 louis 2187:
1.158 louis 2188: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2189: <ul>
1.147 louis 2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2192: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2193: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
2196: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2197: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2198: <p>
2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2201: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2202: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2203: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2204: </strong></font><br>
2205: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2206: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2207: <p>
2208:
1.247 jufi 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2210: <a
2211: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2212: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2213: </strong></font><br>
2214:
2215: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2216: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2217: <p>
2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2220: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2221: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2222: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2223:
1.213 horacio 2224: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2225: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2226: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2227: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2228: <p>
1.215 horacio 2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2231: <a
2232: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2233: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2234: </strong></font><br>
2235:
2236: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2237: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2238: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2239: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2240: much of the attitude too).
2241: <p>
1.161 louis 2242:
1.247 jufi 2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2244: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2245: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2246: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2247:
1.157 louis 2248: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2249: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2250: <p>
1.247 jufi 2251: </ul>
1.157 louis 2252:
2253: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2254: <ul>
1.157 louis 2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2257: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2258: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2259: </strong></font><br>
2260:
2261: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2262: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2263: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2264: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2265: <p>
2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2268: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2269: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2270: </strong></font><br>
2271:
2272: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2273: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2274: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2275: it because they love coding...
2276: <p>
2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2279: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2280: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2284: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2285: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2286: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2287: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2288: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2289: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2290: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2291: <p>
2292:
1.247 jufi 2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2294: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2295: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2296: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2297: </strong></font><br>
2298:
2299: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2300: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2301: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2302: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2303: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2304: the pizza.
2305: <p>
2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2308: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2309: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2310: </strong></font><br>
2311:
2312: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2313: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2314: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2315: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2316: problems.
2317: <p>
2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2320: <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 2321: </strong></font><br>
2322:
1.222 miod 2323: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2324: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2325: - whether they like it or not.
2326: <p>
2327:
1.247 jufi 2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2329: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2330: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2331: </strong></font><br>
2332:
2333: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2334: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2335: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2336: <p>
1.148 aaron 2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2339: <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 2340: </strong></font><br>
2341:
2342: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2343: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2344: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2345: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2346: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2347: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2348: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2349: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2350: <p>
2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2353: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2354: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2355: </strong></font><br>
2356:
2357: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2358: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2359: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2360: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2361: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2362: <p>
1.247 jufi 2363: </ul>
1.147 louis 2364:
1.138 louis 2365: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2366: <ul>
1.138 louis 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2369: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2370: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2371: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2372: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2373: </strong></font><br>
2374:
1.227 horacio 2375: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2376: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2377: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2378: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2379: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2380: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2381: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2382: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2383: <p>
2384:
1.247 jufi 2385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2386: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2387: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2388: </strong></font><br>
2389:
2390: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2391: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2392: groups, and even Linux.
2393: <p>
2394:
1.247 jufi 2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2396: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2397: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2398: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2399: </strong></font><br>
2400:
2401: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2402: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2403: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2404: library after installing the OS.
2405: <p>
2406:
1.247 jufi 2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2408: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2409: Sys Admin, September 2000
2410: </strong></font><br>
2411:
2412: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2413: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2414: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2415: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2416: (<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>,
2417: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2418: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2419: <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 2420: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2421: out of the system.
2422: <p>
2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2425: <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
2426: </strong></font><br>
2427:
2428: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2429: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2430: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2431: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2432: the IP filtering and address translation.
2433: <p>
1.301 jose 2434:
2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2436: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2437: </strong></font><br>
2438:
2439: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2440: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2441: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2442: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2443: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2444: <p>
1.247 jufi 2445: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2446:
1.131 louis 2447: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2448: <ul>
1.131 louis 2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2451: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2452: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2453: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
2456: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2457: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2458: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2459: <p>
2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2462: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2463: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2464: </strong></font><br>
2465:
2466: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2467: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2468: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2469: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2470: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2471: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2472: note of"</i>.
2473: <p>
2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2476: <a
1.247 jufi 2477: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2478: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2479: </strong></font><br>
2480:
2481: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2482: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2483: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2484: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2485: <p>
2486:
1.247 jufi 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2488: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2489: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2490: </strong></font><br>
2491:
2492: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2493: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2494: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2495: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2496: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2497: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2498: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2499: <p>
2500:
1.247 jufi 2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2502: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2503: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2504: 2000
2505: </strong></font><br>
2506:
2507: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2508: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2509: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2510: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2511: against current industry practices.
2512: <p>
2513:
1.247 jufi 2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2515: <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
2516: </strong></font><br>
2517:
2518: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2519: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2520: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2521: <p>
2522:
1.247 jufi 2523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2524: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2525: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2526: </strong></font><br>
2527:
2528: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2529: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2530: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2531: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2532: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2533: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2534: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2535: <p>
2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2538: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2539: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2540: </strong></font><br>
2541:
2542: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2543: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2544: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2545: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2546: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2547: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2548: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2549: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2550: <p>
1.247 jufi 2551: </ul>
1.131 louis 2552:
1.118 louis 2553: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2554: <ul>
1.118 louis 2555:
1.247 jufi 2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2557: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2558: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2559: </strong></font><br>
2560:
2561: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2562: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2563: about time. The article mentions that
2564: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2565: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2566: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2567: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2568: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2569: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2570: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2571: <p>
2572:
1.247 jufi 2573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2574: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2575: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2576: </strong></font><br>
2577:
2578: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2579: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2580: of OpenSSH.
2581: <p>
2582:
1.247 jufi 2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2584: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2585: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2586: </strong></font><br>
2587:
2588: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2589: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2590: bridging.
2591: <p>
2592:
1.247 jufi 2593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2594: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2595: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2596: </strong></font><br>
2597:
1.121 deraadt 2598: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2599: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2600: <p>
2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2603: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2604: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2605: </strong></font><br>
2606:
2607: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2608: <p>
2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2611: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2612: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2613: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2614: </strong></font><br>
2615:
1.120 deraadt 2616: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2617: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2618: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2619: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2620: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2621: <p>
2622:
1.247 jufi 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2624: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2625: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2626: </strong></font><br>
2627:
1.222 miod 2628: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2629: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2630: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2631: protocols and their quirks.
2632: <p>
2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2635: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2636: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2637: </strong></font><br>
2638:
2639: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2640: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2641: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2642: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2643: <p>
2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2646: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2647: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2648: </strong></font><br>
2649:
2650: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2651: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2652: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2653: <p>
2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2656: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2657: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2658: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2659: </strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2662: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2663: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2664: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2665: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2666: <p>
1.247 jufi 2667: </ul>
1.118 louis 2668:
1.104 louis 2669: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2670: <ul>
1.104 louis 2671:
1.247 jufi 2672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2673: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2674: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2675: </strong></font><br>
2676:
2677: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2678: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2679: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2680: be a bit dry.
2681: <p>
2682:
1.247 jufi 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2684: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2685: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2686: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2687: </strong></font><br>
2688: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2689: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2690: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2691: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2692: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2693: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2694: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2695: <p>
2696:
1.247 jufi 2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2698: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2699: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2700: 2000
1.128 louis 2701: </strong></font><br>
2702:
2703: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2704: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2705: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2706: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2707: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2708: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2709: <p>
2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2712: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2713: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2714: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2715:
2716: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2717: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2718: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2719: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2720: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2721: <p>
1.110 louis 2722:
1.247 jufi 2723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2724: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2725: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2726: </strong></font><br>
2727:
2728: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2729: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2730: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2731: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2732: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2733: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2734: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2735: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2736: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2737: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2738: <p>
2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2741: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2742: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2743:
2744: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2745: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2746: <p>
1.108 louis 2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2749: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2750: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2751: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2752:
2753: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2754: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2755: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2756: <p>
1.106 louis 2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2759: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2760: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2761: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2762:
2763: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2764: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2765: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2766: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2767: <p>
1.107 louis 2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2770: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2771: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2772: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2773:
2774: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2775: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2776: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2777: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2778: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2779: <p>
1.105 louis 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2782: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2783: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2784: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2785:
1.113 naddy 2786: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2787: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2788: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2789: <p>
1.104 louis 2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2792: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2793: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2794: </strong></font><br>
2795:
2796: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2797: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2798: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2799: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2800: <p>
1.301 jose 2801:
2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2803: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2804: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2805: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2806:
2807: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2808: hardware-supported cryptography.
2809: <p>
1.247 jufi 2810: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2811:
1.85 louis 2812: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2813: <ul>
1.85 louis 2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2816: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2817: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2818: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2819:
2820: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2821: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2822: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2823: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2824: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2825: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2826: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2827: <p>
1.99 louis 2828:
1.247 jufi 2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2830: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2831: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2832: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2833:
2834: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2835: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2836: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2837: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2838: <p>
1.100 louis 2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2841: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2842: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2843: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2844:
2845: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2846: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2847: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2848: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2849: <p>
1.95 louis 2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2852: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2853: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2854: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2855:
2856: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2857: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2858: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2859: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2860: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2861: <p>
1.92 louis 2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2864: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2865: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2866: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2867:
2868: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2869: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2870: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2871: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2872: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2873: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2874: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2875: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2876: <p>
1.91 louis 2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2879: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2880: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2881: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2882:
2883: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2884: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2885: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2886: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2887: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2888: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2889: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2890: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2891: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2892: <p>
1.90 louis 2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2895: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2896: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2897: </strong></font><br>
2898: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2899: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2900: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2901: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2902: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2903: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2904: <p>
2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2907: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2908: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2909: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2910:
1.113 naddy 2911: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2912: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2913: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2914: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2915: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2916: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2917: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2918: <p>
1.87 louis 2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2921: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2922: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2923: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2924:
2925: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2926: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2927: <p>
1.85 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2930: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2931: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2932: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2933:
2934: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2935: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2936: <p>
2937:
2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2939: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2940: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2941: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2942:
2943: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2944: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2945: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2946: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2947: <p>
1.89 louis 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2950: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2951: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2952: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2953:
2954: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2955: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2956: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2957: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2958: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2959: </ul>
1.85 louis 2960:
1.78 deraadt 2961: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2962: <ul>
1.74 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2965: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2966: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2967: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2968: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2969:
2970: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2971: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2972: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2973: <p>
1.83 louis 2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2976: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2977: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2978: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2979:
2980: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2981: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2982: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2983: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2984: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2985: <p>
1.93 louis 2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2988: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2989: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2990: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2991: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2992:
1.83 louis 2993: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2994: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2995: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2996: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2997: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2998: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2999: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3000: <p>
1.82 aaron 3001:
1.247 jufi 3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3003: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3004: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3005: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3006:
1.83 louis 3007: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3008: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3009: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3010: <p>
1.80 louis 3011:
1.247 jufi 3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3013: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3014: Bad Press</a>,
3015: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3016: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3017:
3018: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3019: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3020: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3021: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3022: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3023: <p>
1.247 jufi 3024: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3025:
3026: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3027: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3028:
1.247 jufi 3029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3030: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3031: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3032: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3033: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3034:
3035: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3036: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3037: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3038: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3039: <p>
1.74 louis 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3042: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3043: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3044: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3045:
1.219 horacio 3046: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3047: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3048: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3049: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3050: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3051: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3052: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3053: <p>
1.88 louis 3054:
1.247 jufi 3055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3056: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3057: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3058: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3059:
3060: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3061: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3062: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3063: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3064: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3065: <p>
1.81 louis 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3068: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3069: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3070: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3071:
3072: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3073: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3074: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3075: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3076: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3077: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3078: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3079: <p>
1.90 louis 3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3082: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3083: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3084: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3085:
3086: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3087: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3088: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3089: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3090: <p>
1.247 jufi 3091: </ul>
1.71 louis 3092:
1.69 deraadt 3093: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3094: <ul>
1.70 louis 3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3097: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3098: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3099: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3100:
3101: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3102: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3103: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3104: <p>
1.70 louis 3105:
1.247 jufi 3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3107: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3108: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3109: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3110:
3111: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3112: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3113: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3114: <p>
1.68 louis 3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3117: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3118: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3119: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3120: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3121:
1.111 jufi 3122: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3123: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3124: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3125: "secure by default" installation.
3126: <p>
1.64 louis 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3129: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3130: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3131: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3132:
1.113 naddy 3133: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3134: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3135: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3136: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3137: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3138: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3139: <p>
1.66 louis 3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3142: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3143: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3144: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3145:
3146: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3147: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3148: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3149: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3150: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3151: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3152: <p>
1.83 louis 3153:
1.247 jufi 3154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3155: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3156: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3157: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3158:
3159: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3160: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3161: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3162: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3163: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3164: <p>
1.64 louis 3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3167: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3168: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3169: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3170:
3171: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3172: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3173: <p>
1.301 jose 3174:
3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3176: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3177: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3178: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3179: </strong></font><br>
3180:
3181: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3182: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3183: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3184: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3185: Giving way to
3186: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3187: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3188: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3189: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3190: <p>
1.247 jufi 3191: </ul>
1.65 louis 3192:
1.69 deraadt 3193: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3194: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3195:
1.247 jufi 3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3197: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3198: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3199: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3200:
3201: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3202: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3203: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3204: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3205: <p>
1.88 louis 3206:
1.247 jufi 3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3208: <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 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3210:
3211: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3212: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3213: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3214: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3215: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3216: <p>
1.60 louis 3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3219: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
3220: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3221: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3222: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3223:
3224: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3225: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3226: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3227: <p>
1.58 louis 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3230: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3231: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3232:
3233: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3234: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3235: <p>
1.53 louis 3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3238: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3239: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3240: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3241:
3242: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3243: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3244: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3245: <p>
1.99 louis 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3248: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3249: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3250:
3251: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3252: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3253: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3254: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3255: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3256:
1.247 jufi 3257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3258: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3259: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3260: </strong></font><br>
3261:
3262: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3263: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3264: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3265: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3266: <p>
3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3269: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3270: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3271: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3272:
3273: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3274: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3275: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3278: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3279: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3280:
3281: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3282: in
1.247 jufi 3283: <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 3284: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3285: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3286: <p>
1.53 louis 3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3289: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3290: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3291: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3292: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3293:
1.58 louis 3294: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3295: <p>
1.301 jose 3296:
3297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3298: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3299: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3300: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3301: Informacyjny, January 2000
3302: </strong></font><br>
3303:
3304: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3305: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3306: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3307: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3308: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3309: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3310: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3311: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3312: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3313: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3314: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3315: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3316: <p>
3317:
3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3319: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3320: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3321: </strong></font><br>
3322:
3323: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3324: <p>
3325: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3326:
1.69 deraadt 3327: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3328: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3329:
1.247 jufi 3330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3331: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3332: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3333: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3334: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3335:
1.58 louis 3336: Kurt Seifried
3337: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3338: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3339: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3340: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3343: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3344: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3345: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3346:
3347: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3348: <p>
1.96 louis 3349:
1.247 jufi 3350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3351: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3352: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3353: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3354: </strong></font><br>
3355:
3356: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3357: <p>
3358:
3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3360: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3361: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3362: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3363:
3364: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3365: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3366: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3367: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3368: <p>
1.247 jufi 3369: </ul>
1.86 louis 3370:
1.69 deraadt 3371: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3372: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3375: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3376: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3377: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3378:
3379: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3380: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3381: <p>
1.61 louis 3382:
1.247 jufi 3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3384: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3385: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3386: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3387: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3388:
3389: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3390: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3391: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3392: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3393: right -- or at least strives to".
3394: <p>
1.48 louis 3395:
1.247 jufi 3396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3397: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3398: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3399: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3400: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3401: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3402: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3403: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3404: <p>
1.61 louis 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <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 3407: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3408: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3409:
3410: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3411: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3412: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3413: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3414: <p>
1.46 louis 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3417: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3418: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3419: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3420:
3421: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3422: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3423: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3426: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3427: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3428: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3429:
3430: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3431: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3432: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3433: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3434: <p>
1.247 jufi 3435: </ul>
1.70 louis 3436:
1.69 deraadt 3437: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3438: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3439:
1.247 jufi 3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3441: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3442: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3443: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3444: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3445:
3446: Kurt Seifried
3447: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3448: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3449: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3450: <p>
1.44 philen 3451:
1.247 jufi 3452: <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 3453: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3454: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3455:
3456: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3457: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3458:
1.247 jufi 3459: <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 3460: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3461: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3462:
3463: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3464: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <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 3467: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3468: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3469:
3470: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3471: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3472: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3473: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3474: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <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 3477: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3478: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3479:
1.36 louis 3480: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3481: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3482:
1.247 jufi 3483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3484: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3485: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3486: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3487:
3488: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3489: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3490: </ul>
1.38 louis 3491:
1.69 deraadt 3492: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3493: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3494:
1.247 jufi 3495: <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 3496: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3497: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3498:
3499: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3500: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3501: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3502:
1.113 naddy 3503: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3504: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3505: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3506: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3507:
3508: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3509: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3510: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3511: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3512: <blockquote>
3513: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3514: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3515: <br>
3516: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3517: </code>
3518: </blockquote>
3519: <p>
3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3522: <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 3523: <p>
3524:
3525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3526: <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 3527: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3528:
3529: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3530: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3531: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3532: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3535: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3536: Sept. 28, 1999
3537: </strong></font><br>
3538:
3539: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3540: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3541: translating and reprinting articles from
3542: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3543: <p>
3544:
3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3546: <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 3547: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3548:
3549: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3550: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3551: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3552: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3553: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3554: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3555: <p>
1.19 louis 3556:
1.113 naddy 3557: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3558: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3559: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3560:
3561: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3562: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3563: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3564: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3565: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3566: <p>
1.16 louis 3567:
1.247 jufi 3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3569: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3570: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3571: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3572:
1.57 louis 3573: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3574: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3575: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3576: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3577:
1.247 jufi 3578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3579: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3580: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3581: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3582:
1.113 naddy 3583: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3584:
1.247 jufi 3585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3586: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3587: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3588: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3589:
1.23 louis 3590: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3591: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3592: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3593: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3594: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3595: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3598: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3599: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3600: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3601:
1.199 pvalchev 3602: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3603: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3604: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3605: installation.
1.113 naddy 3606: <p>
1.47 louis 3607:
1.247 jufi 3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3609: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3610: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3611: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3612:
1.301 jose 3613: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3614: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3615: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3616: </ul>
1.57 louis 3617:
1.69 deraadt 3618: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3619: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3622: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3623: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3624: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3625:
3626: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3627: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3628: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3629: <p>
1.12 louis 3630:
1.247 jufi 3631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3632: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3633: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3634: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3635:
3636: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3637: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3638: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3639: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3640: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3641: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3642: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3643: <p>
1.247 jufi 3644: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3645:
1.69 deraadt 3646: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3647: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3648:
1.247 jufi 3649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3650: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3651: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3652:
3653: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3654: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3655: available."
1.113 naddy 3656: <p>
1.301 jose 3657:
3658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3659: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3660: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3661: </strong></font><br>
3662:
3663: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3664: <p>
1.247 jufi 3665: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3666:
1.69 deraadt 3667: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3668: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3669:
1.247 jufi 3670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3671: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3672: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3673:
3674: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3675: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3676: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3677: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3678: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3679: <p>
1.33 louis 3680:
1.247 jufi 3681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3682: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3683: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3684: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3685:
1.113 naddy 3686: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3687: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3688: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3689: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3690: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3691: <p>
1.247 jufi 3692: </ul>
1.57 louis 3693:
1.69 deraadt 3694: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3695: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3696:
1.247 jufi 3697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3698: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3699: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3700: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3701:
3702: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3703: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3704: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3707: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3708: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3709: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3710: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3711:
3712: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3713: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3714:
1.247 jufi 3715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3716: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3717:
1.113 naddy 3718: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3719:
1.247 jufi 3720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3721: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3722: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3723: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3724:
3725: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3726: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3727: </ul>
1.23 louis 3728:
1.69 deraadt 3729: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3730: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3731:
1.247 jufi 3732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3733: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3734: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3735:
3736: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3737: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3738: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3739:
1.247 jufi 3740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3741: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3742: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3743: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3744:
3745: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3746: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3747: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3748: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3749: </ul>
1.57 louis 3750:
1.69 deraadt 3751: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3752: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3755: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3756: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3757: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3758:
3759: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3760: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3761: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3762: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3763: <p>
1.15 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3766: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3767: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3768: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3769:
3770: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3771: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3772: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3773: columns."
1.113 naddy 3774: <p>
1.247 jufi 3775: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3776:
1.69 deraadt 3777: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3778: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3779:
1.247 jufi 3780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3781: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3782: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3783: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3784:
3785: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3786: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3787:
1.113 naddy 3788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3789: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3790: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3791:
3792: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3793: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3794: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3795: </ul>
1.57 louis 3796:
1.69 deraadt 3797: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3798: <ul>
1.301 jose 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3800: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3801: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3802: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3803:
3804: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3805: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3806: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3807: <p>
3808:
3809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3810: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3811: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3812: Nov 13, 1998 and
3813: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3814: Datateknik</a>,
3815: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3816:
3817: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3818: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3819: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3820: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3821: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3822:
1.113 naddy 3823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3824: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3825: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3826: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3827:
1.222 miod 3828: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3829: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3830: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3831: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3832: <p>
1.247 jufi 3833: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3834:
1.69 deraadt 3835: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3836: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3837:
1.247 jufi 3838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3839: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3840: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3841:
1.69 deraadt 3842: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3843: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3844: <p>
1.247 jufi 3845: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3846:
1.69 deraadt 3847: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3848: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3849:
1.247 jufi 3850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3851: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3852: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3853: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3854:
3855: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3856: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3857: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3858:
1.247 jufi 3859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3860: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3861: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3862: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3863: <p>
1.247 jufi 3864: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3865:
1.69 deraadt 3866: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3867: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3868:
1.247 jufi 3869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3870: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3871: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3872: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3873: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3874: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3875:
3876: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3877: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3878: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3879: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3880: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3881: <p>
1.247 jufi 3882: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3883:
3884: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3885: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3886:
1.247 jufi 3887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3888: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3889: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3890:
1.69 deraadt 3891: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3892: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3893: <p>
1.112 naddy 3894:
1.247 jufi 3895: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3896: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3897:
1.292 camield 3898: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3899: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3900: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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