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1.388 mcbride 19: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
1.390 ! beck 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
! 23: Interview with PF developers</a>,
! 24: onlamp.com, April 15, 2004
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
! 27: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan Mcbride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
! 28: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.388 mcbride 29:
30: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
31: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
32: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
33: kerneltrap.org, April 7, 2004
34: </strong></font><br>
35:
36: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
37: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
38: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
39: unencumbered by patents.
40: <p>
41: </ul>
42:
1.378 henning 43: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
44: <ul>
1.384 jose 45:
46: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 47: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
48: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
49: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
50: </strong></font><br>
51: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
52: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
53: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
54: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
55: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
56: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
57: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
58: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
59: in the page tables."
60: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 64: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
65: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
66: </strong></font><br>
67: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
68: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
69: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
70: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
71:
1.378 henning 72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.381 ian 73: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">Interview
74: with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
75: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
76: </strong></font><br>
77: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
78: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
79: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
80: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
81: (quote:
82: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
83: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 84: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 85: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
86: the other developers for their work on the system.
87: <p>
88:
89: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 90: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
91: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
92: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 93: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 94: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
95: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
96: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
97: too.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 101: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
102: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 103: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 104: OpenBSD source code using
105: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
106: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
107: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
108: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
109: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
110: <p>
111: </ul>
112:
1.374 jose 113: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
114: <ul>
115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 116: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 117: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
118: </strong></font><br>
119: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
120: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
121: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
122: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
123: it."
124: <p>
125:
126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 127: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
128: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
129: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
130: </strong></font><br/>
131: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
132: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
133: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
134: <p>
135: </ul>
136:
1.369 ian 137: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
138: <ul>
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 140: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
141: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
142: </strong></font><br/>
143: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
144: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
145: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
146: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 150: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
151: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
152: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
153: </strong></font><br/>
154: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
155: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
156: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
157: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
158: form factor.
159: <p>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
162: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
163: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
164: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
165: Features</a>,
166: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
167: </strong></font><br/>
168: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
169: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
170: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
171: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
172: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
173: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
174: <p>
175: This article can also be found online at:
176: <ul>
177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 178: <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>,
1.371 jose 179: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
180: </strong></font>
181: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
182: </ul>
183: <p>
184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.372 jose 185: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">Adding
1.371 jose 186: System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
187: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
188: </strong></font><br/>
189: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
190: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
191: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 194: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 195: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 196: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 197: </strong></font><br/>
198: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
199: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
200: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
201: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
202: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
203: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
204: and its history with OpenBSD.
205: </ul>
206:
1.368 henning 207: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
208: <ul>
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 210: [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 211: </strong></font><br>
212: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
213: </ul>
214:
1.364 jose 215: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
216: <ul>
217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 218: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
219: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
220: UNIX Review,
221: July, 2003.
222: </strong></font><br>
223: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
224: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
225: who want more information.
226: <p>
227:
228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 229: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
230: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
231: Government Computer News,
232: July 22, 2003.
233: </strong></font><br>
234: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
235: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
236: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
237: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
241: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
242: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
243: SANS Institute,
244: July 22, 2003.
245: </strong></font><br>
246: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 247: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 248: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
249: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
250: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
251: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
252: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
253: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
254: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
255: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
256: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 260: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
261: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
262: OnLamp.com,
263: July 17, 2003.
264: </strong></font><br>
265: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
266: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
267: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
268: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
269: have been working on.
270:
271: </ul>
272:
1.356 jose 273: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 274: <ul>
275:
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 277: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
278: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
279: UNIX Review,
280: June, 2003.
281: </strong></font><br>
282: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
283: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
284: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
285: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 289: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
290: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
291: eWeek,
292: June 23, 2003.
293: </strong></font><br>
294: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
295: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
296: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
297: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
298: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
299: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 303: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
304: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
305: Software Development Online,
306: June, 2003.
307: </strong></font><br>
308: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
309: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
310: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
311: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
312: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
313: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
314: current activities.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 318: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
319: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 320: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
321: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
322: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
323: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
324: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
325: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
326: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
327: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 328: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 329: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
330: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
331: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
332: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
333: decisions.
334: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
335: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
336: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
337: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 341: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
342: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
343: Page 58, eWeek,
344: June 2, 2003.
345: </strong></font><br>
346: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
347: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
348: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
349: been addressed in -current.
350: <p>
351:
1.356 jose 352: </ul>
353:
354: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
355: <ul>
356:
1.355 jose 357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 358: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
359: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
360: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
361: </strong></font><br>
362: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
363: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
364: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
365: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
366: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
367: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
368: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
369: <p>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 372: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
373: Beyond Linux</a>,
374: InfoWorld,
375: May 23, 2003.
376: </strong></font><br>
377: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
378: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
379: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
380: compared to the GPL.
381: <p>
382:
383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 384: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
385: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
386: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 387: May 17, 2003.
388: </strong></font><br>
389: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
390: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
391: the business section and half of another page inside
392: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
393: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
394: in talking about the project's history and goals.
395: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
396: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
397: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
398: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 399: <br>
400: This article can also be found online at:
401: <ul>
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
403: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
404: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
405: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
406: May 17, 2003
407: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 408: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
410: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
411: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
412: Montreal Gazette,
413: May 21, 2003
414: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 415: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 416: <p>
1.346 ian 417:
418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 419: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 420: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 421: May 7, 2003.
422: </strong></font><br>
423: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
424: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
425: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
426: <p>
427:
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 429: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
430: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
431: OsOpinion,
432: May 6, 2003.
433: </strong></font><br>
434: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
435: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
436: <br>
437: This article can also be found online at:
438: <ul>
439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
440: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
441: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
442: NewsFactor Network.
443: </strong></font>
444: </ul>
445: <p>
446:
447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 448: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 449: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
450: ITBusiness,
451: May 2, 2003.
452: </strong></font><br>
453: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
454: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
455: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
456: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 460: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
461: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
462: InfoWorld,
463: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 464: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 465: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
466: <br>
467: This article can also be found online at:
468: <ul>
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
470: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
471: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
472: IDG Singapore.
473: </strong></font>
474: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 475: <p>
476:
1.339 jose 477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
478: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
479: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 480: ZDNet,
481: May 1, 2003.
482: </strong></font><br>
483: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 484: someone using parts from previous articles.
485: <br>
1.341 deraadt 486: This article can also be found online at:
487: <ul>
488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
489: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
490: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
491: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 492: </strong></font>
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
494: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
495: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
496: CNET News.com.
497: </strong></font>
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
499: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
500: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
501: ZDNet UK.
502: </strong></font>
503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
504: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
505: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
506: Help Net Security, Croatia.
507: </strong></font>
508: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 509: <p>
1.339 jose 510:
1.341 deraadt 511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 512: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 513: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
514: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
515: May 1, 2003.
516: </strong></font><br>
517: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
518: that have been added
519: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
520: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
521: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 522: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 523: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
524: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
525: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 526: <p>
527:
528: </ul>
529:
1.253 ian 530: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
531: <ul>
1.255 ian 532:
1.260 ian 533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 534: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 535: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
536: TechRepublic,
537: April 28, 2003.
538: </strong></font><br>
539: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
540: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 541: work.<br>
542: Can also be found online at:
543: <ul>
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
545: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
546: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
547: ZDNet UK.
548: </strong></font>
549: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 550: <p>
551:
552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 553: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
554: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
555: IDG,
556: April 24, 2003.
557: </strong></font><br>
558: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
559: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
560: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
561: Can also be found online at:
562: <ul>
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
564: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
565: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 566: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 567: </strong></font>
568: </ul>
569: <p>
570:
571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
572: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 573: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 574: Slate,
575: April 24, 2003.
576: </strong></font><br>
577: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
578: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
579: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
580: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
581: <p>
582:
583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 584: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
585: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
586: April 24, 2003.
587: </strong></font><br>
588: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
589: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
590: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
591: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
592: <p>
593:
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 595: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
596: April 24, 2003.
597: </strong></font><br>
598: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
599: the free software community".
600: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
601: other articles.
602: <p>
603:
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 605: <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 606: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
607: </strong></font><br>
608: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
609: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
610: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
611: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
612: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
613: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
614: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
615: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
616: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
617: <br/>
618: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
619: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
620: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
621: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 622: <br>
623: Can also be found online at:
624: <ul>
625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
626: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
627: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
628: Common Dreams NewsCenter
629: </strong></font>
630: </ul>
1.324 ian 631: <p>
632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
634: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
635: Wired, April 24, 2003.
636: </strong></font><br>
637: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
638: article above.
639: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
640: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
641: wasting them."
1.332 ian 642: <br>
643: Can also be found online at:
644: <ul>
645: <li>
646: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
647: </strong></font>
648: </ul>
1.324 ian 649: <p>
650:
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 652: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
653: </strong></font><br>
654: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
655: <p>
656:
657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 658: <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.
659: </strong></font><br>
660: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
661: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
662: <p>
663:
664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 665: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
666: April 23, 2003.
667: </strong></font><br>
668: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
669: <p>
670:
671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 672: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 673: April 22, 2003.
674: </strong></font><br>
675: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
676: <p>
677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 679: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
680: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
681: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 682: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 683: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
684: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
685: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
686: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
687: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
688: Can also be found online at:
689: <ul>
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
691: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 692: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
693: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 694: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
696: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 697: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
698: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 699: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 700: </ul>
701: <p>
702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 704: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
705: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 706: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 707: </strong></font><br>
708: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 709: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
710: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
711: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
712: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
713: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
714: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 715: <p>
716:
717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 718: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
719: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 720: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
721: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 722: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
723: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
724: at UPenn and DARPA.
725: <p>
726:
727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 728: [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,
729: France
1.315 deraadt 730: April 18, 2003.
731: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 732: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 733: <p>
734:
735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 736: [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 737: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 738: </strong></font><br>
739: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
740: <p>
741:
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 743: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
744: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
745: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 746: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 747: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
748: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
749: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
750: <p>
751:
752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 753: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
754: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 755: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 756: </strong></font><br>
757: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
758: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
759: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 760: American century.
1.267 deraadt 761: <p>
762:
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 764: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
765: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 766: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 767: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 768: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
769: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
770: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
771: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
772: Can also be found online at:
773: <ul>
774: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
775: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 776: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 777: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 778: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 779: <p>
780:
781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 782: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 783: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 784: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 785: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 786: </strong></font><br>
787: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 788: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
789: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
790: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
791: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
794: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
795: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
796: New York Times.
797: </strong></font>(free registration required)
798:
1.273 deraadt 799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
800: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 801: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 802: ABC News.
803: </strong></font>
804:
805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 806: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 807: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 808: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 809: </strong></font>
810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 812: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 813: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 814: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 815: </strong></font>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 818: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
819: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 820: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 821: </strong></font>
822:
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 824: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 825: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 826: Times Daily, AL.
827: </strong></font>
828:
829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
830: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
831: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
832: Boston.com, MA.
833: </strong></font>
834:
835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 836: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 837: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 838: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
839: </strong></font>
840:
841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 842: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
843: [Article was pulled]</a>
844: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 845: </strong></font>
846:
847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
848: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
849: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
850: Infoshop News.
851: </strong></font>
852:
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
854: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
855: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
856: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
857: </strong></font>
858:
859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 860: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
861: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
862: Raleigh News, NC.
863: </strong></font>
864:
865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 866: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 867: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
868: Napa News, CA.
869: </strong></font>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 872: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 873: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
874: NEPA News, PA.
875: </strong></font>
876:
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
878: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
879: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
880: Wired News.
881: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 882: <br>
883: <li>
1.333 deraadt 884: <font color="#009000"><strong>
885: [JAPANESE]
886: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
887: Wired News Japan</a>
888: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 889:
1.271 deraadt 890: </ul>
891: <p>
1.272 deraadt 892: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
893: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 894: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
895: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
896: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
897: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
898: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
899: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 900: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 901: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
902: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
903: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 904: <p>
905: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 906:
907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 908: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 909: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
910: Indianapolis Star, IN.
911: </strong></font>
912:
913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 914: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
915: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
916: Miami Herald, FL.
917: </strong></font>
918:
919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 920: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 921: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
922: </strong></font>
923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
925: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 926: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 927: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 928: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 929:
930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
931: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
932: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
933: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
934: ABC News.
935: </strong></font>
936:
1.276 deraadt 937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
938: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 939: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 940: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 941: </strong></font>
942:
1.286 dhartmei 943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 944: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 945: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
946: Wilmington Star, NC.
947: </strong></font>
948:
1.300 jose 949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
950: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
951: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
952: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
953: </strong></font>
954:
1.309 jose 955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
956: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
957: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
958: Globe Technology.
959: </strong></font>
960:
1.263 deraadt 961: </ul>
1.262 beck 962: <p>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 965: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
966: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 967: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 968: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 969: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 970: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
971: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
972: <p>
973:
974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 975: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
976: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
977: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 978: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 979: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
980: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
981: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
982: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
983: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
984: and simply restates other press reports.
985: <p>
986:
987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 988: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
989: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
990: OS News, April 18, 2003.
991: </strong></font><br>
992: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
993: <p>
994:
995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 996: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
997: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 998: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 999: </strong></font><br>
1000: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1001: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1002: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1003: <p>
1004:
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1006: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1007: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1008: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1009: April 17, 2003.
1010: </strong></font><br>
1011: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1012: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1013: Tech Anthems</a>
1014: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1015: 4 so far.
1016: <p>
1017:
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1019: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1020: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1021: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1024: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1025: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1026: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1027: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1028: Goes on to say:
1029: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1030: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1031: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1032: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1033: This article is also found online at:
1034: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1036: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1037: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1038: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1039: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1041: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1042: ZDnet</a>,
1043: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1044: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1046: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1047: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1048: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1049: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1050: </ul>
1.260 ian 1051: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1052:
1.260 ian 1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1054: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1055: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1056: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1057: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1058: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1059: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1060: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1061: without notice or justification.
1062: <p>
1063:
1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1065: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1066: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1067: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1068: </strong></font><br>
1069: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1070: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1071: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1072: effective today, without any warning..."
1073: <p>
1.257 ian 1074:
1075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1076: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1077: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1078: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1079: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1080: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1081: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1082: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1083: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1084: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1085: <p>
1086:
1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1088: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1089: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1090: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1091: </strong></font><br>
1092: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1093: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1094: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1095: quoting two of them:
1096: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1097: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1098: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1099: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1100: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1101: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1102: <p>
1103:
1.255 ian 1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1105: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1106: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1107: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1108: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1109: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1110: <p>
1111:
1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1113: [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 1114: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1115: </strong></font><br>
1116: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1117: <p>
1118:
1119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1120: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1121: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1122: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1123: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1124: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1125: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1126: security experts for more than three decades."
1127: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1128: <p>
1.261 ian 1129:
1.254 drahn 1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1131: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1132: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1135: <p>
1136:
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1138: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1139: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1140: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1143: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1144: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1145: <p>
1146:
1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1148: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1149: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1150: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1151: </strong></font><br>
1152: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1153: from US DARPA.
1154: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1155: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1156: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1157: the BSD license.
1158: <p>
1159: </ul>
1160:
1.251 ian 1161: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1162: <ul>
1163:
1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1165: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1166: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1167: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1168: </strong></font><br>
1169:
1170: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1171: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1172: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1173: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1174: <p>
1175:
1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1177: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1178: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1179: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1182: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1183: Mentions
1184: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1185: and
1186: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1187: programs.
1188: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1189: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1190: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1191: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1192: <p>
1.325 ian 1193: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1194: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1195:
1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1197: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1198: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1199: </strong></font><br>
1200: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1201: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1202: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1203: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1204: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1205: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1206: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1207: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1208: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1209: put into service."
1210: <p>
1211: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1212: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1213: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1214: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1215: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1216: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1217: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1218: computers with security features."
1219: <p>
1.329 ian 1220:
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1222: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1223: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1224: Slate,
1225: March 3, 2003.
1226: </strong></font><br>
1227: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1228: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1229: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1230: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1231: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1232: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1233: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1234: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1235: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1236: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1237: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1238: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1239: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1240: of more secure open-source solutions like
1241: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1242: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1243: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1244: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1245: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1246: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1247: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1248: the Beltway."
1249: <p>
1.251 ian 1250: </ul>
1251:
1.249 jufi 1252: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1253: <ul>
1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1255: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1256: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1257: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1258: </strong></font><br>
1259: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1260: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1261: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1262: <p>
1.334 ian 1263:
1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1265: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1266: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1267: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1268: </strong></font><br>
1269: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1270: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1271: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1272: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1273: "... the hypothetical question ...
1274: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1275: <br>
1276: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1277: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1278: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1279: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1280: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1281: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1282: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1283: support network security.
1284: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1285: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1286: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1287: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1288: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1289: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1290: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1291: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1292: <br>
1293: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1294: <p>
1295:
1.249 jufi 1296: </ul>
1297:
1.246 jufi 1298: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1299: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1300:
1.247 jufi 1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1302: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1303: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1304: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1305: </strong></font><br>
1306: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1307: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1308: <p>
1309:
1.247 jufi 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1311: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1312: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1313: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1314: </strong></font><br>
1315: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1316: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1317: <p>
1318:
1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1320: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1321: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1322: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1323: </strong></font><br>
1324: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1325: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1326: <p>
1.247 jufi 1327: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1328:
1.244 jufi 1329: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1330: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1331:
1.247 jufi 1332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1333: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1334: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1335: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1336: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1337: </strong></font><br>
1338: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1339: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1340: md5 digests.
1341: <p>
1342:
1.247 jufi 1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1344: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1345: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1346: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1347: </strong></font><br>
1348: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1349: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1350: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1351: right the first time."
1352: <p>
1.247 jufi 1353: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1354:
1355:
1356: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1357: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1358:
1.247 jufi 1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1360: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1361: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1362: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1363: </strong></font><br>
1364: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1365: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1366: part 6</a>.
1367: <p>
1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1370: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1371: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1372: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1373: </strong></font><br>
1374: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1375: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1376: <p>
1.301 jose 1377:
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1379: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1380: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1381: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1382: </strong></font><br>
1383:
1384: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1385: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1386: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1387: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1388: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1389: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1390: <i>Here's the
1391: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1392: <p>
1.247 jufi 1393: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1394:
1395: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1396: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1397:
1.247 jufi 1398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1399: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1400: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1401: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1402: </strong></font><br>
1403: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1404: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1405: <p>
1406:
1.247 jufi 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1408: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1409: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1410: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1411: </strong></font><br>
1412: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1413: this time using pf.
1414: <p>
1.247 jufi 1415: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1416:
1417: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1418: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1419:
1.247 jufi 1420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1421: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1422: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1423: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1424: </strong></font><br>
1425: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1426: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1427: their rotation.
1428: <p>
1429:
1.247 jufi 1430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1431: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1432: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1433: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1434: </strong></font><br>
1435: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1436: <p>
1.247 jufi 1437: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1438:
1.239 jufi 1439: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1440: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1441:
1.247 jufi 1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1443: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1444: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1445: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1446: </strong></font><br>
1447: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1448: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1449: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1450: <p>
1451:
1.247 jufi 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1453: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1454: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1455: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1456: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1457: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1458: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1459: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1460: <p>
1.247 jufi 1461: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1462:
1.235 lebel 1463: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1464: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1465:
1.239 jufi 1466:
1.247 jufi 1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1468: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1469: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1470: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1471: </strong></font><br>
1472: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1473: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1474: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1475: <p>
1.301 jose 1476:
1.247 jufi 1477: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1478:
1.228 horacio 1479: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1480: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1481:
1.247 jufi 1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1483: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1484: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1485: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1486: </strong></font><br>
1487: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1488: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1489: <p>
1490:
1.247 jufi 1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1492: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1493: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1494: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1495: </strong></font><br>
1496: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1497: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1498: <p>
1499:
1.247 jufi 1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1501: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1502: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1503: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1504: </strong></font><br>
1505: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1506: on the desktop of his parents.
1507: <p>
1508:
1.247 jufi 1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1510: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1511: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1512: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1513: </strong></font><br>
1514: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1515: using IPFilter.
1516:
1517: <p>
1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1520: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1521: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1522: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1523: </strong></font><br>
1524: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1525: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1526: perspectives of the four OS.
1527: <br>
1528: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1529: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1530: <p>
1531:
1.247 jufi 1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1533: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1534: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1535: software and security</a>,
1536: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1537: </strong></font><br>
1538:
1539: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1540: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1541: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1542: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1543: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1544: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1545: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1546: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1547: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1548: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1549: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1550: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1551: <p>
1.247 jufi 1552: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1553:
1.225 horacio 1554: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1555: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1556:
1.247 jufi 1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1558: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1559: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1560: Interview</a>,
1561: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1562: </strong></font><br>
1563:
1564: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1565: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1566: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1567: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1568: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1569: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1570: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1571: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1572: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1573: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1574: of choice.
1575: <p>
1.247 jufi 1576: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1577:
1578: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1579: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1582: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1583: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1584: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1585: </strong></font><br>
1586:
1587: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1588: <p>
1589:
1.247 jufi 1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1591: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1592: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1593: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1594: </strong></font><br>
1595:
1596: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1597: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1598: <p>
1.247 jufi 1599: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1600:
1.218 horacio 1601: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1602: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1603:
1.247 jufi 1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1605: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1606: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1607: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1608: </strong></font><br>
1609:
1610: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1611: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1612: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1613: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1614: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1615: subjects. Worth a read.
1616: <p>
1617:
1618:
1.247 jufi 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1620: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1621: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1622: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1623: </strong></font><br>
1624:
1625: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1626: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1627: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1628: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1629: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1630: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1631: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1632: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1633: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1634: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1635: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1636: on other operating systems.<br>
1637: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1638: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1639: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1640: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1641: <p>
1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1644: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1645: Operating System 2010</a>,
1646: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1647: </strong></font><br>
1648:
1649: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1650: covering the level of software integration into the core
1651: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1652: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1653: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1654: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1655: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1656: <p>
1657:
1.247 jufi 1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1659: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1660: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1661: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1662: </strong></font><br>
1663:
1664: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1665: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1666: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1667: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1668: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1669: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1670: <p>
1.247 jufi 1671: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1672:
1.210 jufi 1673: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1674: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1675:
1.247 jufi 1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1677: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1678: Already a Contender</a>,
1679: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1680: </strong></font><br>
1681:
1682: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1683: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1684: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1685: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1686: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1687: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1688: <p>
1689:
1.247 jufi 1690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1691: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1692: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1693: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1694: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1695:
1.224 horacio 1696: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1697: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1698: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1699: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1700: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1701: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1702: <p>
1.247 jufi 1703: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1704:
1705: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1706: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1707:
1.247 jufi 1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1709: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1710: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1711: Division</a>,
1712: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1713: </strong></font><br>
1714:
1715: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1716: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1717: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1718: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1719: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1720: investment</em>.<br>
1721: The implementation details can be seen on their
1722: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1723: <p>
1724:
1.247 jufi 1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1726: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1727: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1728: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1729: </strong></font><br>
1730:
1731: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1732: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1733: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1734: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1735: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1736: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1737: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1738: <p>
1739:
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1741: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1742: Thinking about Security</a>,
1743: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1744: </strong></font><br>
1745:
1746: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1747: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1748: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1749: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1750: to time.<br>
1751: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1752: system and just the most secure system.
1753: <p>
1754:
1.247 jufi 1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1756: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1757: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1758: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1759: </strong></font><br>
1760:
1761: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1762: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1763: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1764: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1765: choice:<br>
1766: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1767: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1768: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1769: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1770: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1771: network security devices and as such must be well
1772: armored."</em><br>
1773: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1774: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1775: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1776: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1777: <br>
1778: Bravo!
1779: <p>
1.247 jufi 1780: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1781:
1.207 ian 1782: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1783: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1786: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1787: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1788: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1789:
1.207 ian 1790: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1791: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1792: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1793: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1794: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1795: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1796: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1797: <p>
1.247 jufi 1798: </ul>
1.207 ian 1799:
1.194 jufi 1800: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1801: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1802:
1.247 jufi 1803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1804: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1805: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1806: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1807: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1808:
1.240 miod 1809: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1810: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1811: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1812: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1816: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1817: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1818: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1819:
1820: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1821: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1822: <p>
1823:
1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1825: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1826: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1827: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1828:
1829: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1830: <p>
1831:
1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1833: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1834: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1835: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1836: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1837:
1.240 miod 1838: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1839: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1840: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1841: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1842: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1843: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1844: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1845: <br>
1846: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1847: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1848: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1849: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1850: <p>
1851:
1.247 jufi 1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1853: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1854: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1855: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1856: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1857:
1.194 jufi 1858: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1859: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1860: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1861: <br>
1862: The new
1863: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1864: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1865: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1866: <p>
1.247 jufi 1867: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1868:
1.190 horacio 1869: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1870: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1871:
1.247 jufi 1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1873:
1874: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1875: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1876:
1.301 jose 1877:
1.191 jufi 1878: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1879: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1880:
1881: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1882: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1883:
1.212 horacio 1884: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1885: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1886: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1887:
1.211 horacio 1888: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1889: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1890: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1891:
1.247 jufi 1892: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1893: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1894:
1.247 jufi 1895: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1896: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1897:
1.212 horacio 1898: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1899: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1900: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1901:
1902: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1903: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1904:
1905: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1906: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1907:
1.301 jose 1908: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1909: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1910:
1.191 jufi 1911: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1912: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1913:
1914: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1915: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1916:
1.192 jufi 1917: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1918: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1919: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1920:
1.193 deraadt 1921: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1922: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1923: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1924:
1.247 jufi 1925: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1926: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1927:
1.247 jufi 1928: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1929: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1930: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1931:
1.213 horacio 1932: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1933: 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 1934: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1935:
1.190 horacio 1936: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1937: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1938: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1939: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1940: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1941: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1942: <p>
1.190 horacio 1943:
1.247 jufi 1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1945: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1946: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1947: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1949:
1.195 jufi 1950: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1951: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1952: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1953: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1954: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1955: <p>
1956:
1.247 jufi 1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1958: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1959: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1960: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1961: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1962:
1.191 jufi 1963: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1964: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1965: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1966: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1967: <p>
1968:
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1970: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1971: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1972: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1973:
1974: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1975: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1976: <p>
1.247 jufi 1977: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1978:
1.191 jufi 1979:
1.186 jufi 1980: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1981: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1982:
1.247 jufi 1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1984: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1985: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1986: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1987: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1988:
1.188 jufi 1989: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1990: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1991: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1992: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1993: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1994: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1995: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1996: <p>
1997:
1.301 jose 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1999: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2000: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2001: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2002:
2003: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2004: <p>
1.191 jufi 2005:
1.247 jufi 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2007: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2008: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2009: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2010: </strong></font><br>
2011:
2012: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2013: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2014: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2015: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2016: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2017: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2018: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2019: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2020: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2021: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2022: familiar?
2023: <p>
1.247 jufi 2024: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2025:
1.178 louis 2026: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2027: <ul>
1.178 louis 2028:
1.247 jufi 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2030: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2031: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2032: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2033: </strong></font><br>
2034:
2035: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2036: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2037: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2038: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2039: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2040: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2041: <p>
2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2044: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2045: Open source under the hood</a>,
2046: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2047: </strong></font><br>
2048:
2049: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2050: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2051: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2052: <p>
2053:
1.247 jufi 2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2055: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2056: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2057: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2058: </strong></font><br>
2059:
2060: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2061: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2062: <p>
1.247 jufi 2063: </ul>
1.179 louis 2064:
1.174 louis 2065:
1.175 louis 2066: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2067: <ul>
1.175 louis 2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2070: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2071: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2072: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2073: </strong></font><br>
2074:
2075: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2076: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2077: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2078: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2079: <p>
2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2082: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2083: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2084: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2085: </strong></font><br>
2086:
2087: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2088: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2089: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2090: <p>
1.247 jufi 2091: </ul>
1.175 louis 2092:
1.176 louis 2093:
1.172 mickey 2094: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2095: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2096:
1.247 jufi 2097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2098: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2099: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2100: </strong></font><br>
2101:
2102: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2103: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2104: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2105: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2106: <p>
2107:
1.247 jufi 2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2109: <a
1.269 deraadt 2110: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2111: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2112: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2113: </strong></font><br>
2114:
2115: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2116: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2117: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2118: <p>
2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2121: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2122: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2123: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2124: </strong></font><br>
2125:
2126: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2127: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2128: <p>
2129:
1.247 jufi 2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2131: <a
1.269 deraadt 2132: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2133: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2134: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2135: </strong></font><br>
2136:
2137: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2138: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2139: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2140: our own Theo de Raadt.
2141: <p>
2142:
1.247 jufi 2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2144: <a
1.269 deraadt 2145: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2146: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2147: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2148: </strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2151: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2152: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2153: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2154: shut down.]
2155: <p>
2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2158: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2159: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2160: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2161: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2162: </strong></font><br>
2163:
2164: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2165: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2166: <p>
1.247 jufi 2167: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2168:
1.161 louis 2169: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2170: <ul>
1.161 louis 2171:
1.247 jufi 2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2173: <a
1.269 deraadt 2174: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2175: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2176: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2177: </strong></font><br>
2178:
2179: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2180: by John Wolley
2181: <p>
2182:
1.247 jufi 2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2184: <a
1.269 deraadt 2185: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2186: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2187: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2188: </strong></font><br>
2189:
2190: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2191: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2192: OpenBSD).
2193: <p>
2194:
1.247 jufi 2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2196: <a
1.247 jufi 2197: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2198: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2199: </strong></font><br>
2200:
2201: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2202: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2203: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2204: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2205: and hindsight.
2206: <p>
2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2209: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2210: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2211: </strong></font><br>
2212:
2213: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2214: <p>
2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2217: <a
1.168 provos 2218: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2219: December 7, 2000
2220: </strong></font><br>
2221:
2222: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2223: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2224: us explain.
2225: <p>
2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2228: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2229: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2230: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2231: December 6, 2000
2232: </strong></font><br>
2233:
2234: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2235: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2236: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2237: <p>
2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2240: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2241: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2242: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2243: </strong></font><br>
2244:
2245: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2246: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2247: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2248: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2249: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2250: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2251: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2252: <p>
2253:
2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2255: <a
1.226 horacio 2256: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2257: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2258: </strong></font><br>
2259:
2260: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2261: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2262: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2263: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2264: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2265: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2266: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2267: <p>
1.162 millert 2268:
1.247 jufi 2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2270: <a
1.161 louis 2271: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2272: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2273: </strong></font><br>
2274:
2275: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2276: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2277: <p>
2278:
1.247 jufi 2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2280: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2281: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2282: </strong></font><br>
2283:
2284: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2285: <p>
2286:
2287:
1.247 jufi 2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2289: <a
1.226 horacio 2290: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2291: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2292: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2293: </strong></font><br>
2294:
2295: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2296: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2297: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2298: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2299: <p>
1.247 jufi 2300: </ul>
1.169 louis 2301:
1.158 louis 2302: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2303: <ul>
1.147 louis 2304:
1.247 jufi 2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2306: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2307: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2308: </strong></font><br>
2309:
2310: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2311: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2312: <p>
2313:
1.247 jufi 2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2315: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2316: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2317: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2318: </strong></font><br>
2319: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2320: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2321: <p>
2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2324: <a
2325: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2326: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2327: </strong></font><br>
2328:
2329: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2330: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2331: <p>
2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2334: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2335: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2336: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2337:
1.213 horacio 2338: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2339: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2340: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2341: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2342: <p>
1.215 horacio 2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2345: <a
2346: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2347: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2348: </strong></font><br>
2349:
2350: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2351: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2352: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2353: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2354: much of the attitude too).
2355: <p>
1.161 louis 2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2358: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2359: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2360: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2361:
1.157 louis 2362: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2363: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2364: <p>
1.247 jufi 2365: </ul>
1.157 louis 2366:
2367: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2368: <ul>
1.157 louis 2369:
1.247 jufi 2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2371: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2372: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2373: </strong></font><br>
2374:
2375: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2376: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2377: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2378: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2379: <p>
2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2382: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2383: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2384: </strong></font><br>
2385:
2386: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2387: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2388: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2389: it because they love coding...
2390: <p>
2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2393: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2394: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2395: </strong></font><br>
2396:
2397: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2398: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2399: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2400: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2401: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2402: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2403: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2404: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2405: <p>
2406:
1.247 jufi 2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2408: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2409: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2410: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2411: </strong></font><br>
2412:
2413: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2414: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2415: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2416: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2417: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2418: the pizza.
2419: <p>
2420:
1.247 jufi 2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2422: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2423: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2424: </strong></font><br>
2425:
2426: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2427: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2428: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2429: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2430: problems.
2431: <p>
2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2434: <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 2435: </strong></font><br>
2436:
1.222 miod 2437: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2438: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2439: - whether they like it or not.
2440: <p>
2441:
1.247 jufi 2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2443: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2444: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2445: </strong></font><br>
2446:
2447: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2448: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2449: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2450: <p>
1.148 aaron 2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2453: <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 2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
2456: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2457: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2458: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2459: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2460: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2461: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2462: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2463: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2464: <p>
2465:
1.247 jufi 2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2467: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2468: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2469: </strong></font><br>
2470:
2471: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2472: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2473: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2474: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2475: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2476: <p>
1.247 jufi 2477: </ul>
1.147 louis 2478:
1.138 louis 2479: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2480: <ul>
1.138 louis 2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2483: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2484: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2485: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2486: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2487: </strong></font><br>
2488:
1.227 horacio 2489: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2490: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2491: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2492: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2493: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2494: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2495: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2496: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2497: <p>
2498:
1.247 jufi 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2500: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2501: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2502: </strong></font><br>
2503:
2504: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2505: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2506: groups, and even Linux.
2507: <p>
2508:
1.247 jufi 2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2510: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2511: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2512: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2513: </strong></font><br>
2514:
2515: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2516: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2517: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2518: library after installing the OS.
2519: <p>
2520:
1.247 jufi 2521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2522: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2523: Sys Admin, September 2000
2524: </strong></font><br>
2525:
2526: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2527: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2528: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2529: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2530: (<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>,
2531: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2532: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2533: <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 2534: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2535: out of the system.
2536: <p>
2537:
1.247 jufi 2538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2539: <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
2540: </strong></font><br>
2541:
2542: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2543: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2544: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2545: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2546: the IP filtering and address translation.
2547: <p>
1.301 jose 2548:
2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2550: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2551: </strong></font><br>
2552:
2553: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2554: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2555: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2556: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2557: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2558: <p>
1.247 jufi 2559: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2560:
1.131 louis 2561: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2562: <ul>
1.131 louis 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2565: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2566: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2567: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2568: </strong></font><br>
2569:
2570: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2571: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2572: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2573: <p>
2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2576: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2577: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2578: </strong></font><br>
2579:
2580: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2581: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2582: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2583: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2584: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2585: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2586: note of"</i>.
2587: <p>
2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2590: <a
1.247 jufi 2591: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2592: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2593: </strong></font><br>
2594:
2595: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2596: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2597: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2598: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2599: <p>
2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2602: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2603: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2604: </strong></font><br>
2605:
2606: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2607: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2608: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2609: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2610: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2611: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2612: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2613: <p>
2614:
1.247 jufi 2615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2616: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2617: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2618: 2000
2619: </strong></font><br>
2620:
2621: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2622: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2623: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2624: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2625: against current industry practices.
2626: <p>
2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2629: <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
2630: </strong></font><br>
2631:
2632: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2633: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2634: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2635: <p>
2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2638: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2639: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2640: </strong></font><br>
2641:
2642: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2643: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2644: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2645: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2646: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2647: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2648: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2649: <p>
2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2652: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2653: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2654: </strong></font><br>
2655:
2656: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2657: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2658: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2659: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2660: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2661: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2662: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2663: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2664: <p>
1.247 jufi 2665: </ul>
1.131 louis 2666:
1.118 louis 2667: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2668: <ul>
1.118 louis 2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2671: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2672: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2673: </strong></font><br>
2674:
2675: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2676: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2677: about time. The article mentions that
2678: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2679: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2680: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2681: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2682: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2683: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2684: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2685: <p>
2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2688: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2689: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2690: </strong></font><br>
2691:
2692: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2693: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2694: of OpenSSH.
2695: <p>
2696:
1.247 jufi 2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2698: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2699: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2700: </strong></font><br>
2701:
2702: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2703: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2704: bridging.
2705: <p>
2706:
1.247 jufi 2707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2708: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2709: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2710: </strong></font><br>
2711:
1.121 deraadt 2712: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2713: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2714: <p>
2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2717: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2718: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2719: </strong></font><br>
2720:
2721: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2722: <p>
2723:
1.247 jufi 2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2725: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2726: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2727: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2728: </strong></font><br>
2729:
1.120 deraadt 2730: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2731: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2732: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2733: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2734: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2735: <p>
2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2738: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2739: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2740: </strong></font><br>
2741:
1.222 miod 2742: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2743: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2744: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2745: protocols and their quirks.
2746: <p>
2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2749: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2750: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2751: </strong></font><br>
2752:
2753: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2754: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2755: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2756: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2757: <p>
2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2760: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2761: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2762: </strong></font><br>
2763:
2764: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2765: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2766: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2767: <p>
2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2770: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2771: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2772: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2773: </strong></font><br>
2774:
2775: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2776: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2777: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2778: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2779: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2780: <p>
1.247 jufi 2781: </ul>
1.118 louis 2782:
1.104 louis 2783: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2784: <ul>
1.104 louis 2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2787: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2788: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2789: </strong></font><br>
2790:
2791: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2792: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2793: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2794: be a bit dry.
2795: <p>
2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2798: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2799: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2800: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2801: </strong></font><br>
2802: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2803: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2804: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2805: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2806: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2807: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2808: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2809: <p>
2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2812: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2813: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2814: 2000
1.128 louis 2815: </strong></font><br>
2816:
2817: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2818: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2819: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2820: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2821: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2822: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2823: <p>
2824:
1.247 jufi 2825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2826: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2827: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2828: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2829:
2830: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2831: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2832: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2833: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2834: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2835: <p>
1.110 louis 2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2838: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2839: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2840: </strong></font><br>
2841:
2842: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2843: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2844: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2845: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2846: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2847: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2848: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2849: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2850: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2851: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2852: <p>
2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2855: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2856: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2857:
2858: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2859: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2860: <p>
1.108 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2863: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2864: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2866:
2867: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2868: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2869: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2870: <p>
1.106 louis 2871:
1.247 jufi 2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2873: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2874: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2875: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2876:
2877: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2878: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2879: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2880: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2881: <p>
1.107 louis 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2884: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2885: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2886: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2887:
2888: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2889: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2890: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2891: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2892: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2893: <p>
1.105 louis 2894:
1.247 jufi 2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2896: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2897: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2898: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2899:
1.113 naddy 2900: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2901: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2902: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2903: <p>
1.104 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2906: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2907: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2908: </strong></font><br>
2909:
2910: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2911: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2912: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2913: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2914: <p>
1.301 jose 2915:
2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2917: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2918: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2919: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2920:
2921: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2922: hardware-supported cryptography.
2923: <p>
1.247 jufi 2924: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2925:
1.85 louis 2926: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.85 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2930: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2931: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2933:
2934: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2935: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2936: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2937: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2938: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2939: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2940: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2941: <p>
1.99 louis 2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2944: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2945: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2946: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2947:
2948: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2949: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2950: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2951: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2952: <p>
1.100 louis 2953:
1.247 jufi 2954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2955: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2956: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2957: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2958:
2959: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2960: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2961: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2962: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2963: <p>
1.95 louis 2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2966: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2967: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2968: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2969:
2970: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2971: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2972: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2973: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2974: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2975: <p>
1.92 louis 2976:
1.247 jufi 2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2978: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2979: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2980: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2981:
2982: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2983: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2984: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2985: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2986: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2987: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2988: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2989: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2990: <p>
1.91 louis 2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2993: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2994: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2995: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2996:
2997: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2998: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2999: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3000: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3001: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3002: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3003: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3004: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3005: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3006: <p>
1.90 louis 3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3009: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3010: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3011: </strong></font><br>
3012: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3013: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3014: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3015: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3016: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3017: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3018: <p>
3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3021: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3022: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3023: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3024:
1.113 naddy 3025: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3026: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3027: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3028: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3029: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3030: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3031: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3032: <p>
1.87 louis 3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3035: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3036: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3037: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3038:
3039: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3040: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3041: <p>
1.85 louis 3042:
1.247 jufi 3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3044: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3045: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3046: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3047:
3048: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3049: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3050: <p>
3051:
3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3053: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3054: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3055: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3056:
3057: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3058: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3059: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3060: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3061: <p>
1.89 louis 3062:
1.247 jufi 3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3064: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3065: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3066: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3067:
3068: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3069: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3070: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3071: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3072: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3073: </ul>
1.85 louis 3074:
1.78 deraadt 3075: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3076: <ul>
1.74 louis 3077:
1.247 jufi 3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3079: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3080: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3081: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3082: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3083:
3084: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3085: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3086: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3087: <p>
1.83 louis 3088:
1.247 jufi 3089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3090: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3091: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3092: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3093:
3094: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3095: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3096: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3097: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3098: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3099: <p>
1.93 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3102: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3103: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3104: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3105: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3106:
1.83 louis 3107: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3108: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3109: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3110: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3111: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3112: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3113: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3114: <p>
1.82 aaron 3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3117: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3118: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3119: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3120:
1.83 louis 3121: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3122: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3123: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3124: <p>
1.80 louis 3125:
1.247 jufi 3126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3127: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3128: Bad Press</a>,
3129: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3130: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3131:
3132: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3133: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3134: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3135: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3136: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3137: <p>
1.247 jufi 3138: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3139:
3140: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3141: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3142:
1.247 jufi 3143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3144: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3145: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3146: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3147: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3148:
3149: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3150: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3151: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3152: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3153: <p>
1.74 louis 3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3156: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3157: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3158: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3159:
1.219 horacio 3160: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3161: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3162: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3163: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3164: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3165: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3166: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3167: <p>
1.88 louis 3168:
1.247 jufi 3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3170: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3171: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3172: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3173:
3174: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3175: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3176: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3177: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3178: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3179: <p>
1.81 louis 3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3182: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3183: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3184: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3185:
3186: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3187: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3188: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3189: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3190: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3191: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3192: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3193: <p>
1.90 louis 3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3196: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3197: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3198: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3199:
3200: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3201: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3202: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3203: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3204: <p>
1.247 jufi 3205: </ul>
1.71 louis 3206:
1.69 deraadt 3207: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3208: <ul>
1.70 louis 3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3211: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3212: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3213: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3214:
3215: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3216: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3217: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3218: <p>
1.70 louis 3219:
1.247 jufi 3220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3221: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3222: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3223: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3224:
3225: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3226: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3227: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3228: <p>
1.68 louis 3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3231: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3232: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3233: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3234: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3235:
1.111 jufi 3236: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3237: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3238: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3239: "secure by default" installation.
3240: <p>
1.64 louis 3241:
1.247 jufi 3242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3243: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3244: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3245: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3246:
1.113 naddy 3247: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3248: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3249: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3250: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3251: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3252: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3253: <p>
1.66 louis 3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3256: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3257: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3258: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3259:
3260: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3261: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3262: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3263: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3264: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3265: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3266: <p>
1.83 louis 3267:
1.247 jufi 3268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3269: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3270: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3271: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3272:
3273: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3274: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3275: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3276: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3277: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3278: <p>
1.64 louis 3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3281: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3282: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3283: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3284:
3285: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3286: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3287: <p>
1.301 jose 3288:
3289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3290: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3291: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3292: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3293: </strong></font><br>
3294:
3295: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3296: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3297: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3298: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3299: Giving way to
3300: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3301: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3302: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3303: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3304: <p>
1.247 jufi 3305: </ul>
1.65 louis 3306:
1.69 deraadt 3307: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3308: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3309:
1.247 jufi 3310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3311: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3312: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3313: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3314:
3315: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3316: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3317: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3318: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3319: <p>
1.88 louis 3320:
1.247 jufi 3321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3322: <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 3323: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3324:
3325: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3326: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3327: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3328: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3329: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3330: <p>
1.60 louis 3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3333: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3334: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3335: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3336: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3337:
3338: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3339: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3340: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3341: <p>
1.58 louis 3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3344: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3345: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3346:
3347: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3348: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3349: <p>
1.53 louis 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3352: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3353: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3354: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3355:
3356: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3357: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3358: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3359: <p>
1.99 louis 3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3362: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3363: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3364:
3365: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3366: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3367: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3368: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3369: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3370:
1.247 jufi 3371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3372: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3373: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3374: </strong></font><br>
3375:
3376: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3377: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3378: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3379: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3380: <p>
3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3383: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3384: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3385: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3386:
3387: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3388: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3389: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3392: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3393: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3394:
3395: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3396: in
1.247 jufi 3397: <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 3398: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3399: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3400: <p>
1.53 louis 3401:
1.247 jufi 3402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3403: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3404: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3405: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3406: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3407:
1.58 louis 3408: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3409: <p>
1.301 jose 3410:
3411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3412: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3413: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3414: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3415: Informacyjny, January 2000
3416: </strong></font><br>
3417:
3418: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3419: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3420: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3421: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3422: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3423: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3424: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3425: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3426: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3427: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3428: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3429: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3430: <p>
3431:
3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3433: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3434: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3435: </strong></font><br>
3436:
3437: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3438: <p>
3439: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3440:
1.69 deraadt 3441: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3442: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3445: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3446: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3447: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3448: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3449:
1.58 louis 3450: Kurt Seifried
3451: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3452: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3453: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3454: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3457: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3458: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3459: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3460:
3461: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3462: <p>
1.96 louis 3463:
1.247 jufi 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3465: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3466: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3467: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3468: </strong></font><br>
3469:
3470: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3471: <p>
3472:
3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3474: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3475: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3476: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3477:
3478: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3479: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3480: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3481: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3482: <p>
1.247 jufi 3483: </ul>
1.86 louis 3484:
1.69 deraadt 3485: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3486: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3489: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3490: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3491: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3492:
3493: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3494: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3495: <p>
1.61 louis 3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3498: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3499: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3500: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3501: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3502:
3503: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3504: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3505: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3506: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3507: right -- or at least strives to".
3508: <p>
1.48 louis 3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3511: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3512: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3513: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3514: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3515: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3516: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3517: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3518: <p>
1.61 louis 3519:
1.247 jufi 3520: <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 3521: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3522: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3523:
3524: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3525: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3526: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3527: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3528: <p>
1.46 louis 3529:
1.247 jufi 3530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3531: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3532: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3533: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3534:
3535: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3536: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3537: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3540: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3541: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3542: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3543:
3544: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3545: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3546: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3547: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3548: <p>
1.247 jufi 3549: </ul>
1.70 louis 3550:
1.69 deraadt 3551: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3552: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3555: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3556: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3557: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3558: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3559:
3560: Kurt Seifried
3561: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3562: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3563: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3564: <p>
1.44 philen 3565:
1.247 jufi 3566: <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 3567: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3568: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3569:
3570: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3571: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <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 3574: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3575: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3576:
3577: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3578: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3579:
1.247 jufi 3580: <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 3581: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3582: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3583:
3584: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3585: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3586: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3587: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3588: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3589:
1.247 jufi 3590: <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 3591: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3592: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3593:
1.36 louis 3594: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3595: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3598: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3599: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3600: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3601:
3602: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3603: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3604: </ul>
1.38 louis 3605:
1.69 deraadt 3606: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3607: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <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 3610: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3611: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3612:
3613: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3614: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3615: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3616:
1.113 naddy 3617: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3618: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3619: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3620: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3621:
3622: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3623: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3624: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3625: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3626: <blockquote>
3627: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3628: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3629: <br>
3630: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3631: </code>
3632: </blockquote>
3633: <p>
3634:
1.247 jufi 3635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3636: <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 3637: <p>
3638:
3639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3640: <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 3641: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3642:
3643: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3644: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3645: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3646: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3647:
1.247 jufi 3648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3649: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3650: Sept. 28, 1999
3651: </strong></font><br>
3652:
3653: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3654: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3655: translating and reprinting articles from
3656: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3657: <p>
3658:
3659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3660: <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 3661: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3662:
3663: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3664: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3665: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3666: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3667: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3668: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3669: <p>
1.19 louis 3670:
1.113 naddy 3671: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3672: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3673: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3674:
3675: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3676: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3677: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3678: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3679: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3680: <p>
1.16 louis 3681:
1.247 jufi 3682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3683: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3684: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3685: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3686:
1.57 louis 3687: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3688: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3689: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3690: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3691:
1.247 jufi 3692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3693: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3694: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3695: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3696:
1.113 naddy 3697: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3700: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3701: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3702: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3703:
1.23 louis 3704: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3705: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3706: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3707: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3708: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3709: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3710:
1.247 jufi 3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3712: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3713: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3714: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3715:
1.199 pvalchev 3716: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3717: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3718: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3719: installation.
1.113 naddy 3720: <p>
1.47 louis 3721:
1.247 jufi 3722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3723: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3724: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3725: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3726:
1.301 jose 3727: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3728: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3729: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3730: </ul>
1.57 louis 3731:
1.69 deraadt 3732: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3733: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3736: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3737: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3738: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3739:
3740: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3741: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3742: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3743: <p>
1.12 louis 3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3746: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3747: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3748: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3749:
3750: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3751: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3752: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3753: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3754: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3755: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3756: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3757: <p>
1.247 jufi 3758: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3759:
1.69 deraadt 3760: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3761: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3762:
1.247 jufi 3763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3764: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3765: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3766:
3767: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3768: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3769: available."
1.113 naddy 3770: <p>
1.301 jose 3771:
3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3773: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3774: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3775: </strong></font><br>
3776:
3777: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3778: <p>
1.247 jufi 3779: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3780:
1.69 deraadt 3781: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3782: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3783:
1.247 jufi 3784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3785: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3786: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3787:
3788: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3789: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3790: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3791: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3792: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3793: <p>
1.33 louis 3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3796: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3797: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3798: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3799:
1.113 naddy 3800: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3801: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3802: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3803: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3804: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3805: <p>
1.247 jufi 3806: </ul>
1.57 louis 3807:
1.69 deraadt 3808: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3809: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3812: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3813: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3814: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3815:
3816: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3817: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3818: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3819:
1.247 jufi 3820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3821: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3822: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3823: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3824: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3825:
3826: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3827: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3828:
1.247 jufi 3829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3830: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3831:
1.113 naddy 3832: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3835: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3836: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3837: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3838:
3839: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3840: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3841: </ul>
1.23 louis 3842:
1.69 deraadt 3843: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3844: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3847: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3848: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3849:
3850: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3851: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3852: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3853:
1.247 jufi 3854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3855: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3856: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3857: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3858:
3859: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3860: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3861: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3862: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3863: </ul>
1.57 louis 3864:
1.69 deraadt 3865: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3866: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3867:
1.247 jufi 3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3869: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3870: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3871: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3872:
3873: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3874: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3875: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3876: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3877: <p>
1.15 louis 3878:
1.247 jufi 3879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3880: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3881: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3882: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3883:
3884: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3885: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3886: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3887: columns."
1.113 naddy 3888: <p>
1.247 jufi 3889: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3890:
1.69 deraadt 3891: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3892: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3893:
1.247 jufi 3894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3895: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3896: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3897: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3898:
3899: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3900: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3901:
1.113 naddy 3902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3903: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3904: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3905:
3906: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3907: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3908: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3909: </ul>
1.57 louis 3910:
1.69 deraadt 3911: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3912: <ul>
1.301 jose 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3914: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3915: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3916: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3917:
3918: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3919: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3920: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3921: <p>
3922:
3923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3924: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3925: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3926: Nov 13, 1998 and
3927: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3928: Datateknik</a>,
3929: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3930:
1.380 saad 3931: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 3932: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3933: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3934: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3935: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3936:
1.113 naddy 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3938: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3939: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3940: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3941:
1.222 miod 3942: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3943: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3944: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3945: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3946: <p>
1.247 jufi 3947: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3948:
1.69 deraadt 3949: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3950: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3953: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3954: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3955:
1.69 deraadt 3956: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3957: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3958: <p>
1.247 jufi 3959: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3960:
1.69 deraadt 3961: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3962: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3963:
1.247 jufi 3964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3965: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3966: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3967: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3968:
1.383 jcs 3969: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 3970: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3971: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3972:
1.247 jufi 3973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3974: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3975: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3976: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3977: <p>
1.247 jufi 3978: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3979:
1.69 deraadt 3980: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3981: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3984: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 3985: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
3986: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3987: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3988: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3989:
3990: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3991: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3992: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3993: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3994: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3995: <p>
1.247 jufi 3996: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3997:
3998: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3999: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4000:
1.247 jufi 4001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4002: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4003: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4004:
1.69 deraadt 4005: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4006: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4007: <p>
1.112 naddy 4008:
1.247 jufi 4009: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4010: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4011:
1.292 camield 4012: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4013: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4014: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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