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1.378 henning 19: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
1.384 jose 21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
23: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
24: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
25: </strong></font><br>
26: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
27: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
28: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
29: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
30: <p>
31:
1.378 henning 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.381 ian 33: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">Interview
34: with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
35: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
36: </strong></font><br>
37: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
38: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
39: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
40: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
41: (quote:
42: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
43: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 44: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 45: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
46: the other developers for their work on the system.
47: <p>
48:
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 50: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
51: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
52: </strong></font><br>
1.385 ! jose 53: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 54: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
55: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
56: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
57: too.
58: <p>
59:
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 61: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
62: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 63: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 64: OpenBSD source code using
65: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
66: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
67: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
68: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
69: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
70: <p>
71: </ul>
72:
1.374 jose 73: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
74: <ul>
75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.375 jose 76: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
77: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
78: </strong></font><br>
79: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
80: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
81: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
82: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
83: it."
84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 87: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
88: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
89: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
90: </strong></font><br/>
91: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
92: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
93: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
94: <p>
95: </ul>
96:
1.369 ian 97: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
98: <ul>
99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 100: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
101: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
102: </strong></font><br/>
103: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
104: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
105: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
106: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 110: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
111: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
112: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
113: </strong></font><br/>
114: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
115: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
116: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
117: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
118: form factor.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
122: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
123: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
124: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
125: Features</a>,
126: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
127: </strong></font><br/>
128: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
129: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
130: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
131: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
132: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
133: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
134: <p>
135: This article can also be found online at:
136: <ul>
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
138: <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>,
139: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
140: </strong></font>
141: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
142: </ul>
143: <p>
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.372 jose 145: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">Adding
1.371 jose 146: System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
147: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
148: </strong></font><br/>
149: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
150: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
151: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
152: </p>
153:
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 155: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 156: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 157: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 158: </strong></font><br/>
159: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
160: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
161: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
162: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
163: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
164: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
165: and its history with OpenBSD.
166: </ul>
167:
1.368 henning 168: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
169: <ul>
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 171: [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 172: </strong></font><br>
173: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
174: </ul>
175:
1.364 jose 176: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
177: <ul>
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 179: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
180: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
181: UNIX Review,
182: July, 2003.
183: </strong></font><br>
184: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
185: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
186: who want more information.
187: <p>
188:
189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 190: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
191: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
192: Government Computer News,
193: July 22, 2003.
194: </strong></font><br>
195: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
196: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
197: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
198: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
199: <p>
200:
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
202: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
203: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
204: SANS Institute,
205: July 22, 2003.
206: </strong></font><br>
207: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 208: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 209: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
210: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
211: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
212: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
213: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
214: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
215: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
216: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
217: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 221: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
222: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
223: OnLamp.com,
224: July 17, 2003.
225: </strong></font><br>
226: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
227: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
228: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
229: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
230: have been working on.
231:
232: </ul>
233:
1.356 jose 234: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 235: <ul>
236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 238: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
239: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
240: UNIX Review,
241: June, 2003.
242: </strong></font><br>
243: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
244: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
245: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
246: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
247: <p>
248:
249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 250: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
251: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
252: eWeek,
253: June 23, 2003.
254: </strong></font><br>
255: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
256: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
257: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
258: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
259: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
260: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 264: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
265: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
266: Software Development Online,
267: June, 2003.
268: </strong></font><br>
269: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
270: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
271: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
272: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
273: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
274: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
275: current activities.
276: <p>
277:
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 279: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
280: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 281: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
282: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
283: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
284: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
285: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
286: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
287: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
288: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 289: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 290: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
291: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
292: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
293: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
294: decisions.
295: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
296: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
297: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
298: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 299: <p>
300:
301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 302: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
303: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
304: Page 58, eWeek,
305: June 2, 2003.
306: </strong></font><br>
307: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
308: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
309: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
310: been addressed in -current.
311: <p>
312:
1.356 jose 313: </ul>
314:
315: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
316: <ul>
317:
1.355 jose 318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 319: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
320: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
321: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
322: </strong></font><br>
323: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
324: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
325: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
326: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
327: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
328: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
329: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
330: <p>
331:
332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 333: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
334: Beyond Linux</a>,
335: InfoWorld,
336: May 23, 2003.
337: </strong></font><br>
338: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
339: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
340: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
341: compared to the GPL.
342: <p>
343:
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 345: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
346: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
347: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 348: May 17, 2003.
349: </strong></font><br>
350: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
351: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
352: the business section and half of another page inside
353: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
354: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
355: in talking about the project's history and goals.
356: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
357: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
358: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
359: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 360: <br>
361: This article can also be found online at:
362: <ul>
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
364: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
365: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
366: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
367: May 17, 2003
368: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 369: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
371: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
372: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
373: Montreal Gazette,
374: May 21, 2003
375: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 376: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 377: <p>
1.346 ian 378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 380: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 381: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 382: May 7, 2003.
383: </strong></font><br>
384: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
385: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
386: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
387: <p>
388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 390: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
391: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
392: OsOpinion,
393: May 6, 2003.
394: </strong></font><br>
395: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
396: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
397: <br>
398: This article can also be found online at:
399: <ul>
400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
401: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
402: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
403: NewsFactor Network.
404: </strong></font>
405: </ul>
406: <p>
407:
408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 409: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 410: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
411: ITBusiness,
412: May 2, 2003.
413: </strong></font><br>
414: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
415: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
416: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
417: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 421: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
422: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
423: InfoWorld,
424: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 425: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 426: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
427: <br>
428: This article can also be found online at:
429: <ul>
430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
431: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
432: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
433: IDG Singapore.
434: </strong></font>
435: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 436: <p>
437:
1.339 jose 438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
439: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
440: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 441: ZDNet,
442: May 1, 2003.
443: </strong></font><br>
444: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 445: someone using parts from previous articles.
446: <br>
1.341 deraadt 447: This article can also be found online at:
448: <ul>
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
450: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
451: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
452: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 453: </strong></font>
454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
455: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
456: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
457: CNET News.com.
458: </strong></font>
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
460: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
461: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
462: ZDNet UK.
463: </strong></font>
464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
465: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
466: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
467: Help Net Security, Croatia.
468: </strong></font>
469: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 470: <p>
1.339 jose 471:
1.341 deraadt 472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 473: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 474: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
475: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
476: May 1, 2003.
477: </strong></font><br>
478: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
479: that have been added
480: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
481: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
482: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 483: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 484: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
485: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
486: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 487: <p>
488:
489: </ul>
490:
1.253 ian 491: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
492: <ul>
1.255 ian 493:
1.260 ian 494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 495: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 496: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
497: TechRepublic,
498: April 28, 2003.
499: </strong></font><br>
500: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
501: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 502: work.<br>
503: Can also be found online at:
504: <ul>
505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
506: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
507: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
508: ZDNet UK.
509: </strong></font>
510: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 511: <p>
512:
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 514: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
515: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
516: IDG,
517: April 24, 2003.
518: </strong></font><br>
519: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
520: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
521: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
522: Can also be found online at:
523: <ul>
524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
525: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
526: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 527: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 528: </strong></font>
529: </ul>
530: <p>
531:
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
533: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 534: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 535: Slate,
536: April 24, 2003.
537: </strong></font><br>
538: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
539: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
540: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
541: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
542: <p>
543:
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 545: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
546: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
547: April 24, 2003.
548: </strong></font><br>
549: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
550: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
551: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
552: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 556: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
557: April 24, 2003.
558: </strong></font><br>
559: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
560: the free software community".
561: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
562: other articles.
563: <p>
564:
565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 566: <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 567: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
568: </strong></font><br>
569: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
570: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
571: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
572: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
573: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
574: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
575: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
576: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
577: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
578: <br/>
579: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
580: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
581: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
582: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 583: <br>
584: Can also be found online at:
585: <ul>
586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
587: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
588: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
589: Common Dreams NewsCenter
590: </strong></font>
591: </ul>
1.324 ian 592: <p>
593:
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
595: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
596: Wired, April 24, 2003.
597: </strong></font><br>
598: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
599: article above.
600: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
601: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
602: wasting them."
1.332 ian 603: <br>
604: Can also be found online at:
605: <ul>
606: <li>
607: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
608: </strong></font>
609: </ul>
1.324 ian 610: <p>
611:
612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 613: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
614: </strong></font><br>
615: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
616: <p>
617:
618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 619: <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.
620: </strong></font><br>
621: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
622: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
623: <p>
624:
625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 626: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
627: April 23, 2003.
628: </strong></font><br>
629: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
630: <p>
631:
632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 633: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 634: April 22, 2003.
635: </strong></font><br>
636: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
637: <p>
638:
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 640: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
641: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
642: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 643: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 644: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
645: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
646: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
647: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
648: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
649: Can also be found online at:
650: <ul>
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
652: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 653: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
654: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 655: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
657: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 658: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
659: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 660: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 661: </ul>
662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 665: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
666: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 667: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 668: </strong></font><br>
669: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 670: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
671: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
672: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
673: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
674: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
675: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 679: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
680: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 681: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
682: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 683: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
684: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
685: at UPenn and DARPA.
686: <p>
687:
688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 689: [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,
690: France
1.315 deraadt 691: April 18, 2003.
692: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 693: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 694: <p>
695:
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 697: [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 698: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 699: </strong></font><br>
700: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
701: <p>
702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 704: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
705: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
706: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 707: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 708: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
709: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
710: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
711: <p>
712:
713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 714: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
715: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 716: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 717: </strong></font><br>
718: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
719: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
720: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 721: American century.
1.267 deraadt 722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 725: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
726: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 727: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 728: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 729: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
730: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
731: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
732: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
733: Can also be found online at:
734: <ul>
735: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
736: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 737: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 738: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 739: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 740: <p>
741:
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 743: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 744: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 745: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 746: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 747: </strong></font><br>
748: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 749: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
750: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
751: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
752: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 753:
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
755: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
756: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
757: New York Times.
758: </strong></font>(free registration required)
759:
1.273 deraadt 760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
761: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 762: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 763: ABC News.
764: </strong></font>
765:
766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 767: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 768: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 769: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 770: </strong></font>
771:
772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 773: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 774: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 775: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 776: </strong></font>
777:
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 779: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
780: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 781: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 782: </strong></font>
783:
784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 785: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 786: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 787: Times Daily, AL.
788: </strong></font>
789:
790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
791: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
792: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
793: Boston.com, MA.
794: </strong></font>
795:
796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 797: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 798: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 799: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
800: </strong></font>
801:
802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 803: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
804: [Article was pulled]</a>
805: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 806: </strong></font>
807:
808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
809: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
810: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
811: Infoshop News.
812: </strong></font>
813:
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
815: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
816: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
817: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
818: </strong></font>
819:
820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 821: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
822: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
823: Raleigh News, NC.
824: </strong></font>
825:
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 827: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 828: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
829: Napa News, CA.
830: </strong></font>
831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 833: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 834: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
835: NEPA News, PA.
836: </strong></font>
837:
838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
839: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
840: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
841: Wired News.
842: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 843: <br>
844: <li>
1.333 deraadt 845: <font color="#009000"><strong>
846: [JAPANESE]
847: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
848: Wired News Japan</a>
849: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 850:
1.271 deraadt 851: </ul>
852: <p>
1.272 deraadt 853: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
854: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 855: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
856: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
857: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
858: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
859: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
860: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 861: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 862: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
863: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
864: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 865: <p>
866: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 869: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 870: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
871: Indianapolis Star, IN.
872: </strong></font>
873:
874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 875: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
876: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
877: Miami Herald, FL.
878: </strong></font>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 881: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 882: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
883: </strong></font>
884:
885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
886: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 887: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 888: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 889: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 890:
891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
892: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
893: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
894: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
895: ABC News.
896: </strong></font>
897:
1.276 deraadt 898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
899: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 900: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 901: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 902: </strong></font>
903:
1.286 dhartmei 904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 905: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 906: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
907: Wilmington Star, NC.
908: </strong></font>
909:
1.300 jose 910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
911: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
912: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
913: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
914: </strong></font>
915:
1.309 jose 916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
917: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
918: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
919: Globe Technology.
920: </strong></font>
921:
1.263 deraadt 922: </ul>
1.262 beck 923: <p>
924:
925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 926: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
927: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 928: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 929: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 930: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 931: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
932: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
933: <p>
934:
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 936: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
937: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
938: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 939: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 940: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
941: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
942: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
943: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
944: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
945: and simply restates other press reports.
946: <p>
947:
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 949: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
950: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
951: OS News, April 18, 2003.
952: </strong></font><br>
953: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
954: <p>
955:
956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 957: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
958: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 959: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 960: </strong></font><br>
961: Another report on the DARPA funding.
962: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
963: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 967: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
968: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
969: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
970: April 17, 2003.
971: </strong></font><br>
972: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
973: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
974: Tech Anthems</a>
975: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
976: 4 so far.
977: <p>
978:
979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 980: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
981: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 982: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 983: </strong></font><br>
984: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
985: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
986: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
987: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
988: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
989: Goes on to say:
990: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
991: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
992: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
993: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 994: This article is also found online at:
995: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
997: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
998: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
999: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1000: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1002: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1003: ZDnet</a>,
1004: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1005: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1007: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1008: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1009: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1010: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1011: </ul>
1.260 ian 1012: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1013:
1.260 ian 1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1015: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1016: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1017: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1018: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1019: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1020: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1021: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1022: without notice or justification.
1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1026: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1027: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1028: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1029: </strong></font><br>
1030: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1031: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1032: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1033: effective today, without any warning..."
1034: <p>
1.257 ian 1035:
1036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1037: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1038: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1039: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1040: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1041: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1042: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1043: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1044: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1045: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1046: <p>
1047:
1048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1049: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1050: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1051: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1052: </strong></font><br>
1053: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1054: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1055: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1056: quoting two of them:
1057: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1058: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1059: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1060: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1061: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1062: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1063: <p>
1064:
1.255 ian 1065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1066: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1067: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1068: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1069: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1070: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1071: <p>
1072:
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1074: [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 1075: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1076: </strong></font><br>
1077: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1078: <p>
1079:
1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1081: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1082: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1083: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1084: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1085: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1086: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1087: security experts for more than three decades."
1088: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1089: <p>
1.261 ian 1090:
1.254 drahn 1091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1092: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1093: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1094: </strong></font><br>
1095: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1096: <p>
1097:
1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1099: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1100: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1101: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1102: </strong></font><br>
1103: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1104: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1105: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1106: <p>
1107:
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1109: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1110: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1111: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1112: </strong></font><br>
1113: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1114: from US DARPA.
1115: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1116: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1117: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1118: the BSD license.
1119: <p>
1120: </ul>
1121:
1.251 ian 1122: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1123: <ul>
1124:
1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1126: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1127: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1128: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1129: </strong></font><br>
1130:
1131: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1132: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1133: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1134: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1135: <p>
1136:
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1138: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1139: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1140: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1143: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1144: Mentions
1145: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1146: and
1147: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1148: programs.
1149: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1150: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1151: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1152: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1153: <p>
1.325 ian 1154: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1155: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1156:
1157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1158: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1159: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1160: </strong></font><br>
1161: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1162: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1163: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1164: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1165: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1166: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1167: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1168: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1169: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1170: put into service."
1171: <p>
1172: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1173: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1174: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1175: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1176: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1177: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1178: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1179: computers with security features."
1180: <p>
1.329 ian 1181:
1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1183: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1184: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1185: Slate,
1186: March 3, 2003.
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1189: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1190: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1191: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1192: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1193: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1194: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1195: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1196: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1197: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1198: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1199: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1200: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1201: of more secure open-source solutions like
1202: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1203: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1204: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1205: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1206: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1207: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1208: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1209: the Beltway."
1210: <p>
1.251 ian 1211: </ul>
1212:
1.249 jufi 1213: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1214: <ul>
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1216: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1217: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1218: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1219: </strong></font><br>
1220: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1221: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1222: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1223: <p>
1.334 ian 1224:
1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1226: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1227: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1228: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1229: </strong></font><br>
1230: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1231: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1232: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1233: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1234: "... the hypothetical question ...
1235: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1236: <br>
1237: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1238: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1239: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1240: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1241: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1242: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1243: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1244: support network security.
1245: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1246: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1247: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1248: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1249: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1250: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1251: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1252: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1253: <br>
1254: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1255: <p>
1256:
1.249 jufi 1257: </ul>
1258:
1.246 jufi 1259: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1260: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1261:
1.247 jufi 1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1263: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1264: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1265: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1266: </strong></font><br>
1267: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1268: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1269: <p>
1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1272: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1273: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1274: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1275: </strong></font><br>
1276: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1277: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1278: <p>
1279:
1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1281: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1282: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1283: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1284: </strong></font><br>
1285: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1286: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1287: <p>
1.247 jufi 1288: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1289:
1.244 jufi 1290: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1291: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1294: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1295: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1296: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1297: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1298: </strong></font><br>
1299: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1300: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1301: md5 digests.
1302: <p>
1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1305: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1306: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1307: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1308: </strong></font><br>
1309: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1310: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1311: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1312: right the first time."
1313: <p>
1.247 jufi 1314: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1315:
1316:
1317: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1318: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1319:
1.247 jufi 1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1321: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1322: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1323: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1324: </strong></font><br>
1325: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1326: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1327: part 6</a>.
1328: <p>
1329:
1.247 jufi 1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1331: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1332: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1333: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1334: </strong></font><br>
1335: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1336: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1337: <p>
1.301 jose 1338:
1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1340: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1341: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1342: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1343: </strong></font><br>
1344:
1345: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1346: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1347: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1348: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1349: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1350: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1351: <i>Here's the
1352: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1353: <p>
1.247 jufi 1354: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1355:
1356: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1357: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1358:
1.247 jufi 1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1360: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1361: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1362: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1363: </strong></font><br>
1364: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1365: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1366: <p>
1367:
1.247 jufi 1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1369: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1370: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1371: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1372: </strong></font><br>
1373: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1374: this time using pf.
1375: <p>
1.247 jufi 1376: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1377:
1378: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1379: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1380:
1.247 jufi 1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1382: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1383: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1384: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1385: </strong></font><br>
1386: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1387: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1388: their rotation.
1389: <p>
1390:
1.247 jufi 1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1392: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1393: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1394: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1395: </strong></font><br>
1396: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1397: <p>
1.247 jufi 1398: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1399:
1.239 jufi 1400: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1401: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1402:
1.247 jufi 1403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1404: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1405: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1406: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1407: </strong></font><br>
1408: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1409: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1410: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1411: <p>
1412:
1.247 jufi 1413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1414: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1415: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1416: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1417: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1418: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1419: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1420: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1421: <p>
1.247 jufi 1422: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1423:
1.235 lebel 1424: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1425: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1426:
1.239 jufi 1427:
1.247 jufi 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1429: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1430: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1431: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1432: </strong></font><br>
1433: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1434: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1435: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1436: <p>
1.301 jose 1437:
1.247 jufi 1438: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1439:
1.228 horacio 1440: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1441: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1442:
1.247 jufi 1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1444: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1445: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1446: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1447: </strong></font><br>
1448: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1449: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1450: <p>
1451:
1.247 jufi 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1453: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1454: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1455: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1456: </strong></font><br>
1457: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1458: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1459: <p>
1460:
1.247 jufi 1461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1462: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1463: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1464: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1465: </strong></font><br>
1466: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1467: on the desktop of his parents.
1468: <p>
1469:
1.247 jufi 1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1471: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1472: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1473: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1474: </strong></font><br>
1475: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1476: using IPFilter.
1477:
1478: <p>
1479:
1.247 jufi 1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1481: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1482: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1483: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1484: </strong></font><br>
1485: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1486: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1487: perspectives of the four OS.
1488: <br>
1489: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1490: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1491: <p>
1492:
1.247 jufi 1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1494: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1495: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1496: software and security</a>,
1497: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1498: </strong></font><br>
1499:
1500: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1501: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1502: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1503: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1504: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1505: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1506: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1507: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1508: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1509: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1510: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1511: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1512: <p>
1.247 jufi 1513: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1514:
1.225 horacio 1515: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1516: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1517:
1.247 jufi 1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1519: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1520: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1521: Interview</a>,
1522: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1523: </strong></font><br>
1524:
1525: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1526: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1527: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1528: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1529: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1530: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1531: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1532: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1533: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1534: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1535: of choice.
1536: <p>
1.247 jufi 1537: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1538:
1539: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1540: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1541:
1.247 jufi 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1543: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1544: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1545: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1546: </strong></font><br>
1547:
1548: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1549: <p>
1550:
1.247 jufi 1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1552: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1553: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1554: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1555: </strong></font><br>
1556:
1557: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1558: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1559: <p>
1.247 jufi 1560: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1561:
1.218 horacio 1562: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1563: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1564:
1.247 jufi 1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1566: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1567: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1568: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1569: </strong></font><br>
1570:
1571: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1572: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1573: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1574: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1575: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1576: subjects. Worth a read.
1577: <p>
1578:
1579:
1.247 jufi 1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1581: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1582: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1583: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1584: </strong></font><br>
1585:
1586: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1587: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1588: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1589: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1590: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1591: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1592: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1593: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1594: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1595: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1596: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1597: on other operating systems.<br>
1598: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1599: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1600: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1601: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1602: <p>
1603:
1.247 jufi 1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1605: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1606: Operating System 2010</a>,
1607: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1608: </strong></font><br>
1609:
1610: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1611: covering the level of software integration into the core
1612: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1613: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1614: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1615: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1616: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1617: <p>
1618:
1.247 jufi 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1620: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1621: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1622: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1623: </strong></font><br>
1624:
1625: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1626: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1627: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1628: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1629: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1630: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1631: <p>
1.247 jufi 1632: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1633:
1.210 jufi 1634: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1635: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1636:
1.247 jufi 1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1638: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1639: Already a Contender</a>,
1640: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1641: </strong></font><br>
1642:
1643: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1644: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1645: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1646: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1647: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1648: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1649: <p>
1650:
1.247 jufi 1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1652: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1653: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1654: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1655: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1656:
1.224 horacio 1657: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1658: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1659: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1660: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1661: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1662: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1663: <p>
1.247 jufi 1664: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1665:
1666: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1667: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1668:
1.247 jufi 1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1670: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1671: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1672: Division</a>,
1673: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1674: </strong></font><br>
1675:
1676: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1677: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1678: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1679: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1680: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1681: investment</em>.<br>
1682: The implementation details can be seen on their
1683: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1684: <p>
1685:
1.247 jufi 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1687: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1688: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1689: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1690: </strong></font><br>
1691:
1692: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1693: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1694: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1695: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1696: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1697: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1698: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1699: <p>
1700:
1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1702: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1703: Thinking about Security</a>,
1704: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1705: </strong></font><br>
1706:
1707: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1708: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1709: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1710: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1711: to time.<br>
1712: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1713: system and just the most secure system.
1714: <p>
1715:
1.247 jufi 1716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1717: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1718: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1719: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1720: </strong></font><br>
1721:
1722: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1723: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1724: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1725: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1726: choice:<br>
1727: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1728: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1729: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1730: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1731: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1732: network security devices and as such must be well
1733: armored."</em><br>
1734: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1735: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1736: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1737: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1738: <br>
1739: Bravo!
1740: <p>
1.247 jufi 1741: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1742:
1.207 ian 1743: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1744: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1745:
1.247 jufi 1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1747: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1748: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1749: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1750:
1.207 ian 1751: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1752: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1753: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1754: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1755: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1756: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1757: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1758: <p>
1.247 jufi 1759: </ul>
1.207 ian 1760:
1.194 jufi 1761: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1762: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1765: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1766: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1767: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1768: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1769:
1.240 miod 1770: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1771: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1772: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1773: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1774: <p>
1775:
1.247 jufi 1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1777: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1778: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1779: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1780:
1781: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1782: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1783: <p>
1784:
1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1786: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1787: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1788: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1789:
1790: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1791: <p>
1792:
1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1794: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1795: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1796: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1797: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1798:
1.240 miod 1799: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1800: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1801: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1802: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1803: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1804: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1805: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1806: <br>
1807: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1808: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1809: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1810: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1811: <p>
1812:
1.247 jufi 1813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1814: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1815: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1816: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1817: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1818:
1.194 jufi 1819: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1820: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1821: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1822: <br>
1823: The new
1824: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1825: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1826: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1827: <p>
1.247 jufi 1828: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1829:
1.190 horacio 1830: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1831: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1834:
1835: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1836: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1837:
1.301 jose 1838:
1.191 jufi 1839: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1840: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1841:
1842: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1843: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1844:
1.212 horacio 1845: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1846: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1847: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1848:
1.211 horacio 1849: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1850: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1851: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1852:
1.247 jufi 1853: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1854: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1855:
1.247 jufi 1856: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1857: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1858:
1.212 horacio 1859: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1860: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1861: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1862:
1863: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1864: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1865:
1866: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1867: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1868:
1.301 jose 1869: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1870: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1871:
1.191 jufi 1872: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1873: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1874:
1875: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1876: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1877:
1.192 jufi 1878: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1879: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1880: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1881:
1.193 deraadt 1882: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1883: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1884: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1885:
1.247 jufi 1886: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1887: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1890: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1891: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1892:
1.213 horacio 1893: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1894: 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 1895: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1896:
1.190 horacio 1897: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1898: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1899: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1900: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1901: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1902: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1903: <p>
1.190 horacio 1904:
1.247 jufi 1905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1906: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1907: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1908: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1910:
1.195 jufi 1911: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1912: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1913: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1914: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1915: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1916: <p>
1917:
1.247 jufi 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1919: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1920: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1921: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1922: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1923:
1.191 jufi 1924: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1925: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1926: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1927: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1928: <p>
1929:
1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1931: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1932: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1933: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1934:
1935: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1936: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1937: <p>
1.247 jufi 1938: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1939:
1.191 jufi 1940:
1.186 jufi 1941: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1942: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1943:
1.247 jufi 1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1945: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1946: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1947: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1949:
1.188 jufi 1950: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1951: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1952: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1953: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1954: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1955: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1956: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1957: <p>
1958:
1.301 jose 1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1960: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1961: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1962: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1963:
1964: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1965: <p>
1.191 jufi 1966:
1.247 jufi 1967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1968: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1969: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1970: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1971: </strong></font><br>
1972:
1973: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1974: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1975: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1976: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1977: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1978: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1979: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1980: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1981: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1982: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1983: familiar?
1984: <p>
1.247 jufi 1985: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1986:
1.178 louis 1987: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1988: <ul>
1.178 louis 1989:
1.247 jufi 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1991: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1992: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1993: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1994: </strong></font><br>
1995:
1996: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1997: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1998: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1999: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2000: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2001: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2002: <p>
2003:
1.247 jufi 2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2005: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2006: Open source under the hood</a>,
2007: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2008: </strong></font><br>
2009:
2010: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2011: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2012: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2013: <p>
2014:
1.247 jufi 2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2016: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2017: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2018: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2019: </strong></font><br>
2020:
2021: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2022: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2023: <p>
1.247 jufi 2024: </ul>
1.179 louis 2025:
1.174 louis 2026:
1.175 louis 2027: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2028: <ul>
1.175 louis 2029:
1.247 jufi 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2031: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2032: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2033: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2034: </strong></font><br>
2035:
2036: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2037: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2038: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2039: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2040: <p>
2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2043: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2044: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2045: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2046: </strong></font><br>
2047:
2048: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2049: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2050: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2051: <p>
1.247 jufi 2052: </ul>
1.175 louis 2053:
1.176 louis 2054:
1.172 mickey 2055: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2056: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2057:
1.247 jufi 2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2059: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2060: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2061: </strong></font><br>
2062:
2063: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2064: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2065: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2066: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2067: <p>
2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2070: <a
1.269 deraadt 2071: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2072: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2073: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2074: </strong></font><br>
2075:
2076: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2077: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2078: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2079: <p>
2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2082: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2083: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2084: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2085: </strong></font><br>
2086:
2087: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2088: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2089: <p>
2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2092: <a
1.269 deraadt 2093: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2094: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2095: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2096: </strong></font><br>
2097:
2098: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2099: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2100: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2101: our own Theo de Raadt.
2102: <p>
2103:
1.247 jufi 2104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2105: <a
1.269 deraadt 2106: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2107: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2108: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2109: </strong></font><br>
2110:
2111: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2112: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2113: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2114: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2115: shut down.]
2116: <p>
2117:
1.247 jufi 2118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2119: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2120: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2121: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2122: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2123: </strong></font><br>
2124:
2125: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2126: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2127: <p>
1.247 jufi 2128: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2129:
1.161 louis 2130: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2131: <ul>
1.161 louis 2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2134: <a
1.269 deraadt 2135: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2136: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2137: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2138: </strong></font><br>
2139:
2140: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2141: by John Wolley
2142: <p>
2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2145: <a
1.269 deraadt 2146: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2147: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2148: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2149: </strong></font><br>
2150:
2151: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2152: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2153: OpenBSD).
2154: <p>
2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2157: <a
1.247 jufi 2158: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2159: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2160: </strong></font><br>
2161:
2162: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2163: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2164: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2165: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2166: and hindsight.
2167: <p>
2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2170: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2171: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2172: </strong></font><br>
2173:
2174: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2175: <p>
2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2178: <a
1.168 provos 2179: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2180: December 7, 2000
2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2184: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2185: us explain.
2186: <p>
2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2189: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2190: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2191: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2192: December 6, 2000
2193: </strong></font><br>
2194:
2195: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2196: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2197: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2198: <p>
2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2201: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2202: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2203: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2204: </strong></font><br>
2205:
2206: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2207: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2208: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2209: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2210: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2211: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2212: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2213: <p>
2214:
2215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2216: <a
1.226 horacio 2217: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2218: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2219: </strong></font><br>
2220:
2221: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2222: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2223: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2224: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2225: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2226: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2227: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2228: <p>
1.162 millert 2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2231: <a
1.161 louis 2232: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2233: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2234: </strong></font><br>
2235:
2236: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2237: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2238: <p>
2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2241: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2242: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2243: </strong></font><br>
2244:
2245: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2246: <p>
2247:
2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2250: <a
1.226 horacio 2251: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2252: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2253: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2254: </strong></font><br>
2255:
2256: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2257: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2258: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2259: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2260: <p>
1.247 jufi 2261: </ul>
1.169 louis 2262:
1.158 louis 2263: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2264: <ul>
1.147 louis 2265:
1.247 jufi 2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2267: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2268: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2269: </strong></font><br>
2270:
2271: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2272: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2273: <p>
2274:
1.247 jufi 2275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2276: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2277: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2278: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2279: </strong></font><br>
2280: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2281: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2282: <p>
2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2285: <a
2286: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2287: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2288: </strong></font><br>
2289:
2290: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2291: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2292: <p>
2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2295: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2296: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2297: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2298:
1.213 horacio 2299: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2300: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2301: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2302: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2303: <p>
1.215 horacio 2304:
1.247 jufi 2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2306: <a
2307: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2308: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2309: </strong></font><br>
2310:
2311: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2312: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2313: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2314: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2315: much of the attitude too).
2316: <p>
1.161 louis 2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2319: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2320: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2321: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2322:
1.157 louis 2323: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2324: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2325: <p>
1.247 jufi 2326: </ul>
1.157 louis 2327:
2328: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2329: <ul>
1.157 louis 2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2332: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2333: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2334: </strong></font><br>
2335:
2336: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2337: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2338: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2339: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2340: <p>
2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2343: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2344: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2345: </strong></font><br>
2346:
2347: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2348: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2349: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2350: it because they love coding...
2351: <p>
2352:
1.247 jufi 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2354: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2355: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2356: </strong></font><br>
2357:
2358: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2359: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2360: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2361: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2362: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2363: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2364: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2365: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2366: <p>
2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2369: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2370: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2371: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2375: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2376: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2377: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2378: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2379: the pizza.
2380: <p>
2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2383: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2384: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2385: </strong></font><br>
2386:
2387: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2388: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2389: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2390: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2391: problems.
2392: <p>
2393:
1.247 jufi 2394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2395: <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 2396: </strong></font><br>
2397:
1.222 miod 2398: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2399: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2400: - whether they like it or not.
2401: <p>
2402:
1.247 jufi 2403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2404: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2405: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2406: </strong></font><br>
2407:
2408: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2409: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2410: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2411: <p>
1.148 aaron 2412:
1.247 jufi 2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2414: <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 2415: </strong></font><br>
2416:
2417: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2418: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2419: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2420: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2421: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2422: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2423: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2424: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2425: <p>
2426:
1.247 jufi 2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2428: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2429: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2430: </strong></font><br>
2431:
2432: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2433: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2434: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2435: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2436: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2437: <p>
1.247 jufi 2438: </ul>
1.147 louis 2439:
1.138 louis 2440: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2441: <ul>
1.138 louis 2442:
1.247 jufi 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2444: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2445: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2446: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2447: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2448: </strong></font><br>
2449:
1.227 horacio 2450: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2451: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2452: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2453: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2454: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2455: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2456: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2457: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2458: <p>
2459:
1.247 jufi 2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2461: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2462: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2463: </strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2466: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2467: groups, and even Linux.
2468: <p>
2469:
1.247 jufi 2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2471: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2472: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2473: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2474: </strong></font><br>
2475:
2476: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2477: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2478: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2479: library after installing the OS.
2480: <p>
2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2483: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2484: Sys Admin, September 2000
2485: </strong></font><br>
2486:
2487: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2488: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2489: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2490: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2491: (<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>,
2492: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2493: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2494: <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 2495: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2496: out of the system.
2497: <p>
2498:
1.247 jufi 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2500: <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
2501: </strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2504: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2505: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2506: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2507: the IP filtering and address translation.
2508: <p>
1.301 jose 2509:
2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2511: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2512: </strong></font><br>
2513:
2514: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2515: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2516: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2517: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2518: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2519: <p>
1.247 jufi 2520: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2521:
1.131 louis 2522: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2523: <ul>
1.131 louis 2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2526: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2527: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2528: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2529: </strong></font><br>
2530:
2531: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2532: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2533: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2534: <p>
2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2537: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2538: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2539: </strong></font><br>
2540:
2541: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2542: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2543: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2544: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2545: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2546: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2547: note of"</i>.
2548: <p>
2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2551: <a
1.247 jufi 2552: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2553: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2554: </strong></font><br>
2555:
2556: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2557: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2558: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2559: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2560: <p>
2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2563: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2564: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2565: </strong></font><br>
2566:
2567: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2568: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2569: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2570: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2571: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2572: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2573: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2574: <p>
2575:
1.247 jufi 2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2577: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2578: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2579: 2000
2580: </strong></font><br>
2581:
2582: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2583: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2584: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2585: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2586: against current industry practices.
2587: <p>
2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2590: <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
2591: </strong></font><br>
2592:
2593: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2594: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2595: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2596: <p>
2597:
1.247 jufi 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2599: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2600: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2601: </strong></font><br>
2602:
2603: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2604: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2605: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2606: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2607: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2608: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2609: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2610: <p>
2611:
1.247 jufi 2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2613: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2614: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2615: </strong></font><br>
2616:
2617: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2618: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2619: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2620: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2621: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2622: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2623: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2624: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2625: <p>
1.247 jufi 2626: </ul>
1.131 louis 2627:
1.118 louis 2628: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2629: <ul>
1.118 louis 2630:
1.247 jufi 2631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2632: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2633: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2634: </strong></font><br>
2635:
2636: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2637: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2638: about time. The article mentions that
2639: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2640: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2641: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2642: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2643: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2644: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2645: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2646: <p>
2647:
1.247 jufi 2648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2649: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2650: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2651: </strong></font><br>
2652:
2653: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2654: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2655: of OpenSSH.
2656: <p>
2657:
1.247 jufi 2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2659: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2660: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2661: </strong></font><br>
2662:
2663: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2664: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2665: bridging.
2666: <p>
2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2669: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2670: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2671: </strong></font><br>
2672:
1.121 deraadt 2673: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2674: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2675: <p>
2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2678: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2679: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2680: </strong></font><br>
2681:
2682: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2683: <p>
2684:
1.247 jufi 2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2686: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2687: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2688: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2689: </strong></font><br>
2690:
1.120 deraadt 2691: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2692: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2693: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2694: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2695: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2696: <p>
2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2699: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2700: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2701: </strong></font><br>
2702:
1.222 miod 2703: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2704: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2705: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2706: protocols and their quirks.
2707: <p>
2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2710: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2711: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2712: </strong></font><br>
2713:
2714: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2715: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2716: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2717: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2718: <p>
2719:
1.247 jufi 2720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2721: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2722: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2723: </strong></font><br>
2724:
2725: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2726: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2727: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2728: <p>
2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2731: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2732: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2733: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2734: </strong></font><br>
2735:
2736: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2737: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2738: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2739: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2740: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2741: <p>
1.247 jufi 2742: </ul>
1.118 louis 2743:
1.104 louis 2744: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2745: <ul>
1.104 louis 2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2748: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2749: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2750: </strong></font><br>
2751:
2752: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2753: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2754: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2755: be a bit dry.
2756: <p>
2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2759: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2760: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2761: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2762: </strong></font><br>
2763: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2764: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2765: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2766: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2767: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2768: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2769: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2770: <p>
2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2773: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2774: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2775: 2000
1.128 louis 2776: </strong></font><br>
2777:
2778: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2779: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2780: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2781: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2782: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2783: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2784: <p>
2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2787: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2788: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2789: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2790:
2791: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2792: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2793: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2794: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2795: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2796: <p>
1.110 louis 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2799: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2800: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2801: </strong></font><br>
2802:
2803: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2804: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2805: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2806: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2807: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2808: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2809: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2810: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2811: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2812: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2813: <p>
2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2816: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2817: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2818:
2819: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2820: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.108 louis 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2824: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2825: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2826: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2827:
2828: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2829: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2830: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2831: <p>
1.106 louis 2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2834: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2835: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2836: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2837:
2838: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2839: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2840: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2841: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2842: <p>
1.107 louis 2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2845: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2846: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2848:
2849: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2850: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2851: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2852: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2853: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2854: <p>
1.105 louis 2855:
1.247 jufi 2856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2857: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2858: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2859: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2860:
1.113 naddy 2861: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2862: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2863: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2864: <p>
1.104 louis 2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2867: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2868: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2869: </strong></font><br>
2870:
2871: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2872: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2873: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2874: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2875: <p>
1.301 jose 2876:
2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2878: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2879: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2880: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2881:
2882: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2883: hardware-supported cryptography.
2884: <p>
1.247 jufi 2885: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2886:
1.85 louis 2887: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2888: <ul>
1.85 louis 2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2891: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2892: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2893: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2894:
2895: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2896: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2897: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2898: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2899: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2900: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2901: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2902: <p>
1.99 louis 2903:
1.247 jufi 2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2905: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2906: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2907: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2908:
2909: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2910: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2911: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2912: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2913: <p>
1.100 louis 2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2916: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2917: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2918: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2919:
2920: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2921: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2922: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2923: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2924: <p>
1.95 louis 2925:
1.247 jufi 2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2927: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2928: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2929: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2930:
2931: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2932: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2933: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2934: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2935: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2936: <p>
1.92 louis 2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2939: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2940: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2941: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2942:
2943: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2944: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2945: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2946: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2947: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2948: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2949: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2950: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.91 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2954: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2955: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2956: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2957:
2958: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2959: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2960: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2961: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2962: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2963: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2964: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2965: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2966: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2967: <p>
1.90 louis 2968:
1.247 jufi 2969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2970: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2971: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2972: </strong></font><br>
2973: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2974: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2975: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2976: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2977: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2978: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2979: <p>
2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2982: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2983: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2984: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2985:
1.113 naddy 2986: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2987: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2988: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2989: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2990: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2991: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2992: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2993: <p>
1.87 louis 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2996: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2997: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2998: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2999:
3000: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3001: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3002: <p>
1.85 louis 3003:
1.247 jufi 3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3005: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3006: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3007: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3008:
3009: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3010: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3011: <p>
3012:
3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3014: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3015: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3016: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3017:
3018: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3019: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3020: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3021: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3022: <p>
1.89 louis 3023:
1.247 jufi 3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3025: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3026: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3027: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3028:
3029: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3030: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3031: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3032: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3033: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3034: </ul>
1.85 louis 3035:
1.78 deraadt 3036: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3037: <ul>
1.74 louis 3038:
1.247 jufi 3039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3040: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3041: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3042: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3043: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3044:
3045: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3046: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3047: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3048: <p>
1.83 louis 3049:
1.247 jufi 3050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3051: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3052: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3053: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3054:
3055: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3056: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3057: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3058: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3059: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3060: <p>
1.93 louis 3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3063: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3064: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3065: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3066: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3067:
1.83 louis 3068: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3069: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3070: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3071: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3072: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3073: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3074: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3075: <p>
1.82 aaron 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3078: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3079: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3080: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3081:
1.83 louis 3082: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3083: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3084: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3085: <p>
1.80 louis 3086:
1.247 jufi 3087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3088: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3089: Bad Press</a>,
3090: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3091: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3092:
3093: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3094: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3095: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3096: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3097: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3098: <p>
1.247 jufi 3099: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3100:
3101: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3102: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3105: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3106: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3107: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3108: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3109:
3110: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3111: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3112: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3113: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3114: <p>
1.74 louis 3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3117: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3118: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3119: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3120:
1.219 horacio 3121: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3122: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3123: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3124: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3125: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3126: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3127: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3128: <p>
1.88 louis 3129:
1.247 jufi 3130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3131: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3132: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3133: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3134:
3135: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3136: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3137: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3138: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3139: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3140: <p>
1.81 louis 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3143: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3144: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3145: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3146:
3147: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3148: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3149: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3150: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3151: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3152: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3153: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3154: <p>
1.90 louis 3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3157: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3158: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3159: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3160:
3161: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3162: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3163: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3164: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3165: <p>
1.247 jufi 3166: </ul>
1.71 louis 3167:
1.69 deraadt 3168: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3169: <ul>
1.70 louis 3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3172: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3173: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3174: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3175:
3176: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3177: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3178: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3179: <p>
1.70 louis 3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3182: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3183: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3184: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3185:
3186: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3187: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3188: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3189: <p>
1.68 louis 3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3192: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3193: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3194: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3195: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3196:
1.111 jufi 3197: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3198: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3199: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3200: "secure by default" installation.
3201: <p>
1.64 louis 3202:
1.247 jufi 3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3204: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3205: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3206: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3207:
1.113 naddy 3208: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3209: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3210: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3211: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3212: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3213: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3214: <p>
1.66 louis 3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3217: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3218: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3219: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3220:
3221: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3222: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3223: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3224: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3225: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3226: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3227: <p>
1.83 louis 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3230: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3231: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3232: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3233:
3234: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3235: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3236: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3237: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3238: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3239: <p>
1.64 louis 3240:
1.247 jufi 3241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3242: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3243: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3244: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3245:
3246: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3247: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3248: <p>
1.301 jose 3249:
3250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3251: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3252: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3253: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3254: </strong></font><br>
3255:
3256: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3257: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3258: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3259: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3260: Giving way to
3261: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3262: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3263: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3264: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3265: <p>
1.247 jufi 3266: </ul>
1.65 louis 3267:
1.69 deraadt 3268: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3269: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3270:
1.247 jufi 3271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3272: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3273: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3274: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3275:
3276: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3277: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3278: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3279: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3280: <p>
1.88 louis 3281:
1.247 jufi 3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3283: <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 3284: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3285:
3286: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3287: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3288: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3289: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3290: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3291: <p>
1.60 louis 3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3294: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3295: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3296: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3297: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3298:
3299: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3300: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3301: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3302: <p>
1.58 louis 3303:
1.247 jufi 3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3305: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3306: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3307:
3308: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3309: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3310: <p>
1.53 louis 3311:
1.247 jufi 3312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3313: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3314: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3315: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3316:
3317: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3318: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3319: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3320: <p>
1.99 louis 3321:
1.247 jufi 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3323: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3324: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3325:
3326: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3327: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3328: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3329: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3330: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3333: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3334: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3335: </strong></font><br>
3336:
3337: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3338: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3339: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3340: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3341: <p>
3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3344: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3345: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3346: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3347:
3348: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3349: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3350: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3353: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3354: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3355:
3356: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3357: in
1.247 jufi 3358: <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 3359: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3360: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3361: <p>
1.53 louis 3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3364: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3365: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3366: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3367: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3368:
1.58 louis 3369: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3370: <p>
1.301 jose 3371:
3372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3373: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3374: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3375: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3376: Informacyjny, January 2000
3377: </strong></font><br>
3378:
3379: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3380: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3381: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3382: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3383: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3384: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3385: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3386: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3387: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3388: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3389: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3390: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3391: <p>
3392:
3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3394: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3395: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3396: </strong></font><br>
3397:
3398: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3399: <p>
3400: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3401:
1.69 deraadt 3402: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3403: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3404:
1.247 jufi 3405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3406: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3407: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3408: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3409: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3410:
1.58 louis 3411: Kurt Seifried
3412: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3413: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3414: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3415: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3416:
1.247 jufi 3417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3418: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3419: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3420: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3421:
3422: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3423: <p>
1.96 louis 3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3426: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3427: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3428: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3429: </strong></font><br>
3430:
3431: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3432: <p>
3433:
3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3435: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3436: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3437: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3438:
3439: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3440: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3441: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3442: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3443: <p>
1.247 jufi 3444: </ul>
1.86 louis 3445:
1.69 deraadt 3446: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3447: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3450: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3451: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3452: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3453:
3454: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3455: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3456: <p>
1.61 louis 3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3459: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3460: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3461: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3462: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3463:
3464: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3465: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3466: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3467: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3468: right -- or at least strives to".
3469: <p>
1.48 louis 3470:
1.247 jufi 3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3472: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3473: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3474: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3475: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3476: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3477: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3478: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3479: <p>
1.61 louis 3480:
1.247 jufi 3481: <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 3482: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3483: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3484:
3485: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3486: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3487: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3488: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3489: <p>
1.46 louis 3490:
1.247 jufi 3491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3492: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3493: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3494: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3495:
3496: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3497: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3498: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3499:
1.247 jufi 3500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3501: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3502: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3503: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3504:
3505: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3506: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3507: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3508: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3509: <p>
1.247 jufi 3510: </ul>
1.70 louis 3511:
1.69 deraadt 3512: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3513: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3516: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3517: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3518: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3519: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3520:
3521: Kurt Seifried
3522: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3523: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3524: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3525: <p>
1.44 philen 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <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 3528: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3529: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3530:
3531: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3532: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <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 3535: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3536: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3537:
3538: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3539: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3540:
1.247 jufi 3541: <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 3542: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3543: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3544:
3545: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3546: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3547: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3548: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3549: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3550:
1.247 jufi 3551: <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 3552: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3553: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3554:
1.36 louis 3555: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3556: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3557:
1.247 jufi 3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3559: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3560: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3561: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3562:
3563: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3564: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3565: </ul>
1.38 louis 3566:
1.69 deraadt 3567: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3568: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3569:
1.247 jufi 3570: <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 3571: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3572: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3573:
3574: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3575: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3576: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3577:
1.113 naddy 3578: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3579: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3580: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3581: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3582:
3583: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3584: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3585: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3586: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3587: <blockquote>
3588: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3589: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3590: <br>
3591: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3592: </code>
3593: </blockquote>
3594: <p>
3595:
1.247 jufi 3596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3597: <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 3598: <p>
3599:
3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3601: <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 3602: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3603:
3604: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3605: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3606: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3607: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3610: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3611: Sept. 28, 1999
3612: </strong></font><br>
3613:
3614: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3615: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3616: translating and reprinting articles from
3617: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3618: <p>
3619:
3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3621: <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 3622: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3623:
3624: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3625: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3626: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3627: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3628: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3629: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3630: <p>
1.19 louis 3631:
1.113 naddy 3632: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3633: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3634: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3635:
3636: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3637: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3638: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3639: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3640: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3641: <p>
1.16 louis 3642:
1.247 jufi 3643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3644: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3645: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3646: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3647:
1.57 louis 3648: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3649: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3650: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3651: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3652:
1.247 jufi 3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3654: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3655: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3656: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3657:
1.113 naddy 3658: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3659:
1.247 jufi 3660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3661: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3662: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3663: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3664:
1.23 louis 3665: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3666: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3667: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3668: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3669: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3670: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3673: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3674: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3675: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3676:
1.199 pvalchev 3677: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3678: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3679: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3680: installation.
1.113 naddy 3681: <p>
1.47 louis 3682:
1.247 jufi 3683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3684: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3685: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3686: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3687:
1.301 jose 3688: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3689: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3690: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3691: </ul>
1.57 louis 3692:
1.69 deraadt 3693: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3694: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3695:
1.247 jufi 3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3697: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3698: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3699: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3700:
3701: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3702: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3703: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3704: <p>
1.12 louis 3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3707: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3708: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3709: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3710:
3711: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3712: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3713: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3714: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3715: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3716: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3717: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3718: <p>
1.247 jufi 3719: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3720:
1.69 deraadt 3721: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3722: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3723:
1.247 jufi 3724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3725: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3726: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3727:
3728: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3729: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3730: available."
1.113 naddy 3731: <p>
1.301 jose 3732:
3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3734: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3735: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3736: </strong></font><br>
3737:
3738: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3739: <p>
1.247 jufi 3740: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3741:
1.69 deraadt 3742: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3743: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3746: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3747: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3748:
3749: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3750: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3751: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3752: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3753: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3754: <p>
1.33 louis 3755:
1.247 jufi 3756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3757: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3758: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3759: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3760:
1.113 naddy 3761: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3762: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3763: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3764: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3765: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3766: <p>
1.247 jufi 3767: </ul>
1.57 louis 3768:
1.69 deraadt 3769: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3770: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3773: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3774: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3775: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3776:
3777: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3778: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3779: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3780:
1.247 jufi 3781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3782: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3783: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3784: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3785: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3786:
3787: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3788: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3789:
1.247 jufi 3790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3791: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3792:
1.113 naddy 3793: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3796: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3797: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3798: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3799:
3800: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3801: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3802: </ul>
1.23 louis 3803:
1.69 deraadt 3804: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3805: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3806:
1.247 jufi 3807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3808: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3809: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3810:
3811: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3812: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3813: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3814:
1.247 jufi 3815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3816: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3817: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3818: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3819:
3820: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3821: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3822: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3823: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3824: </ul>
1.57 louis 3825:
1.69 deraadt 3826: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3827: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3828:
1.247 jufi 3829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3830: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3831: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3832: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3833:
3834: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3835: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3836: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3837: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3838: <p>
1.15 louis 3839:
1.247 jufi 3840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3841: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3842: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3843: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3844:
3845: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3846: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3847: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3848: columns."
1.113 naddy 3849: <p>
1.247 jufi 3850: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3851:
1.69 deraadt 3852: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3853: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3854:
1.247 jufi 3855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3856: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3857: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3858: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3859:
3860: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3861: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3862:
1.113 naddy 3863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3864: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3865: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3866:
3867: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3868: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3869: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3870: </ul>
1.57 louis 3871:
1.69 deraadt 3872: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3873: <ul>
1.301 jose 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3875: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3876: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3877: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3878:
3879: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3880: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3881: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3882: <p>
3883:
3884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3885: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3886: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3887: Nov 13, 1998 and
3888: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3889: Datateknik</a>,
3890: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3891:
1.380 saad 3892: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 3893: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3894: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3895: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3896: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3897:
1.113 naddy 3898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3899: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3900: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3901: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3902:
1.222 miod 3903: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3904: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3905: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3906: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3907: <p>
1.247 jufi 3908: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3909:
1.69 deraadt 3910: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3911: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3914: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3915: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3916:
1.69 deraadt 3917: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3918: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3919: <p>
1.247 jufi 3920: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3921:
1.69 deraadt 3922: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3923: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3924:
1.247 jufi 3925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3926: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3927: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3928: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3929:
1.383 jcs 3930: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 3931: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3932: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3935: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3936: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3937: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3938: <p>
1.247 jufi 3939: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3940:
1.69 deraadt 3941: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3942: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3945: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 3946: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
3947: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3948: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3949: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3950:
3951: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3952: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3953: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3954: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3955: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3956: <p>
1.247 jufi 3957: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3958:
3959: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3960: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3961:
1.247 jufi 3962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3963: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3964: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3965:
1.69 deraadt 3966: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3967: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3968: <p>
1.112 naddy 3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3971: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3972:
1.292 camield 3973: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3974: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3975: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.385 ! jose 3976: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.384 2004/03/30 16:18:05 jose Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3977:
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