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1.374 jose 19: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.375 jose 22: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
23: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
24: </strong></font><br>
25: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
26: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
27: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
28: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
29: it."
30: <p>
31:
32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 33: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
34: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
35: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
36: </strong></font><br/>
37: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
38: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
39: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
40: <p>
41: </ul>
42:
1.369 ian 43: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
44: <ul>
45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 46: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
47: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
48: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
49: </strong></font><br/>
50: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
51: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
52: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
53: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
54: form factor.
55: <p>
56:
57: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
58: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
59: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
60: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
61: Features</a>,
62: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
63: </strong></font><br/>
64: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
65: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
66: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
67: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
68: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
69: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
70: <p>
71: This article can also be found online at:
72: <ul>
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
74: <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>,
75: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
76: </strong></font>
77: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
78: </ul>
79: <p>
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.372 jose 81: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">Adding
1.371 jose 82: System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
83: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
84: </strong></font><br/>
85: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
86: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
87: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
88: </p>
89:
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 91: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 92: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 93: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 94: </strong></font><br/>
95: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
96: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
97: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
98: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
99: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
100: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
101: and its history with OpenBSD.
102: </ul>
103:
1.368 henning 104: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
105: <ul>
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 107: [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 108: </strong></font><br>
109: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
110: </ul>
111:
1.364 jose 112: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
113: <ul>
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 115: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
116: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
117: UNIX Review,
118: July, 2003.
119: </strong></font><br>
120: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
121: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
122: who want more information.
123: <p>
124:
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 126: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
127: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
128: Government Computer News,
129: July 22, 2003.
130: </strong></font><br>
131: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
132: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
133: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
134: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
135: <p>
136:
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
138: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
139: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
140: SANS Institute,
141: July 22, 2003.
142: </strong></font><br>
143: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 ! david 144: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 145: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
146: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
147: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
148: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
149: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
150: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
151: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
152: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
153: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
154: <p>
155:
156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 157: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
158: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
159: OnLamp.com,
160: July 17, 2003.
161: </strong></font><br>
162: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
163: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
164: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
165: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
166: have been working on.
167:
168: </ul>
169:
1.356 jose 170: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 171: <ul>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 174: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
175: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
176: UNIX Review,
177: June, 2003.
178: </strong></font><br>
179: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
180: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
181: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
182: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 186: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
187: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
188: eWeek,
189: June 23, 2003.
190: </strong></font><br>
191: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
192: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
193: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
194: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
195: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
196: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 200: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
201: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
202: Software Development Online,
203: June, 2003.
204: </strong></font><br>
205: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
206: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
207: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
208: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
209: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
210: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
211: current activities.
212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 215: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
216: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 217: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
218: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
219: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
220: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
221: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
222: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
223: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
224: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 225: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 226: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
227: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
228: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
229: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
230: decisions.
231: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
232: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
233: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
234: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 235: <p>
236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 238: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
239: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
240: Page 58, eWeek,
241: June 2, 2003.
242: </strong></font><br>
243: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
244: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
245: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
246: been addressed in -current.
247: <p>
248:
1.356 jose 249: </ul>
250:
251: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
252: <ul>
253:
1.355 jose 254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 255: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
256: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
257: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
258: </strong></font><br>
259: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
260: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
261: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
262: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
263: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
264: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
265: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 269: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
270: Beyond Linux</a>,
271: InfoWorld,
272: May 23, 2003.
273: </strong></font><br>
274: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
275: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
276: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
277: compared to the GPL.
278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 281: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
282: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
283: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 284: May 17, 2003.
285: </strong></font><br>
286: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
287: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
288: the business section and half of another page inside
289: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
290: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
291: in talking about the project's history and goals.
292: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
293: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
294: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
295: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 296: <br>
297: This article can also be found online at:
298: <ul>
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
300: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
301: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
302: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
303: May 17, 2003
304: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 305: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
307: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
308: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
309: Montreal Gazette,
310: May 21, 2003
311: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 312: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 313: <p>
1.346 ian 314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 316: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 317: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 318: May 7, 2003.
319: </strong></font><br>
320: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
321: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
322: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 326: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
327: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
328: OsOpinion,
329: May 6, 2003.
330: </strong></font><br>
331: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
332: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
333: <br>
334: This article can also be found online at:
335: <ul>
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
337: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
338: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
339: NewsFactor Network.
340: </strong></font>
341: </ul>
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 345: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 346: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
347: ITBusiness,
348: May 2, 2003.
349: </strong></font><br>
350: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
351: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
352: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
353: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 357: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
358: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
359: InfoWorld,
360: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 361: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 362: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
363: <br>
364: This article can also be found online at:
365: <ul>
366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
367: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
368: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
369: IDG Singapore.
370: </strong></font>
371: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 372: <p>
373:
1.339 jose 374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
375: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
376: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 377: ZDNet,
378: May 1, 2003.
379: </strong></font><br>
380: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 381: someone using parts from previous articles.
382: <br>
1.341 deraadt 383: This article can also be found online at:
384: <ul>
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
386: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
387: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
388: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 389: </strong></font>
390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
391: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
392: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
393: CNET News.com.
394: </strong></font>
395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
396: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
397: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
398: ZDNet UK.
399: </strong></font>
400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
401: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
402: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
403: Help Net Security, Croatia.
404: </strong></font>
405: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 406: <p>
1.339 jose 407:
1.341 deraadt 408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 409: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 410: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
411: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
412: May 1, 2003.
413: </strong></font><br>
414: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
415: that have been added
416: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
417: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
418: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 419: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 420: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
421: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
422: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 423: <p>
424:
425: </ul>
426:
1.253 ian 427: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
428: <ul>
1.255 ian 429:
1.260 ian 430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 431: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 432: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
433: TechRepublic,
434: April 28, 2003.
435: </strong></font><br>
436: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
437: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 438: work.<br>
439: Can also be found online at:
440: <ul>
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
442: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
443: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
444: ZDNet UK.
445: </strong></font>
446: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 447: <p>
448:
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 450: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
451: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
452: IDG,
453: April 24, 2003.
454: </strong></font><br>
455: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
456: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
457: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
458: Can also be found online at:
459: <ul>
460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
461: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
462: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 463: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 464: </strong></font>
465: </ul>
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
469: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 470: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 471: Slate,
472: April 24, 2003.
473: </strong></font><br>
474: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
475: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
476: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
477: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
478: <p>
479:
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 481: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
482: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
483: April 24, 2003.
484: </strong></font><br>
485: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
486: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
487: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
488: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
489: <p>
490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 492: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
493: April 24, 2003.
494: </strong></font><br>
495: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
496: the free software community".
497: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
498: other articles.
499: <p>
500:
501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 502: <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 503: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
504: </strong></font><br>
505: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
506: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
507: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
508: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
509: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
510: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
511: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
512: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
513: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
514: <br/>
515: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
516: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
517: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
518: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 519: <br>
520: Can also be found online at:
521: <ul>
522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
523: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
524: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
525: Common Dreams NewsCenter
526: </strong></font>
527: </ul>
1.324 ian 528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
531: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
532: Wired, April 24, 2003.
533: </strong></font><br>
534: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
535: article above.
536: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
537: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
538: wasting them."
1.332 ian 539: <br>
540: Can also be found online at:
541: <ul>
542: <li>
543: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
544: </strong></font>
545: </ul>
1.324 ian 546: <p>
547:
548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 549: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
550: </strong></font><br>
551: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
552: <p>
553:
554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 555: <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.
556: </strong></font><br>
557: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
558: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 562: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
563: April 23, 2003.
564: </strong></font><br>
565: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
566: <p>
567:
568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 569: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 570: April 22, 2003.
571: </strong></font><br>
572: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
573: <p>
574:
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 576: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
577: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
578: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 579: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 580: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
581: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
582: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
583: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
584: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
585: Can also be found online at:
586: <ul>
587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
588: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 589: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
590: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 591: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
593: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 594: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
595: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 596: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 597: </ul>
598: <p>
599:
600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 601: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
602: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 603: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 604: </strong></font><br>
605: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 606: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
607: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
608: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
609: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
610: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
611: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 612: <p>
613:
614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 615: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
616: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 617: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
618: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 619: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
620: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
621: at UPenn and DARPA.
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 625: [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,
626: France
1.315 deraadt 627: April 18, 2003.
628: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 629: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 630: <p>
631:
632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 633: [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 634: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 635: </strong></font><br>
636: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
637: <p>
638:
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 640: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
641: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
642: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 643: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 644: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
645: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
646: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 650: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
651: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 652: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 653: </strong></font><br>
654: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
655: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
656: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 657: American century.
1.267 deraadt 658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 661: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
662: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 663: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 664: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 665: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
666: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
667: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
668: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
669: Can also be found online at:
670: <ul>
671: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
672: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 673: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 674: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 675: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 ! david 679: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 680: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 681: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 682: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 683: </strong></font><br>
684: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 685: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
686: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
687: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
688: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 689:
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
691: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
692: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
693: New York Times.
694: </strong></font>(free registration required)
695:
1.273 deraadt 696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
697: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 698: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 699: ABC News.
700: </strong></font>
701:
702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 703: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 704: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 705: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 706: </strong></font>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 709: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 710: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 711: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 712: </strong></font>
713:
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 715: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
716: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 717: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 718: </strong></font>
719:
720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 721: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 722: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 723: Times Daily, AL.
724: </strong></font>
725:
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
727: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
728: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
729: Boston.com, MA.
730: </strong></font>
731:
732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 733: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 734: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 735: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
736: </strong></font>
737:
738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 739: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
740: [Article was pulled]</a>
741: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 742: </strong></font>
743:
744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
745: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
746: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
747: Infoshop News.
748: </strong></font>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
751: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
752: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
753: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
754: </strong></font>
755:
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 757: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
758: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
759: Raleigh News, NC.
760: </strong></font>
761:
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 763: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 764: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
765: Napa News, CA.
766: </strong></font>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 769: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 770: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
771: NEPA News, PA.
772: </strong></font>
773:
774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
775: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
776: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
777: Wired News.
778: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 779: <br>
780: <li>
1.333 deraadt 781: <font color="#009000"><strong>
782: [JAPANESE]
783: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
784: Wired News Japan</a>
785: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 786:
1.271 deraadt 787: </ul>
788: <p>
1.272 deraadt 789: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
790: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 791: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
792: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
793: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
794: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
795: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
796: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 797: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 798: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
799: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
800: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 801: <p>
802: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 803:
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 805: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 806: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
807: Indianapolis Star, IN.
808: </strong></font>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 811: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
812: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
813: Miami Herald, FL.
814: </strong></font>
815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 817: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 818: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
819: </strong></font>
820:
821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
822: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 823: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 824: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 825: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 826:
827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
828: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
829: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
830: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
831: ABC News.
832: </strong></font>
833:
1.276 deraadt 834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
835: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 836: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 837: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 838: </strong></font>
839:
1.286 dhartmei 840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 841: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 842: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
843: Wilmington Star, NC.
844: </strong></font>
845:
1.300 jose 846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
847: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
848: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
849: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
850: </strong></font>
851:
1.309 jose 852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
853: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
854: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
855: Globe Technology.
856: </strong></font>
857:
1.263 deraadt 858: </ul>
1.262 beck 859: <p>
860:
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 862: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
863: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 864: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 865: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 866: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 867: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
868: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
869: <p>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 872: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
873: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
874: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 875: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 876: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
877: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
878: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
879: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
880: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
881: and simply restates other press reports.
882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 885: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
886: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
887: OS News, April 18, 2003.
888: </strong></font><br>
889: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
890: <p>
891:
892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 893: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
894: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 895: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 896: </strong></font><br>
897: Another report on the DARPA funding.
898: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
899: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
900: <p>
901:
902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 903: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
904: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
905: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
906: April 17, 2003.
907: </strong></font><br>
908: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
909: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
910: Tech Anthems</a>
911: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
912: 4 so far.
913: <p>
914:
915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 916: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
917: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 918: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 919: </strong></font><br>
920: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
921: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
922: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
923: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
924: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
925: Goes on to say:
926: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
927: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
928: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
929: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 930: This article is also found online at:
931: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
933: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
934: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
935: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 936: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
938: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
939: ZDnet</a>,
940: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 941: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
943: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
944: ZDnet Australia</a>,
945: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 946: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 947: </ul>
1.260 ian 948: <p>
1.279 deraadt 949:
1.260 ian 950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 951: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 952: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 953: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 954: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 955: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 956: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
957: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
958: without notice or justification.
959: <p>
960:
961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 962: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 963: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 964: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 965: </strong></font><br>
966: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
967: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 968: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 969: effective today, without any warning..."
970: <p>
1.257 ian 971:
972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 973: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
974: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 975: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 976: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 977: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
978: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
979: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
980: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
981: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 982: <p>
983:
984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 985: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
986: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 987: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 988: </strong></font><br>
989: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
990: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
991: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
992: quoting two of them:
993: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
994: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
995: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
996: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
997: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
998: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
999: <p>
1000:
1.255 ian 1001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1002: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1003: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1004: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1005: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1006: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1007: <p>
1008:
1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1010: [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 1011: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1012: </strong></font><br>
1013: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1014: <p>
1015:
1016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1017: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1018: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1019: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1020: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1021: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1022: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1023: security experts for more than three decades."
1024: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1025: <p>
1.261 ian 1026:
1.254 drahn 1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1028: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1029: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1030: </strong></font><br>
1031: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1032: <p>
1033:
1034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1035: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1036: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1037: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1038: </strong></font><br>
1039: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1040: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1041: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1042: <p>
1043:
1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1045: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1046: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1047: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1048: </strong></font><br>
1049: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1050: from US DARPA.
1051: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1052: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1053: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1054: the BSD license.
1055: <p>
1056: </ul>
1057:
1.251 ian 1058: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1059: <ul>
1060:
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1062: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1063: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1064: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1065: </strong></font><br>
1066:
1067: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1068: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1069: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1070: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1071: <p>
1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1074: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1075: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1076: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1077: </strong></font><br>
1078: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1079: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1080: Mentions
1081: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1082: and
1083: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1084: programs.
1085: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1086: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1087: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1088: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1089: <p>
1.325 ian 1090: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1091: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1092:
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1094: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1095: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1096: </strong></font><br>
1097: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1098: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1099: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1100: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1101: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1102: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1103: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1104: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1105: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1106: put into service."
1107: <p>
1108: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1109: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1110: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1111: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1112: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1113: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1114: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1115: computers with security features."
1116: <p>
1.329 ian 1117:
1118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1119: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1120: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1121: Slate,
1122: March 3, 2003.
1123: </strong></font><br>
1124: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1125: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1126: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1127: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1128: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1129: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1130: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1131: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1132: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1133: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1134: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1135: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1136: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1137: of more secure open-source solutions like
1138: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1139: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1140: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1141: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1142: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1143: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1144: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1145: the Beltway."
1146: <p>
1.251 ian 1147: </ul>
1148:
1.249 jufi 1149: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1150: <ul>
1151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1152: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1153: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1154: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1155: </strong></font><br>
1156: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1157: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1158: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1159: <p>
1.334 ian 1160:
1161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1162: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1163: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1164: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1165: </strong></font><br>
1166: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1167: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1168: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1169: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1170: "... the hypothetical question ...
1171: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1172: <br>
1173: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1174: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1175: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1176: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1177: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1178: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1179: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1180: support network security.
1181: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1182: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1183: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1184: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1185: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1186: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1187: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1188: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1189: <br>
1190: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1191: <p>
1192:
1.249 jufi 1193: </ul>
1194:
1.246 jufi 1195: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1196: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1197:
1.247 jufi 1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1199: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1200: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1201: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1202: </strong></font><br>
1203: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1204: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1205: <p>
1206:
1.247 jufi 1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1208: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1209: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1210: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1211: </strong></font><br>
1212: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1213: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1214: <p>
1215:
1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1217: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1218: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1219: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1220: </strong></font><br>
1221: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1222: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1223: <p>
1.247 jufi 1224: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1225:
1.244 jufi 1226: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1227: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1228:
1.247 jufi 1229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1230: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1231: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1232: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1233: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1234: </strong></font><br>
1235: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1236: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1237: md5 digests.
1238: <p>
1239:
1.247 jufi 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1241: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1242: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1243: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1246: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1247: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1248: right the first time."
1249: <p>
1.247 jufi 1250: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1251:
1252:
1253: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1254: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1255:
1.247 jufi 1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1257: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1258: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1259: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1260: </strong></font><br>
1261: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1262: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1263: part 6</a>.
1264: <p>
1265:
1.247 jufi 1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1267: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1268: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1269: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1270: </strong></font><br>
1271: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1272: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1273: <p>
1.301 jose 1274:
1275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1276: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1277: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1278: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1279: </strong></font><br>
1280:
1281: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1282: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1283: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1284: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1285: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1286: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1287: <i>Here's the
1288: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1289: <p>
1.247 jufi 1290: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1291:
1292: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1293: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1294:
1.247 jufi 1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1296: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1297: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1298: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1299: </strong></font><br>
1300: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1301: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1302: <p>
1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1305: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1306: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1307: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1308: </strong></font><br>
1309: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1310: this time using pf.
1311: <p>
1.247 jufi 1312: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1313:
1314: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1315: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1316:
1.247 jufi 1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1318: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1319: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1320: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1321: </strong></font><br>
1322: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1323: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1324: their rotation.
1325: <p>
1326:
1.247 jufi 1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1328: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1329: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1330: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1331: </strong></font><br>
1332: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1333: <p>
1.247 jufi 1334: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1335:
1.239 jufi 1336: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1337: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1338:
1.247 jufi 1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1340: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1341: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1342: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1343: </strong></font><br>
1344: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1345: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1346: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1347: <p>
1348:
1.247 jufi 1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1350: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1351: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1352: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1353: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1354: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1355: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1356: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1357: <p>
1.247 jufi 1358: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1359:
1.235 lebel 1360: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1361: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1362:
1.239 jufi 1363:
1.247 jufi 1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1365: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1366: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1367: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1368: </strong></font><br>
1369: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1370: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1371: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1372: <p>
1.301 jose 1373:
1.247 jufi 1374: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1375:
1.228 horacio 1376: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1377: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1378:
1.247 jufi 1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1380: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1381: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1382: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1383: </strong></font><br>
1384: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1385: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1386: <p>
1387:
1.247 jufi 1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1389: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1390: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1391: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1392: </strong></font><br>
1393: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1394: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1395: <p>
1396:
1.247 jufi 1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1398: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1399: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1400: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1401: </strong></font><br>
1402: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1403: on the desktop of his parents.
1404: <p>
1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1407: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1408: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1409: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1410: </strong></font><br>
1411: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1412: using IPFilter.
1413:
1414: <p>
1415:
1.247 jufi 1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1417: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1418: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1419: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1420: </strong></font><br>
1421: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1422: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1423: perspectives of the four OS.
1424: <br>
1425: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1426: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1427: <p>
1428:
1.247 jufi 1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1430: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1431: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1432: software and security</a>,
1433: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1434: </strong></font><br>
1435:
1436: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1437: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1438: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1439: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1440: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1441: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1442: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1443: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1444: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1445: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1446: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1447: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1448: <p>
1.247 jufi 1449: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1450:
1.225 horacio 1451: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1452: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1455: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1456: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1457: Interview</a>,
1458: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1459: </strong></font><br>
1460:
1461: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1462: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1463: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1464: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1465: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1466: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1467: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1468: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1469: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1470: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1471: of choice.
1472: <p>
1.247 jufi 1473: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1474:
1475: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1476: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1477:
1.247 jufi 1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1479: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1480: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1481: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1482: </strong></font><br>
1483:
1484: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1485: <p>
1486:
1.247 jufi 1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1488: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1489: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1490: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1491: </strong></font><br>
1492:
1493: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1494: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1495: <p>
1.247 jufi 1496: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1497:
1.218 horacio 1498: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1499: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1502: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1503: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1504: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1505: </strong></font><br>
1506:
1507: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1508: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1509: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1510: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1511: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1512: subjects. Worth a read.
1513: <p>
1514:
1515:
1.247 jufi 1516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1517: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1518: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1519: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1520: </strong></font><br>
1521:
1522: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1523: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1524: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1525: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1526: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1527: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1528: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1529: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1530: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1531: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1532: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1533: on other operating systems.<br>
1534: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1535: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1536: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1537: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1538: <p>
1539:
1.247 jufi 1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1541: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1542: Operating System 2010</a>,
1543: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1544: </strong></font><br>
1545:
1546: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1547: covering the level of software integration into the core
1548: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1549: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1550: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1551: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1552: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1553: <p>
1554:
1.247 jufi 1555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1556: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1557: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1558: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1559: </strong></font><br>
1560:
1561: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1562: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1563: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1564: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1565: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1566: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1567: <p>
1.247 jufi 1568: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1569:
1.210 jufi 1570: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1571: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1572:
1.247 jufi 1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1574: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1575: Already a Contender</a>,
1576: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1577: </strong></font><br>
1578:
1579: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1580: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1581: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1582: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1583: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1584: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1585: <p>
1586:
1.247 jufi 1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1588: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1589: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1590: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1591: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1592:
1.224 horacio 1593: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1594: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1595: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1596: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1597: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1598: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1599: <p>
1.247 jufi 1600: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1601:
1602: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1603: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1606: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1607: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1608: Division</a>,
1609: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1610: </strong></font><br>
1611:
1612: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1613: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1614: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1615: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1616: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1617: investment</em>.<br>
1618: The implementation details can be seen on their
1619: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1620: <p>
1621:
1.247 jufi 1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1623: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1624: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1625: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1626: </strong></font><br>
1627:
1628: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1629: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1630: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1631: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1632: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1633: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1634: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1635: <p>
1636:
1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1638: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1639: Thinking about Security</a>,
1640: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1641: </strong></font><br>
1642:
1643: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1644: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1645: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1646: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1647: to time.<br>
1648: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1649: system and just the most secure system.
1650: <p>
1651:
1.247 jufi 1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1653: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1654: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1655: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1656: </strong></font><br>
1657:
1658: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1659: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1660: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1661: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1662: choice:<br>
1663: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1664: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1665: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1666: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1667: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1668: network security devices and as such must be well
1669: armored."</em><br>
1670: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1671: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1672: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1673: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1674: <br>
1675: Bravo!
1676: <p>
1.247 jufi 1677: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1678:
1.207 ian 1679: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1680: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1681:
1.247 jufi 1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1683: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1684: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1685: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1686:
1.207 ian 1687: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1688: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1689: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1690: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1691: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1692: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1693: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1694: <p>
1.247 jufi 1695: </ul>
1.207 ian 1696:
1.194 jufi 1697: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1698: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1699:
1.247 jufi 1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1701: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1702: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1703: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1704: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1705:
1.240 miod 1706: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1707: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1708: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1709: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1710: <p>
1711:
1.247 jufi 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1713: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1714: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1715: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1716:
1717: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1718: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1719: <p>
1720:
1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1722: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1723: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1724: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1725:
1726: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1727: <p>
1728:
1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1730: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1731: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1732: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1733: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1734:
1.240 miod 1735: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1736: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1737: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1738: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1739: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1740: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1741: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1742: <br>
1743: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1744: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1745: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1746: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1747: <p>
1748:
1.247 jufi 1749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1750: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1751: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1752: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1753: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1754:
1.194 jufi 1755: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1756: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1757: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1758: <br>
1759: The new
1760: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1761: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1762: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1763: <p>
1.247 jufi 1764: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1765:
1.190 horacio 1766: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1767: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1768:
1.247 jufi 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1770:
1771: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1772: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1773:
1.301 jose 1774:
1.191 jufi 1775: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1776: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1777:
1778: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1779: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1780:
1.212 horacio 1781: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1782: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1783: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1784:
1.211 horacio 1785: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1786: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1787: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1788:
1.247 jufi 1789: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1790: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1791:
1.247 jufi 1792: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1793: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1794:
1.212 horacio 1795: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1796: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1797: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1798:
1799: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1800: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1801:
1802: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1803: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1804:
1.301 jose 1805: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1806: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1807:
1.191 jufi 1808: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1809: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1810:
1811: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1812: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1813:
1.192 jufi 1814: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1815: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1816: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1817:
1.193 deraadt 1818: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1819: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1820: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1823: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1824:
1.247 jufi 1825: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1826: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1827: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1828:
1.213 horacio 1829: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1830: 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 1831: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1832:
1.190 horacio 1833: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1834: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1835: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1836: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1837: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1838: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1839: <p>
1.190 horacio 1840:
1.247 jufi 1841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1842: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1843: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1844: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1845: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1846:
1.195 jufi 1847: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1848: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1849: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1850: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1851: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1852: <p>
1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1855: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1856: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1857: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1858: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1859:
1.191 jufi 1860: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1861: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1862: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1863: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1864: <p>
1865:
1866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1867: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1868: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1869: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1870:
1871: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1872: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1873: <p>
1.247 jufi 1874: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1875:
1.191 jufi 1876:
1.186 jufi 1877: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1878: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1879:
1.247 jufi 1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1881: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1882: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1883: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1884: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1885:
1.188 jufi 1886: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1887: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1888: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1889: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1890: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1891: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1892: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1893: <p>
1894:
1.301 jose 1895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1896: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1897: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1898: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1899:
1900: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1901: <p>
1.191 jufi 1902:
1.247 jufi 1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1904: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1905: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1906: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1907: </strong></font><br>
1908:
1909: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1910: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1911: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1912: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1913: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1914: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1915: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1916: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1917: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1918: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1919: familiar?
1920: <p>
1.247 jufi 1921: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1922:
1.178 louis 1923: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1924: <ul>
1.178 louis 1925:
1.247 jufi 1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1927: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1928: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1929: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1930: </strong></font><br>
1931:
1932: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1933: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1934: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1935: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1936: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1937: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1938: <p>
1939:
1.247 jufi 1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1941: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1942: Open source under the hood</a>,
1943: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1944: </strong></font><br>
1945:
1946: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1947: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1948: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1949: <p>
1950:
1.247 jufi 1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1952: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1953: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1954: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1955: </strong></font><br>
1956:
1957: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1958: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1959: <p>
1.247 jufi 1960: </ul>
1.179 louis 1961:
1.174 louis 1962:
1.175 louis 1963: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1964: <ul>
1.175 louis 1965:
1.247 jufi 1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1967: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1968: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1969: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1970: </strong></font><br>
1971:
1972: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1973: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1974: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1975: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1976: <p>
1977:
1.247 jufi 1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1979: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1980: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1981: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1982: </strong></font><br>
1983:
1984: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1985: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1986: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1987: <p>
1.247 jufi 1988: </ul>
1.175 louis 1989:
1.176 louis 1990:
1.172 mickey 1991: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1992: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1993:
1.247 jufi 1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1995: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1996: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1997: </strong></font><br>
1998:
1999: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2000: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2001: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2002: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2003: <p>
2004:
1.247 jufi 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2006: <a
1.269 deraadt 2007: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2008: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2009: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2010: </strong></font><br>
2011:
2012: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2013: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2014: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2015: <p>
2016:
1.247 jufi 2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2018: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2019: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2020: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2021: </strong></font><br>
2022:
2023: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2024: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2025: <p>
2026:
1.247 jufi 2027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2028: <a
1.269 deraadt 2029: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2030: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2031: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2032: </strong></font><br>
2033:
2034: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2035: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2036: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2037: our own Theo de Raadt.
2038: <p>
2039:
1.247 jufi 2040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2041: <a
1.269 deraadt 2042: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2043: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2044: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2045: </strong></font><br>
2046:
2047: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2048: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2049: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2050: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2051: shut down.]
2052: <p>
2053:
1.247 jufi 2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2055: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2056: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2057: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2058: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2059: </strong></font><br>
2060:
2061: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2062: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2063: <p>
1.247 jufi 2064: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2065:
1.161 louis 2066: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2067: <ul>
1.161 louis 2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2070: <a
1.269 deraadt 2071: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2072: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2073: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2074: </strong></font><br>
2075:
2076: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2077: by John Wolley
2078: <p>
2079:
1.247 jufi 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2081: <a
1.269 deraadt 2082: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2083: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2084: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2085: </strong></font><br>
2086:
2087: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2088: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2089: OpenBSD).
2090: <p>
2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2093: <a
1.247 jufi 2094: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2095: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2096: </strong></font><br>
2097:
2098: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2099: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2100: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2101: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2102: and hindsight.
2103: <p>
2104:
1.247 jufi 2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2106: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2107: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2108: </strong></font><br>
2109:
2110: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2111: <p>
2112:
1.247 jufi 2113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2114: <a
1.168 provos 2115: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2116: December 7, 2000
2117: </strong></font><br>
2118:
2119: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2120: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2121: us explain.
2122: <p>
2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2125: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2126: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2127: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2128: December 6, 2000
2129: </strong></font><br>
2130:
2131: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2132: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2133: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2134: <p>
2135:
1.247 jufi 2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2137: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2138: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2139: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2140: </strong></font><br>
2141:
2142: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2143: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2144: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2145: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2146: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2147: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2148: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2149: <p>
2150:
2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2152: <a
1.226 horacio 2153: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2154: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2155: </strong></font><br>
2156:
2157: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2158: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2159: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2160: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2161: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2162: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2163: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2164: <p>
1.162 millert 2165:
1.247 jufi 2166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2167: <a
1.161 louis 2168: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2169: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2170: </strong></font><br>
2171:
2172: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2173: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2174: <p>
2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2177: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2178: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2179: </strong></font><br>
2180:
2181: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2182: <p>
2183:
2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2186: <a
1.226 horacio 2187: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2188: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2189: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2190: </strong></font><br>
2191:
2192: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2193: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2194: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2195: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2196: <p>
1.247 jufi 2197: </ul>
1.169 louis 2198:
1.158 louis 2199: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2200: <ul>
1.147 louis 2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2203: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2204: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2205: </strong></font><br>
2206:
2207: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2208: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2209: <p>
2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2212: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2213: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2214: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2215: </strong></font><br>
2216: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2217: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2218: <p>
2219:
1.247 jufi 2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2221: <a
2222: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2223: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2224: </strong></font><br>
2225:
2226: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2227: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2228: <p>
2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2231: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2232: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2233: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2234:
1.213 horacio 2235: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 2236: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
2237: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2238: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2239: <p>
1.215 horacio 2240:
1.247 jufi 2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2242: <a
2243: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2244: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2245: </strong></font><br>
2246:
2247: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2248: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2249: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2250: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2251: much of the attitude too).
2252: <p>
1.161 louis 2253:
1.247 jufi 2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2255: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2256: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2257: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2258:
1.157 louis 2259: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2260: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2261: <p>
1.247 jufi 2262: </ul>
1.157 louis 2263:
2264: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2265: <ul>
1.157 louis 2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2268: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2269: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2270: </strong></font><br>
2271:
2272: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2273: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2274: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2275: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2276: <p>
2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2279: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2280: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2284: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2285: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2286: it because they love coding...
2287: <p>
2288:
1.247 jufi 2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2290: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2291: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2292: </strong></font><br>
2293:
2294: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2295: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2296: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2297: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2298: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2299: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2300: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2301: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2302: <p>
2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2305: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2306: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2307: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2308: </strong></font><br>
2309:
2310: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2311: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2312: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2313: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2314: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2315: the pizza.
2316: <p>
2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2319: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2320: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2321: </strong></font><br>
2322:
2323: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2324: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2325: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2326: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2327: problems.
2328: <p>
2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2331: <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 2332: </strong></font><br>
2333:
1.222 miod 2334: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2335: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2336: - whether they like it or not.
2337: <p>
2338:
1.247 jufi 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2340: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2341: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343:
2344: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2345: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2346: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2347: <p>
1.148 aaron 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2350: <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 2351: </strong></font><br>
2352:
2353: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2354: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2355: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2356: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2357: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2358: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2359: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2360: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2361: <p>
2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2364: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2365: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2366: </strong></font><br>
2367:
2368: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2369: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2370: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2371: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2372: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2373: <p>
1.247 jufi 2374: </ul>
1.147 louis 2375:
1.138 louis 2376: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2377: <ul>
1.138 louis 2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2380: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2381: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2382: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2383: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2384: </strong></font><br>
2385:
1.227 horacio 2386: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2387: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2388: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2389: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2390: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2391: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2392: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2393: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2394: <p>
2395:
1.247 jufi 2396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2397: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2398: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2399: </strong></font><br>
2400:
2401: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2402: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2403: groups, and even Linux.
2404: <p>
2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2407: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2408: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2409: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2410: </strong></font><br>
2411:
2412: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2413: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2414: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2415: library after installing the OS.
2416: <p>
2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2419: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2420: Sys Admin, September 2000
2421: </strong></font><br>
2422:
2423: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2424: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2425: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2426: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2427: (<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>,
2428: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2429: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2430: <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 2431: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2432: out of the system.
2433: <p>
2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2436: <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
2437: </strong></font><br>
2438:
2439: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2440: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2441: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2442: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2443: the IP filtering and address translation.
2444: <p>
1.301 jose 2445:
2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2447: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2448: </strong></font><br>
2449:
2450: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2451: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2452: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2453: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2454: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2455: <p>
1.247 jufi 2456: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2457:
1.131 louis 2458: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2459: <ul>
1.131 louis 2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2462: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2463: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2464: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2465: </strong></font><br>
2466:
2467: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2468: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2469: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2470: <p>
2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2473: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2474: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2475: </strong></font><br>
2476:
2477: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2478: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2479: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2480: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2481: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2482: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2483: note of"</i>.
2484: <p>
2485:
1.247 jufi 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2487: <a
1.247 jufi 2488: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2489: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2490: </strong></font><br>
2491:
2492: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2493: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2494: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2495: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2496: <p>
2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2499: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2500: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2501: </strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2504: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2505: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2506: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2507: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2508: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2509: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2510: <p>
2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2513: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2514: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2515: 2000
2516: </strong></font><br>
2517:
2518: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2519: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2520: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2521: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2522: against current industry practices.
2523: <p>
2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2526: <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
2527: </strong></font><br>
2528:
2529: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2530: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2531: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2532: <p>
2533:
1.247 jufi 2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2535: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2536: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2537: </strong></font><br>
2538:
2539: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2540: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2541: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2542: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2543: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2544: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2545: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2546: <p>
2547:
1.247 jufi 2548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2549: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2550: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2551: </strong></font><br>
2552:
2553: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2554: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2555: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2556: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2557: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2558: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2559: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2560: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2561: <p>
1.247 jufi 2562: </ul>
1.131 louis 2563:
1.118 louis 2564: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2565: <ul>
1.118 louis 2566:
1.247 jufi 2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2568: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2569: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2570: </strong></font><br>
2571:
2572: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2573: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2574: about time. The article mentions that
2575: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2576: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2577: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2578: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2579: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2580: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2581: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2582: <p>
2583:
1.247 jufi 2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2585: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2586: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2587: </strong></font><br>
2588:
2589: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2590: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2591: of OpenSSH.
2592: <p>
2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2595: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2596: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2597: </strong></font><br>
2598:
2599: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2600: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2601: bridging.
2602: <p>
2603:
1.247 jufi 2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2605: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2606: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2607: </strong></font><br>
2608:
1.121 deraadt 2609: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2610: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2611: <p>
2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2614: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2615: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2616: </strong></font><br>
2617:
2618: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2619: <p>
2620:
1.247 jufi 2621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2622: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2623: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2624: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2625: </strong></font><br>
2626:
1.120 deraadt 2627: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2628: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2629: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2630: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2631: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2632: <p>
2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2635: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2636: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2637: </strong></font><br>
2638:
1.222 miod 2639: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2640: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2641: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2642: protocols and their quirks.
2643: <p>
2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2646: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2647: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2648: </strong></font><br>
2649:
2650: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2651: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2652: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2653: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2654: <p>
2655:
1.247 jufi 2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2657: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2658: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2659: </strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2662: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2663: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2664: <p>
2665:
1.247 jufi 2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2667: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2668: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2669: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2670: </strong></font><br>
2671:
2672: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2673: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2674: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2675: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2676: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2677: <p>
1.247 jufi 2678: </ul>
1.118 louis 2679:
1.104 louis 2680: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2681: <ul>
1.104 louis 2682:
1.247 jufi 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2684: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2685: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2686: </strong></font><br>
2687:
2688: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2689: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2690: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2691: be a bit dry.
2692: <p>
2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2695: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2696: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2697: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2698: </strong></font><br>
2699: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2700: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2701: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2702: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2703: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2704: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2705: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2706: <p>
2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2709: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2710: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2711: 2000
1.128 louis 2712: </strong></font><br>
2713:
2714: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2715: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2716: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2717: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2718: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2719: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2720: <p>
2721:
1.247 jufi 2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2723: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2724: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2725: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2726:
2727: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2728: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2729: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2730: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2731: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2732: <p>
1.110 louis 2733:
1.247 jufi 2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2735: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2736: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2737: </strong></font><br>
2738:
2739: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2740: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2741: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2742: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2743: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2744: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2745: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2746: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2747: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2748: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2749: <p>
2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2752: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2753: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2754:
2755: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2756: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2757: <p>
1.108 louis 2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2760: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2761: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2762: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2763:
2764: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2765: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2766: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2767: <p>
1.106 louis 2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2770: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2771: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2772: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2773:
2774: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2775: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2776: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2777: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2778: <p>
1.107 louis 2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2781: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2782: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2783: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2784:
2785: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2786: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2787: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2788: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2789: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2790: <p>
1.105 louis 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2793: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2794: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2796:
1.113 naddy 2797: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2798: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2799: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2800: <p>
1.104 louis 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2803: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2804: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2805: </strong></font><br>
2806:
2807: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2808: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2809: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2810: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2811: <p>
1.301 jose 2812:
2813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2814: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2815: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2816: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2817:
2818: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2819: hardware-supported cryptography.
2820: <p>
1.247 jufi 2821: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2822:
1.85 louis 2823: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2824: <ul>
1.85 louis 2825:
1.247 jufi 2826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2827: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2828: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2829: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2830:
2831: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2832: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2833: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2834: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2835: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2836: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2837: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2838: <p>
1.99 louis 2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2841: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2842: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2843: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2844:
2845: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2846: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2847: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2848: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2849: <p>
1.100 louis 2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2852: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2853: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2854: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2855:
2856: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2857: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2858: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2859: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2860: <p>
1.95 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2863: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2864: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2866:
2867: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2868: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2869: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2870: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2871: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2872: <p>
1.92 louis 2873:
1.247 jufi 2874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2875: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2876: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2877: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2878:
2879: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2880: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2881: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2882: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2883: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2884: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2885: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2886: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.91 louis 2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2890: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2891: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2893:
2894: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2895: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2896: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2897: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2898: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2899: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2900: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2901: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2902: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.90 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2906: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2907: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2908: </strong></font><br>
2909: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2910: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2911: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2912: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2913: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2914: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2915: <p>
2916:
1.247 jufi 2917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2918: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2919: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2920: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2921:
1.113 naddy 2922: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2923: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2924: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2925: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2926: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2927: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2928: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2929: <p>
1.87 louis 2930:
1.247 jufi 2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2932: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2933: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2934: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2935:
2936: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2937: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2938: <p>
1.85 louis 2939:
1.247 jufi 2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2941: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2942: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2943: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2944:
2945: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2946: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2947: <p>
2948:
2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2950: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2951: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2952: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2953:
2954: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2955: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2956: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2957: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2958: <p>
1.89 louis 2959:
1.247 jufi 2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2961: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2962: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2963: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2964:
2965: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2966: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2967: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2968: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2969: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2970: </ul>
1.85 louis 2971:
1.78 deraadt 2972: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2973: <ul>
1.74 louis 2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2976: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2977: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2978: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2979: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2980:
2981: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2982: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2983: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2984: <p>
1.83 louis 2985:
1.247 jufi 2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2987: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2988: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2989: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2990:
2991: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2992: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2993: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2994: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2995: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2996: <p>
1.93 louis 2997:
1.247 jufi 2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2999: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3000: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3001: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3002: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3003:
1.83 louis 3004: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3005: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3006: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3007: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3008: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3009: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3010: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3011: <p>
1.82 aaron 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3014: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3015: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3016: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3017:
1.83 louis 3018: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3019: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3020: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3021: <p>
1.80 louis 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3024: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3025: Bad Press</a>,
3026: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3027: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3028:
3029: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3030: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3031: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3032: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3033: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3034: <p>
1.247 jufi 3035: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3036:
3037: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3038: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3039:
1.247 jufi 3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3041: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3042: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3043: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3044: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3045:
3046: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3047: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3048: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3049: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3050: <p>
1.74 louis 3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3053: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3054: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3055: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3056:
1.219 horacio 3057: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3058: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3059: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3060: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3061: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3062: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3063: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3064: <p>
1.88 louis 3065:
1.247 jufi 3066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3067: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3068: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3069: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3070:
3071: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3072: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3073: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3074: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3075: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3076: <p>
1.81 louis 3077:
1.247 jufi 3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3079: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3080: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3081: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3082:
3083: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3084: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3085: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3086: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3087: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3088: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3089: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3090: <p>
1.90 louis 3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3093: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3094: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3095: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3096:
3097: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3098: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3099: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3100: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3101: <p>
1.247 jufi 3102: </ul>
1.71 louis 3103:
1.69 deraadt 3104: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3105: <ul>
1.70 louis 3106:
1.247 jufi 3107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3108: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3109: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3110: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3111:
3112: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3113: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3114: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3115: <p>
1.70 louis 3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3118: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3119: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3120: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3121:
3122: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3123: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3124: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3125: <p>
1.68 louis 3126:
1.247 jufi 3127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3128: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3129: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3130: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3131: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3132:
1.111 jufi 3133: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3134: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3135: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3136: "secure by default" installation.
3137: <p>
1.64 louis 3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3140: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3141: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3142: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3143:
1.113 naddy 3144: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3145: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3146: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3147: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3148: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3149: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3150: <p>
1.66 louis 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3153: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3154: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3155: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3156:
3157: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3158: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3159: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3160: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3161: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3162: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3163: <p>
1.83 louis 3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3166: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3167: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3168: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3169:
3170: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3171: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3172: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3173: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3174: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3175: <p>
1.64 louis 3176:
1.247 jufi 3177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3178: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3179: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3180: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3181:
3182: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3183: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3184: <p>
1.301 jose 3185:
3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3187: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3188: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3189: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3190: </strong></font><br>
3191:
3192: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3193: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3194: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3195: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3196: Giving way to
3197: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3198: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3199: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3200: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3201: <p>
1.247 jufi 3202: </ul>
1.65 louis 3203:
1.69 deraadt 3204: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3205: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3206:
1.247 jufi 3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3208: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3209: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3210: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3211:
3212: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3213: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3214: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3215: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3216: <p>
1.88 louis 3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3219: <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 3220: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3221:
3222: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3223: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3224: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3225: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3226: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3227: <p>
1.60 louis 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3230: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 ! david 3231: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3232: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3233: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3234:
3235: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3236: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3237: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3238: <p>
1.58 louis 3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3241: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3242: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3243:
3244: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3245: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3246: <p>
1.53 louis 3247:
1.247 jufi 3248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3249: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3250: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3251: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3252:
3253: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3254: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3255: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3256: <p>
1.99 louis 3257:
1.247 jufi 3258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3259: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3260: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3261:
3262: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3263: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3264: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3265: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3266: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3269: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3270: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3271: </strong></font><br>
3272:
3273: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3274: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3275: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3276: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3277: <p>
3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3280: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3281: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3282: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3283:
3284: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3285: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3286: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3289: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3290: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3291:
3292: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3293: in
1.247 jufi 3294: <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 3295: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3296: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3297: <p>
1.53 louis 3298:
1.247 jufi 3299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3300: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3301: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3302: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3303: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3304:
1.58 louis 3305: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3306: <p>
1.301 jose 3307:
3308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3309: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3310: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3311: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3312: Informacyjny, January 2000
3313: </strong></font><br>
3314:
3315: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3316: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3317: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3318: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3319: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3320: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3321: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3322: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3323: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3324: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3325: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3326: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3327: <p>
3328:
3329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3330: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3331: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3332: </strong></font><br>
3333:
3334: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3335: <p>
3336: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3337:
1.69 deraadt 3338: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3339: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3340:
1.247 jufi 3341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3342: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3343: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3344: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3345: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3346:
1.58 louis 3347: Kurt Seifried
3348: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3349: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3350: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3351: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3352:
1.247 jufi 3353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3354: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3355: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3356: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3357:
3358: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3359: <p>
1.96 louis 3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3362: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3363: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3364: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3365: </strong></font><br>
3366:
3367: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3368: <p>
3369:
3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3371: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3372: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3373: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3374:
3375: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3376: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3377: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3378: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3379: <p>
1.247 jufi 3380: </ul>
1.86 louis 3381:
1.69 deraadt 3382: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3383: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3386: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3387: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3388: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3389:
3390: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3391: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3392: <p>
1.61 louis 3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3395: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3396: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3397: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3398: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3399:
3400: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3401: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3402: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3403: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3404: right -- or at least strives to".
3405: <p>
1.48 louis 3406:
1.247 jufi 3407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3408: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3409: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3410: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3411: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3412: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3413: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3414: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3415: <p>
1.61 louis 3416:
1.247 jufi 3417: <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 3418: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3419: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3420:
3421: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3422: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3423: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3424: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3425: <p>
1.46 louis 3426:
1.247 jufi 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3428: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3429: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3430: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3431:
3432: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3433: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3434: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3435:
1.247 jufi 3436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3437: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3438: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3439: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3440:
3441: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3442: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3443: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3444: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3445: <p>
1.247 jufi 3446: </ul>
1.70 louis 3447:
1.69 deraadt 3448: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3449: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3450:
1.247 jufi 3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3452: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3453: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3454: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3455: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3456:
3457: Kurt Seifried
3458: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3459: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3460: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3461: <p>
1.44 philen 3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <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 3464: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3465: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3466:
3467: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3468: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3469:
1.247 jufi 3470: <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 3471: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3472: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3473:
3474: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3475: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3476:
1.247 jufi 3477: <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 3478: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3479: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3480:
3481: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3482: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3483: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3484: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3485: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <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 3488: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3489: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3490:
1.36 louis 3491: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3492: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3493:
1.247 jufi 3494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3495: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3496: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3497: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3498:
3499: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3500: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3501: </ul>
1.38 louis 3502:
1.69 deraadt 3503: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3504: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3505:
1.247 jufi 3506: <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 3507: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3508: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3509:
3510: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3511: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3512: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3513:
1.113 naddy 3514: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3515: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3516: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3517: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3518:
3519: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3520: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3521: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3522: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3523: <blockquote>
3524: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3525: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3526: <br>
3527: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3528: </code>
3529: </blockquote>
3530: <p>
3531:
1.247 jufi 3532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3533: <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 3534: <p>
3535:
3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3537: <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 3538: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3539:
3540: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3541: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3542: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3543: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3546: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3547: Sept. 28, 1999
3548: </strong></font><br>
3549:
3550: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3551: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3552: translating and reprinting articles from
3553: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3554: <p>
3555:
3556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3557: <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 3558: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3559:
3560: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3561: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3562: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3563: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3564: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3565: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3566: <p>
1.19 louis 3567:
1.113 naddy 3568: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3569: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3570: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3571:
3572: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3573: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3574: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3575: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3576: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3577: <p>
1.16 louis 3578:
1.247 jufi 3579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3580: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3581: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3582: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3583:
1.57 louis 3584: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3585: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3586: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3587: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3588:
1.247 jufi 3589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3590: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3591: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3592: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3593:
1.113 naddy 3594: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3597: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3598: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3599: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3600:
1.23 louis 3601: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3602: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3603: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3604: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3605: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3606: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3607:
1.247 jufi 3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3609: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3610: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3611: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3612:
1.199 pvalchev 3613: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3614: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3615: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3616: installation.
1.113 naddy 3617: <p>
1.47 louis 3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3620: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3621: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3622: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3623:
1.301 jose 3624: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3625: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3626: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3627: </ul>
1.57 louis 3628:
1.69 deraadt 3629: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3630: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3631:
1.247 jufi 3632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3633: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3634: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3635: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3636:
3637: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3638: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3639: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3640: <p>
1.12 louis 3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3643: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3644: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3645: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3646:
3647: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3648: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3649: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3650: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3651: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3652: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3653: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3654: <p>
1.247 jufi 3655: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3656:
1.69 deraadt 3657: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3658: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3659:
1.247 jufi 3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3661: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3662: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3663:
3664: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3665: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3666: available."
1.113 naddy 3667: <p>
1.301 jose 3668:
3669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3670: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3671: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3672: </strong></font><br>
3673:
3674: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3675: <p>
1.247 jufi 3676: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3677:
1.69 deraadt 3678: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3679: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3680:
1.247 jufi 3681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3682: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3683: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3684:
3685: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3686: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3687: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3688: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3689: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3690: <p>
1.33 louis 3691:
1.247 jufi 3692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3693: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3694: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3695: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3696:
1.113 naddy 3697: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3698: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3699: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3700: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3701: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3702: <p>
1.247 jufi 3703: </ul>
1.57 louis 3704:
1.69 deraadt 3705: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3706: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3709: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3710: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3711: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3712:
3713: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3714: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3715: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3716:
1.247 jufi 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3718: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3719: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3720: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3721: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3722:
3723: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3724: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3727: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3728:
1.113 naddy 3729: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3730:
1.247 jufi 3731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3732: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3733: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3734: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3735:
3736: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3737: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3738: </ul>
1.23 louis 3739:
1.69 deraadt 3740: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3741: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3744: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3745: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3746:
3747: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3748: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3749: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3750:
1.247 jufi 3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3752: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3753: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3754: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3755:
3756: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3757: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3758: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3759: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3760: </ul>
1.57 louis 3761:
1.69 deraadt 3762: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3763: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3766: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3767: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3768: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3769:
3770: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3771: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3772: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3773: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3774: <p>
1.15 louis 3775:
1.247 jufi 3776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3777: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3778: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3779: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3780:
3781: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3782: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3783: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3784: columns."
1.113 naddy 3785: <p>
1.247 jufi 3786: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3787:
1.69 deraadt 3788: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3789: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3790:
1.247 jufi 3791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3792: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3793: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3794: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3795:
3796: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3797: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3798:
1.113 naddy 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3800: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3801: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3802:
3803: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3804: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3805: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3806: </ul>
1.57 louis 3807:
1.69 deraadt 3808: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3809: <ul>
1.301 jose 3810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3811: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3812: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3813: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3814:
3815: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3816: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3817: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3818: <p>
3819:
3820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3821: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3822: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3823: Nov 13, 1998 and
3824: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3825: Datateknik</a>,
3826: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3827:
3828: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3829: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3830: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3831: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3832: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3833:
1.113 naddy 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3835: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3836: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3837: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3838:
1.222 miod 3839: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3840: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3841: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3842: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3843: <p>
1.247 jufi 3844: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3845:
1.69 deraadt 3846: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3847: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3848:
1.247 jufi 3849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3850: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3851: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3852:
1.69 deraadt 3853: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3854: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3855: <p>
1.247 jufi 3856: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3857:
1.69 deraadt 3858: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3859: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3860:
1.247 jufi 3861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3862: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3863: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3864: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3865:
3866: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3867: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3868: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3869:
1.247 jufi 3870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3871: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3872: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3873: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3874: <p>
1.247 jufi 3875: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3876:
1.69 deraadt 3877: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3878: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3879:
1.247 jufi 3880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3881: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 ! david 3882: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
! 3883: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3884: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3885: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3886:
3887: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3888: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3889: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3890: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3891: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3892: <p>
1.247 jufi 3893: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3894:
3895: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3896: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3897:
1.247 jufi 3898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3899: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3900: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3901:
1.69 deraadt 3902: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3903: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3904: <p>
1.112 naddy 3905:
1.247 jufi 3906: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3907: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3908:
1.292 camield 3909: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3910: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3911: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.377 ! david 3912: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.376 2004/03/04 06:37:26 david Exp $</small>
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