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1.388 mcbride 19: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
1.390 beck 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ! ian 22: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
! 23: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
! 24: newsforge.com, April 16, 2004
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
! 27: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
! 28: it does: CARP provides sharing
! 29: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
! 30: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
! 31: detail to get you started using it.
! 32: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
! 33: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
! 34: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
! 35: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
! 36: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
! 37: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
! 38: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
! 39:
! 40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 41: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
42: Interview with PF developers</a>,
43: onlamp.com, April 15, 2004
44: </strong></font><br>
45: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
46: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan Mcbride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
47: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.388 mcbride 48:
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
50: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
51: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
52: kerneltrap.org, April 7, 2004
53: </strong></font><br>
54:
55: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
56: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
57: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
58: unencumbered by patents.
59: <p>
60: </ul>
61:
1.378 henning 62: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
63: <ul>
1.384 jose 64:
65: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 66: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
67: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
68: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
69: </strong></font><br>
70: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
71: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
72: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
73: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
74: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
75: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
76: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
77: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
78: in the page tables."
79: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
80: <p>
81:
82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 83: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
84: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
85: </strong></font><br>
86: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
87: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
88: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
89: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
90:
1.378 henning 91: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.381 ian 92: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">Interview
93: with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
94: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
95: </strong></font><br>
96: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
97: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
98: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
99: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
100: (quote:
101: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
102: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 103: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 104: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
105: the other developers for their work on the system.
106: <p>
107:
108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 109: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
110: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
111: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 112: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 113: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
114: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
115: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
116: too.
117: <p>
118:
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 120: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
121: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 122: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 123: OpenBSD source code using
124: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
125: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
126: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
127: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
128: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
129: <p>
130: </ul>
131:
1.374 jose 132: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
133: <ul>
134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 135: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 136: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
137: </strong></font><br>
138: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
139: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
140: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
141: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
142: it."
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 146: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
147: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
148: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
149: </strong></font><br/>
150: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
151: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
152: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
153: <p>
154: </ul>
155:
1.369 ian 156: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
157: <ul>
158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 159: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
160: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
161: </strong></font><br/>
162: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
163: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
164: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
165: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
166: <p>
167:
168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 169: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
170: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
171: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
172: </strong></font><br/>
173: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
174: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
175: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
176: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
177: form factor.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
181: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
182: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
183: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
184: Features</a>,
185: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
186: </strong></font><br/>
187: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
188: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
189: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
190: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
191: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
192: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
193: <p>
194: This article can also be found online at:
195: <ul>
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 197: <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 198: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
199: </strong></font>
200: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
201: </ul>
202: <p>
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.372 jose 204: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">Adding
1.371 jose 205: System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
206: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
207: </strong></font><br/>
208: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
209: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
210: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
211:
212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 213: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 214: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 215: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 216: </strong></font><br/>
217: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
218: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
219: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
220: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
221: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
222: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
223: and its history with OpenBSD.
224: </ul>
225:
1.368 henning 226: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
227: <ul>
228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 229: [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 230: </strong></font><br>
231: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
232: </ul>
233:
1.364 jose 234: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
235: <ul>
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 237: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
238: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
239: UNIX Review,
240: July, 2003.
241: </strong></font><br>
242: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
243: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
244: who want more information.
245: <p>
246:
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 248: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
249: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
250: Government Computer News,
251: July 22, 2003.
252: </strong></font><br>
253: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
254: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
255: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
256: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
260: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
261: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
262: SANS Institute,
263: July 22, 2003.
264: </strong></font><br>
265: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 266: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 267: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
268: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
269: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
270: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
271: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
272: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
273: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
274: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
275: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
276: <p>
277:
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 279: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
280: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
281: OnLamp.com,
282: July 17, 2003.
283: </strong></font><br>
284: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
285: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
286: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
287: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
288: have been working on.
289:
290: </ul>
291:
1.356 jose 292: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 293: <ul>
294:
295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 296: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
297: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
298: UNIX Review,
299: June, 2003.
300: </strong></font><br>
301: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
302: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
303: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
304: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 308: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
309: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
310: eWeek,
311: June 23, 2003.
312: </strong></font><br>
313: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
314: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
315: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
316: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
317: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
318: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
319: <p>
320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 322: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
323: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
324: Software Development Online,
325: June, 2003.
326: </strong></font><br>
327: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
328: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
329: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
330: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
331: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
332: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
333: current activities.
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 337: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
338: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 339: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
340: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
341: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
342: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
343: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
344: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
345: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
346: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 347: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 348: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
349: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
350: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
351: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
352: decisions.
353: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
354: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
355: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
356: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 357: <p>
358:
359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 360: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
361: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
362: Page 58, eWeek,
363: June 2, 2003.
364: </strong></font><br>
365: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
366: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
367: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
368: been addressed in -current.
369: <p>
370:
1.356 jose 371: </ul>
372:
373: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
374: <ul>
375:
1.355 jose 376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 377: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
378: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
379: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
380: </strong></font><br>
381: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
382: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
383: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
384: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
385: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
386: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
387: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
388: <p>
389:
390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 391: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
392: Beyond Linux</a>,
393: InfoWorld,
394: May 23, 2003.
395: </strong></font><br>
396: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
397: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
398: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
399: compared to the GPL.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 403: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
404: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
405: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 406: May 17, 2003.
407: </strong></font><br>
408: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
409: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
410: the business section and half of another page inside
411: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
412: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
413: in talking about the project's history and goals.
414: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
415: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
416: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
417: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 418: <br>
419: This article can also be found online at:
420: <ul>
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
422: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
423: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
424: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
425: May 17, 2003
426: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 427: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
429: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
430: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
431: Montreal Gazette,
432: May 21, 2003
433: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 434: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 435: <p>
1.346 ian 436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 438: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 439: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 440: May 7, 2003.
441: </strong></font><br>
442: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
443: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
444: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
445: <p>
446:
447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 448: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
449: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
450: OsOpinion,
451: May 6, 2003.
452: </strong></font><br>
453: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
454: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
455: <br>
456: This article can also be found online at:
457: <ul>
458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
459: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
460: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
461: NewsFactor Network.
462: </strong></font>
463: </ul>
464: <p>
465:
466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 467: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 468: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
469: ITBusiness,
470: May 2, 2003.
471: </strong></font><br>
472: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
473: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
474: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
475: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
476: <p>
477:
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 479: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
480: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
481: InfoWorld,
482: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 483: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 484: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
485: <br>
486: This article can also be found online at:
487: <ul>
488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
489: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
490: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
491: IDG Singapore.
492: </strong></font>
493: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 494: <p>
495:
1.339 jose 496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
497: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
498: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 499: ZDNet,
500: May 1, 2003.
501: </strong></font><br>
502: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 503: someone using parts from previous articles.
504: <br>
1.341 deraadt 505: This article can also be found online at:
506: <ul>
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
508: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
509: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
510: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 511: </strong></font>
512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
513: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
514: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
515: CNET News.com.
516: </strong></font>
517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
518: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
519: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
520: ZDNet UK.
521: </strong></font>
522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
523: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
524: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
525: Help Net Security, Croatia.
526: </strong></font>
527: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 528: <p>
1.339 jose 529:
1.341 deraadt 530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 531: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 532: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
533: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
534: May 1, 2003.
535: </strong></font><br>
536: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
537: that have been added
538: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
539: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
540: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 541: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 542: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
543: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
544: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 545: <p>
546:
547: </ul>
548:
1.253 ian 549: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
550: <ul>
1.255 ian 551:
1.260 ian 552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 553: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 554: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
555: TechRepublic,
556: April 28, 2003.
557: </strong></font><br>
558: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
559: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 560: work.<br>
561: Can also be found online at:
562: <ul>
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
564: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
565: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
566: ZDNet UK.
567: </strong></font>
568: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 569: <p>
570:
571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 572: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
573: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
574: IDG,
575: April 24, 2003.
576: </strong></font><br>
577: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
578: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
579: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
580: Can also be found online at:
581: <ul>
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
583: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
584: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 585: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 586: </strong></font>
587: </ul>
588: <p>
589:
590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
591: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 592: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 593: Slate,
594: April 24, 2003.
595: </strong></font><br>
596: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
597: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
598: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
599: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
600: <p>
601:
602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 603: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
604: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
605: April 24, 2003.
606: </strong></font><br>
607: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
608: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
609: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
610: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
611: <p>
612:
613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 614: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
615: April 24, 2003.
616: </strong></font><br>
617: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
618: the free software community".
619: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
620: other articles.
621: <p>
622:
623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 624: <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 625: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
626: </strong></font><br>
627: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
628: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
629: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
630: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
631: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
632: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
633: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
634: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
635: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
636: <br/>
637: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
638: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
639: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
640: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 641: <br>
642: Can also be found online at:
643: <ul>
644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
645: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
646: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
647: Common Dreams NewsCenter
648: </strong></font>
649: </ul>
1.324 ian 650: <p>
651:
652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
653: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
654: Wired, April 24, 2003.
655: </strong></font><br>
656: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
657: article above.
658: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
659: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
660: wasting them."
1.332 ian 661: <br>
662: Can also be found online at:
663: <ul>
664: <li>
665: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
666: </strong></font>
667: </ul>
1.324 ian 668: <p>
669:
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 671: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
672: </strong></font><br>
673: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 677: <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.
678: </strong></font><br>
679: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
680: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
681: <p>
682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 684: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
685: April 23, 2003.
686: </strong></font><br>
687: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
688: <p>
689:
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 691: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 692: April 22, 2003.
693: </strong></font><br>
694: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 698: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
699: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
700: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 701: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 702: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
703: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
704: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
705: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
706: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
707: Can also be found online at:
708: <ul>
709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
710: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 711: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
712: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 713: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
715: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 716: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
717: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 718: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 719: </ul>
720: <p>
721:
722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 723: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
724: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 725: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 726: </strong></font><br>
727: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 728: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
729: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
730: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
731: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
732: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
733: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 734: <p>
735:
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 737: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
738: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 739: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
740: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 741: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
742: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
743: at UPenn and DARPA.
744: <p>
745:
746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 747: [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,
748: France
1.315 deraadt 749: April 18, 2003.
750: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 751: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 755: [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 756: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 757: </strong></font><br>
758: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 762: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
763: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
764: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 765: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 766: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
767: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
768: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
769: <p>
770:
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 772: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
773: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 774: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 775: </strong></font><br>
776: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
777: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
778: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 779: American century.
1.267 deraadt 780: <p>
781:
782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 783: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
784: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 785: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 786: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 787: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
788: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
789: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
790: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
791: Can also be found online at:
792: <ul>
793: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
794: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 795: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 796: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 797: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 798: <p>
799:
800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 801: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 802: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 803: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 804: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 805: </strong></font><br>
806: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 807: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
808: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
809: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
810: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 811:
812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
813: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
814: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
815: New York Times.
816: </strong></font>(free registration required)
817:
1.273 deraadt 818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
819: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 820: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 821: ABC News.
822: </strong></font>
823:
824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 825: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 826: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 827: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 828: </strong></font>
829:
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 831: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 832: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 833: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 834: </strong></font>
835:
836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 837: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
838: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 839: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 840: </strong></font>
841:
842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 843: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 844: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 845: Times Daily, AL.
846: </strong></font>
847:
848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
849: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
850: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
851: Boston.com, MA.
852: </strong></font>
853:
854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 855: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 856: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 857: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
858: </strong></font>
859:
860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 861: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
862: [Article was pulled]</a>
863: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 864: </strong></font>
865:
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
867: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
868: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
869: Infoshop News.
870: </strong></font>
871:
872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
873: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
874: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
875: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
876: </strong></font>
877:
878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 879: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
880: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
881: Raleigh News, NC.
882: </strong></font>
883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 885: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 886: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
887: Napa News, CA.
888: </strong></font>
889:
890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 891: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 892: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
893: NEPA News, PA.
894: </strong></font>
895:
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
897: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
898: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
899: Wired News.
900: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 901: <br>
902: <li>
1.333 deraadt 903: <font color="#009000"><strong>
904: [JAPANESE]
905: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
906: Wired News Japan</a>
907: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 908:
1.271 deraadt 909: </ul>
910: <p>
1.272 deraadt 911: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
912: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 913: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
914: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
915: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
916: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
917: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
918: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 919: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 920: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
921: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
922: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 923: <p>
924: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 927: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 928: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
929: Indianapolis Star, IN.
930: </strong></font>
931:
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 933: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
934: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
935: Miami Herald, FL.
936: </strong></font>
937:
938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 939: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 940: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
941: </strong></font>
942:
943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
944: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 945: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 946: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 947: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 948:
949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
950: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
951: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
952: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
953: ABC News.
954: </strong></font>
955:
1.276 deraadt 956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
957: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 958: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 959: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 960: </strong></font>
961:
1.286 dhartmei 962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 963: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 964: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
965: Wilmington Star, NC.
966: </strong></font>
967:
1.300 jose 968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
969: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
970: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
971: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
972: </strong></font>
973:
1.309 jose 974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
975: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
976: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
977: Globe Technology.
978: </strong></font>
979:
1.263 deraadt 980: </ul>
1.262 beck 981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 984: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
985: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 986: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 987: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 988: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 989: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
990: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
991: <p>
992:
993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 994: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
995: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
996: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 997: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 998: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
999: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1000: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1001: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1002: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1003: and simply restates other press reports.
1004: <p>
1005:
1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1007: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1008: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1009: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1010: </strong></font><br>
1011: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1012: <p>
1013:
1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1015: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1016: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1017: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1018: </strong></font><br>
1019: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1020: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1021: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1022: <p>
1023:
1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1025: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1026: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1027: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1028: April 17, 2003.
1029: </strong></font><br>
1030: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1031: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1032: Tech Anthems</a>
1033: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1034: 4 so far.
1035: <p>
1036:
1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1038: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1039: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1040: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1041: </strong></font><br>
1042: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1043: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1044: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1045: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1046: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1047: Goes on to say:
1048: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1049: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1050: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1051: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1052: This article is also found online at:
1053: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1055: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1056: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1057: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1058: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1060: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1061: ZDnet</a>,
1062: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1063: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1065: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1066: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1067: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1068: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1069: </ul>
1.260 ian 1070: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1071:
1.260 ian 1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1073: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1074: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1075: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1076: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1077: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1078: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1079: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1080: without notice or justification.
1081: <p>
1082:
1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1084: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1085: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1086: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1087: </strong></font><br>
1088: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1089: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1090: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1091: effective today, without any warning..."
1092: <p>
1.257 ian 1093:
1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1095: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1096: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1097: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1098: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1099: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1100: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1101: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1102: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1103: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1104: <p>
1105:
1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1107: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1108: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1109: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1110: </strong></font><br>
1111: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1112: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1113: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1114: quoting two of them:
1115: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1116: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1117: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1118: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1119: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1120: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1121: <p>
1122:
1.255 ian 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1124: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1125: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1126: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1127: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1128: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1129: <p>
1130:
1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1132: [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 1133: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1134: </strong></font><br>
1135: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1136: <p>
1137:
1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1139: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1140: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1141: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1142: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1143: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1144: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1145: security experts for more than three decades."
1146: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1147: <p>
1.261 ian 1148:
1.254 drahn 1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1150: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1151: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1152: </strong></font><br>
1153: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1154: <p>
1155:
1156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1157: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1158: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1159: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1160: </strong></font><br>
1161: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1162: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1163: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1164: <p>
1165:
1166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1167: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1168: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1169: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1170: </strong></font><br>
1171: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1172: from US DARPA.
1173: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1174: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1175: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1176: the BSD license.
1177: <p>
1178: </ul>
1179:
1.251 ian 1180: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1181: <ul>
1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1184: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1185: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1186: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1190: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1191: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1192: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1196: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1197: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1198: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1199: </strong></font><br>
1200: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1201: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1202: Mentions
1203: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1204: and
1205: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1206: programs.
1207: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1208: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1209: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1210: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1211: <p>
1.325 ian 1212: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1213: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1214:
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1216: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1217: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1218: </strong></font><br>
1219: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1220: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1221: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1222: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1223: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1224: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1225: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1226: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1227: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1228: put into service."
1229: <p>
1230: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1231: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1232: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1233: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1234: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1235: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1236: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1237: computers with security features."
1238: <p>
1.329 ian 1239:
1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1241: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1242: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1243: Slate,
1244: March 3, 2003.
1245: </strong></font><br>
1246: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1247: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1248: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1249: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1250: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1251: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1252: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1253: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1254: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1255: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1256: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1257: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1258: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1259: of more secure open-source solutions like
1260: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1261: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1262: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1263: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1264: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1265: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1266: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1267: the Beltway."
1268: <p>
1.251 ian 1269: </ul>
1270:
1.249 jufi 1271: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1272: <ul>
1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1274: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1275: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1276: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1277: </strong></font><br>
1278: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1279: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1280: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1281: <p>
1.334 ian 1282:
1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1284: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1285: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1286: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1287: </strong></font><br>
1288: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1289: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1290: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1291: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1292: "... the hypothetical question ...
1293: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1294: <br>
1295: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1296: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1297: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1298: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1299: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1300: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1302: support network security.
1303: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1304: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1305: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1306: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1307: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1308: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1309: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1310: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1311: <br>
1312: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1313: <p>
1314:
1.249 jufi 1315: </ul>
1316:
1.246 jufi 1317: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1318: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1319:
1.247 jufi 1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1321: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1322: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1323: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1324: </strong></font><br>
1325: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1326: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1327: <p>
1328:
1.247 jufi 1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1330: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1331: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1332: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1333: </strong></font><br>
1334: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1335: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1336: <p>
1337:
1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1339: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1340: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1341: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1342: </strong></font><br>
1343: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1344: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1345: <p>
1.247 jufi 1346: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1347:
1.244 jufi 1348: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1349: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1350:
1.247 jufi 1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1352: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1353: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1354: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1355: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1356: </strong></font><br>
1357: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1358: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1359: md5 digests.
1360: <p>
1361:
1.247 jufi 1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1363: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1364: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1365: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1366: </strong></font><br>
1367: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1368: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1369: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1370: right the first time."
1371: <p>
1.247 jufi 1372: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1373:
1374:
1375: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1376: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1377:
1.247 jufi 1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1379: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1380: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1381: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1382: </strong></font><br>
1383: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1384: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1385: part 6</a>.
1386: <p>
1387:
1.247 jufi 1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1389: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1390: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
1391: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1392: </strong></font><br>
1393: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1394: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1395: <p>
1.301 jose 1396:
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1398: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1399: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1400: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1401: </strong></font><br>
1402:
1403: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1404: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1405: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1406: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1407: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1408: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1409: <i>Here's the
1410: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1411: <p>
1.247 jufi 1412: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1413:
1414: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1415: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1416:
1.247 jufi 1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1418: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1419: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1420: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1421: </strong></font><br>
1422: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1423: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1424: <p>
1425:
1.247 jufi 1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1427: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1428: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1429: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1430: </strong></font><br>
1431: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1432: this time using pf.
1433: <p>
1.247 jufi 1434: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1435:
1436: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1437: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1440: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1441: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1442: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1443: </strong></font><br>
1444: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1445: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1446: their rotation.
1447: <p>
1448:
1.247 jufi 1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1450: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1451: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1452: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1453: </strong></font><br>
1454: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1455: <p>
1.247 jufi 1456: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1457:
1.239 jufi 1458: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1459: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1460:
1.247 jufi 1461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1462: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1463: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1464: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1465: </strong></font><br>
1466: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1467: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1468: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1469: <p>
1470:
1.247 jufi 1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1472: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1473: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1474: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1475: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1476: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1477: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1478: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1479: <p>
1.247 jufi 1480: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1481:
1.235 lebel 1482: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1483: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1484:
1.239 jufi 1485:
1.247 jufi 1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1487: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1488: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1489: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1490: </strong></font><br>
1491: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1492: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1493: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1494: <p>
1.301 jose 1495:
1.247 jufi 1496: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1497:
1.228 horacio 1498: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1499: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1502: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1503: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1504: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1505: </strong></font><br>
1506: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1507: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1508: <p>
1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1511: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1512: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1513: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1514: </strong></font><br>
1515: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1516: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1517: <p>
1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1520: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1521: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1522: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1523: </strong></font><br>
1524: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1525: on the desktop of his parents.
1526: <p>
1527:
1.247 jufi 1528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1529: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1530: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1531: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1532: </strong></font><br>
1533: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1534: using IPFilter.
1535:
1536: <p>
1537:
1.247 jufi 1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1539: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1540: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1541: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1542: </strong></font><br>
1543: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1544: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1545: perspectives of the four OS.
1546: <br>
1547: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1548: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1549: <p>
1550:
1.247 jufi 1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1552: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1553: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1554: software and security</a>,
1555: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1556: </strong></font><br>
1557:
1558: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1559: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1560: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1561: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1562: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1563: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1564: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1565: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1566: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1567: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1568: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1569: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1570: <p>
1.247 jufi 1571: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1572:
1.225 horacio 1573: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1574: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1575:
1.247 jufi 1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1577: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1578: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1579: Interview</a>,
1580: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1581: </strong></font><br>
1582:
1583: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1584: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1585: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1586: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1587: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1588: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1589: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1590: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1591: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1592: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1593: of choice.
1594: <p>
1.247 jufi 1595: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1596:
1597: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1598: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1599:
1.247 jufi 1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1601: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1602: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1603: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1604: </strong></font><br>
1605:
1606: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1607: <p>
1608:
1.247 jufi 1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1610: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1611: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1612: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1613: </strong></font><br>
1614:
1615: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1616: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1617: <p>
1.247 jufi 1618: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1619:
1.218 horacio 1620: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1621: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1622:
1.247 jufi 1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1624: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1625: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1626: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1627: </strong></font><br>
1628:
1629: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1630: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1631: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1632: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1633: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1634: subjects. Worth a read.
1635: <p>
1636:
1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1639: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1640: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1641: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1642: </strong></font><br>
1643:
1644: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1645: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1646: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1647: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1648: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1649: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1650: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1651: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1652: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1653: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1654: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1655: on other operating systems.<br>
1656: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1657: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1658: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1659: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1660: <p>
1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1663: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1664: Operating System 2010</a>,
1665: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1669: covering the level of software integration into the core
1670: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1671: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1672: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1673: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1674: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1675: <p>
1676:
1.247 jufi 1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1678: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1679: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1680: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1681: </strong></font><br>
1682:
1683: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1684: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1685: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1686: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1687: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1688: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1689: <p>
1.247 jufi 1690: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1691:
1.210 jufi 1692: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1693: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1694:
1.247 jufi 1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1696: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1697: Already a Contender</a>,
1698: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1699: </strong></font><br>
1700:
1701: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1702: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1703: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1704: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1705: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1706: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1707: <p>
1708:
1.247 jufi 1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1710: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1711: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1712: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1713: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1714:
1.224 horacio 1715: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1716: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1717: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1718: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1719: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1720: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1721: <p>
1.247 jufi 1722: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1723:
1724: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1725: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1726:
1.247 jufi 1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1728: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1729: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1730: Division</a>,
1731: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1732: </strong></font><br>
1733:
1734: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1735: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1736: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1737: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1738: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1739: investment</em>.<br>
1740: The implementation details can be seen on their
1741: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1742: <p>
1743:
1.247 jufi 1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1745: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1746: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1747: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1748: </strong></font><br>
1749:
1750: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1751: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1752: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1753: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1754: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1755: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1756: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1757: <p>
1758:
1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1760: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1761: Thinking about Security</a>,
1762: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1763: </strong></font><br>
1764:
1765: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1766: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1767: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1768: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1769: to time.<br>
1770: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1771: system and just the most secure system.
1772: <p>
1773:
1.247 jufi 1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1775: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1776: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1777: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1778: </strong></font><br>
1779:
1780: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1781: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1782: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1783: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1784: choice:<br>
1785: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1786: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1787: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1788: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1789: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1790: network security devices and as such must be well
1791: armored."</em><br>
1792: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1793: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1794: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1795: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1796: <br>
1797: Bravo!
1798: <p>
1.247 jufi 1799: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1800:
1.207 ian 1801: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1802: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1803:
1.247 jufi 1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1805: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1806: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1807: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1808:
1.207 ian 1809: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1810: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1811: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1812: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1813: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1814: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1815: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1816: <p>
1.247 jufi 1817: </ul>
1.207 ian 1818:
1.194 jufi 1819: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1820: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1823: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1824: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1825: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1826: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1827:
1.240 miod 1828: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1829: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1830: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1831: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1832: <p>
1833:
1.247 jufi 1834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1835: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1836: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1837: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1838:
1839: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1840: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1841: <p>
1842:
1843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1844: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1845: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1846: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1847:
1848: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1849: <p>
1850:
1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1852: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1853: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1854: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1855: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1856:
1.240 miod 1857: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1858: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1859: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1860: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1861: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1862: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1863: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1864: <br>
1865: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1866: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1867: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1868: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1869: <p>
1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1872: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1873: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1874: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1875: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1876:
1.194 jufi 1877: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1878: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1879: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1880: <br>
1881: The new
1882: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1883: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1884: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1885: <p>
1.247 jufi 1886: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1887:
1.190 horacio 1888: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1889: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1890:
1.247 jufi 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1892:
1893: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1894: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1895:
1.301 jose 1896:
1.191 jufi 1897: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1898: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1899:
1900: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1901: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1902:
1.212 horacio 1903: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1904: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1905: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1906:
1.211 horacio 1907: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1908: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1909: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1910:
1.247 jufi 1911: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1912: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1915: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1916:
1.212 horacio 1917: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1918: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1919: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1920:
1921: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1922: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1923:
1924: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1925: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1926:
1.301 jose 1927: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1928: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1929:
1.191 jufi 1930: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1931: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1932:
1933: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1934: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1935:
1.192 jufi 1936: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1937: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1938: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1939:
1.193 deraadt 1940: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1941: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1942: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1943:
1.247 jufi 1944: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1945: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1946:
1.247 jufi 1947: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1948: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1949: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1950:
1.213 horacio 1951: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1952: 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 1953: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1954:
1.190 horacio 1955: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1956: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1957: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1958: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1959: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1960: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1961: <p>
1.190 horacio 1962:
1.247 jufi 1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1964: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1965: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1966: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1967: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1968:
1.195 jufi 1969: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1970: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1971: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1972: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1973: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1974: <p>
1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1977: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1978: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1979: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1980: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1981:
1.191 jufi 1982: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1983: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1984: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1985: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1986: <p>
1987:
1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1989: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1990: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1991: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1992:
1993: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1994: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1995: <p>
1.247 jufi 1996: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1997:
1.191 jufi 1998:
1.186 jufi 1999: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2000: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2001:
1.247 jufi 2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2003: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2004: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2005: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2006: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2007:
1.188 jufi 2008: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2009: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2010: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2011: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2012: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2013: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2014: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2015: <p>
2016:
1.301 jose 2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2018: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2019: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2020: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2021:
2022: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2023: <p>
1.191 jufi 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2026: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2027: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2028: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2029: </strong></font><br>
2030:
2031: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2032: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2033: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2034: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2035: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2036: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2037: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2038: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2039: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2040: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2041: familiar?
2042: <p>
1.247 jufi 2043: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2044:
1.178 louis 2045: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2046: <ul>
1.178 louis 2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2049: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2050: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2051: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2052: </strong></font><br>
2053:
2054: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2055: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2056: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2057: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2058: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2059: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2060: <p>
2061:
1.247 jufi 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2063: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2064: Open source under the hood</a>,
2065: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2066: </strong></font><br>
2067:
2068: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2069: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2070: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2071: <p>
2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2074: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2075: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2076: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2077: </strong></font><br>
2078:
2079: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2080: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2081: <p>
1.247 jufi 2082: </ul>
1.179 louis 2083:
1.174 louis 2084:
1.175 louis 2085: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2086: <ul>
1.175 louis 2087:
1.247 jufi 2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2089: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2090: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2091: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2092: </strong></font><br>
2093:
2094: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2095: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2096: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2097: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2098: <p>
2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2101: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2102: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2103: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2104: </strong></font><br>
2105:
2106: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2107: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2108: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2109: <p>
1.247 jufi 2110: </ul>
1.175 louis 2111:
1.176 louis 2112:
1.172 mickey 2113: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2114: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2117: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2118: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2119: </strong></font><br>
2120:
2121: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2122: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2123: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2124: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2125: <p>
2126:
1.247 jufi 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2128: <a
1.269 deraadt 2129: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2130: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2131: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2132: </strong></font><br>
2133:
2134: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2135: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2136: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2137: <p>
2138:
1.247 jufi 2139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2140: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2141: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2142: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2143: </strong></font><br>
2144:
2145: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2146: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2147: <p>
2148:
1.247 jufi 2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2150: <a
1.269 deraadt 2151: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2152: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2153: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2154: </strong></font><br>
2155:
2156: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2157: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2158: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2159: our own Theo de Raadt.
2160: <p>
2161:
1.247 jufi 2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2163: <a
1.269 deraadt 2164: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2165: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2166: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2167: </strong></font><br>
2168:
2169: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2170: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2171: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2172: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2173: shut down.]
2174: <p>
2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2177: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2178: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2179: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2180: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2184: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2185: <p>
1.247 jufi 2186: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2187:
1.161 louis 2188: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2189: <ul>
1.161 louis 2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2192: <a
1.269 deraadt 2193: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2194: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2195: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2196: </strong></font><br>
2197:
2198: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2199: by John Wolley
2200: <p>
2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2203: <a
1.269 deraadt 2204: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2205: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2206: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2207: </strong></font><br>
2208:
2209: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2210: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2211: OpenBSD).
2212: <p>
2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2215: <a
1.247 jufi 2216: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2217: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2218: </strong></font><br>
2219:
2220: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2221: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2222: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2223: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2224: and hindsight.
2225: <p>
2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2228: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2229: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2230: </strong></font><br>
2231:
2232: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2233: <p>
2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2236: <a
1.168 provos 2237: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2238: December 7, 2000
2239: </strong></font><br>
2240:
2241: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2242: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2243: us explain.
2244: <p>
2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2247: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2248: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2249: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2250: December 6, 2000
2251: </strong></font><br>
2252:
2253: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2254: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2255: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2256: <p>
2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2259: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2260: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2261: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2262: </strong></font><br>
2263:
2264: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2265: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2266: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2267: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2268: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2269: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2270: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2271: <p>
2272:
2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2274: <a
1.226 horacio 2275: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2276: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2277: </strong></font><br>
2278:
2279: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2280: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2281: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2282: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2283: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2284: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2285: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2286: <p>
1.162 millert 2287:
1.247 jufi 2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2289: <a
1.161 louis 2290: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2291: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2292: </strong></font><br>
2293:
2294: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2295: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2296: <p>
2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2299: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2300: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2301: </strong></font><br>
2302:
2303: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2304: <p>
2305:
2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2308: <a
1.226 horacio 2309: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2310: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2311: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2312: </strong></font><br>
2313:
2314: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2315: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2316: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2317: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2318: <p>
1.247 jufi 2319: </ul>
1.169 louis 2320:
1.158 louis 2321: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2322: <ul>
1.147 louis 2323:
1.247 jufi 2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2325: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2326: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2327: </strong></font><br>
2328:
2329: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2330: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2331: <p>
2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2334: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2335: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2336: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2337: </strong></font><br>
2338: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2339: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2340: <p>
2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2343: <a
2344: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2345: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2346: </strong></font><br>
2347:
2348: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2349: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2350: <p>
2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2353: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2354: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2355: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2356:
1.213 horacio 2357: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2358: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2359: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2360: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2361: <p>
1.215 horacio 2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2364: <a
2365: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2366: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2367: </strong></font><br>
2368:
2369: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2370: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2371: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2372: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2373: much of the attitude too).
2374: <p>
1.161 louis 2375:
1.247 jufi 2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2377: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2378: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2379: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2380:
1.157 louis 2381: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2382: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2383: <p>
1.247 jufi 2384: </ul>
1.157 louis 2385:
2386: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2387: <ul>
1.157 louis 2388:
1.247 jufi 2389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2390: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2391: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2392: </strong></font><br>
2393:
2394: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2395: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2396: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2397: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2398: <p>
2399:
1.247 jufi 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2401: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2402: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2403: </strong></font><br>
2404:
2405: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2406: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2407: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2408: it because they love coding...
2409: <p>
2410:
1.247 jufi 2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2412: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2413: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2414: </strong></font><br>
2415:
2416: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2417: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2418: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2419: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2420: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2421: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2422: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2423: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2424: <p>
2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2427: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2428: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2429: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2430: </strong></font><br>
2431:
2432: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2433: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2434: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2435: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2436: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2437: the pizza.
2438: <p>
2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2441: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2442: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2443: </strong></font><br>
2444:
2445: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2446: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2447: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2448: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2449: problems.
2450: <p>
2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2453: <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 2454: </strong></font><br>
2455:
1.222 miod 2456: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2457: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2458: - whether they like it or not.
2459: <p>
2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2462: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2463: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2464: </strong></font><br>
2465:
2466: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2467: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2468: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2469: <p>
1.148 aaron 2470:
1.247 jufi 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2472: <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 2473: </strong></font><br>
2474:
2475: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2476: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2477: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2478: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2479: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2480: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2481: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2482: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2483: <p>
2484:
1.247 jufi 2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2486: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2487: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2488: </strong></font><br>
2489:
2490: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2491: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2492: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2493: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2494: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2495: <p>
1.247 jufi 2496: </ul>
1.147 louis 2497:
1.138 louis 2498: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2499: <ul>
1.138 louis 2500:
1.247 jufi 2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2502: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2503: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2504: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2505: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2506: </strong></font><br>
2507:
1.227 horacio 2508: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2509: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2510: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2511: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2512: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2513: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2514: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2515: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2516: <p>
2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2519: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2520: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2521: </strong></font><br>
2522:
2523: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2524: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2525: groups, and even Linux.
2526: <p>
2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2529: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2530: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2531: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2532: </strong></font><br>
2533:
2534: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2535: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2536: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2537: library after installing the OS.
2538: <p>
2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2541: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2542: Sys Admin, September 2000
2543: </strong></font><br>
2544:
2545: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2546: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2547: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2548: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2549: (<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>,
2550: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2551: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2552: <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 2553: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2554: out of the system.
2555: <p>
2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2558: <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
2559: </strong></font><br>
2560:
2561: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2562: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2563: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2564: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2565: the IP filtering and address translation.
2566: <p>
1.301 jose 2567:
2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2569: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2570: </strong></font><br>
2571:
2572: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2573: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2574: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2575: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2576: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2577: <p>
1.247 jufi 2578: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2579:
1.131 louis 2580: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2581: <ul>
1.131 louis 2582:
1.247 jufi 2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2584: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2585: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2586: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2587: </strong></font><br>
2588:
2589: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2590: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2591: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2592: <p>
2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2595: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2596: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2597: </strong></font><br>
2598:
2599: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2600: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2601: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2602: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2603: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2604: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2605: note of"</i>.
2606: <p>
2607:
1.247 jufi 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2609: <a
1.247 jufi 2610: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2611: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2612: </strong></font><br>
2613:
2614: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2615: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2616: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2617: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2618: <p>
2619:
1.247 jufi 2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2621: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2622: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2623: </strong></font><br>
2624:
2625: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2626: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2627: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2628: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2629: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2630: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2631: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2632: <p>
2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2635: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2636: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2637: 2000
2638: </strong></font><br>
2639:
2640: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2641: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2642: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2643: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2644: against current industry practices.
2645: <p>
2646:
1.247 jufi 2647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2648: <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
2649: </strong></font><br>
2650:
2651: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2652: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2653: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2654: <p>
2655:
1.247 jufi 2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2657: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2658: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2659: </strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2662: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2663: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2664: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2665: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2666: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2667: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2668: <p>
2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2671: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2672: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2673: </strong></font><br>
2674:
2675: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2676: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2677: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2678: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2679: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2680: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2681: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2682: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2683: <p>
1.247 jufi 2684: </ul>
1.131 louis 2685:
1.118 louis 2686: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2687: <ul>
1.118 louis 2688:
1.247 jufi 2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2690: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2691: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2692: </strong></font><br>
2693:
2694: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2695: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2696: about time. The article mentions that
2697: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2698: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2699: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2700: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2701: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2702: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2703: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2704: <p>
2705:
1.247 jufi 2706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2707: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2708: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2709: </strong></font><br>
2710:
2711: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2712: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2713: of OpenSSH.
2714: <p>
2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2717: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2718: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2719: </strong></font><br>
2720:
2721: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2722: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2723: bridging.
2724: <p>
2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2727: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2728: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2729: </strong></font><br>
2730:
1.121 deraadt 2731: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2732: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2733: <p>
2734:
1.247 jufi 2735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2736: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2737: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2738: </strong></font><br>
2739:
2740: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2741: <p>
2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2744: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2745: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2746: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2747: </strong></font><br>
2748:
1.120 deraadt 2749: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2750: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2751: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2752: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2753: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2754: <p>
2755:
1.247 jufi 2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2757: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2758: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2759: </strong></font><br>
2760:
1.222 miod 2761: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2762: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2763: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2764: protocols and their quirks.
2765: <p>
2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2768: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2769: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2770: </strong></font><br>
2771:
2772: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2773: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2774: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2775: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2776: <p>
2777:
1.247 jufi 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2779: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2780: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2781: </strong></font><br>
2782:
2783: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2784: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2785: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2786: <p>
2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2789: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2790: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2791: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2792: </strong></font><br>
2793:
2794: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2795: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2796: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2797: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2798: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2799: <p>
1.247 jufi 2800: </ul>
1.118 louis 2801:
1.104 louis 2802: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2803: <ul>
1.104 louis 2804:
1.247 jufi 2805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2806: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2807: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2808: </strong></font><br>
2809:
2810: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2811: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2812: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2813: be a bit dry.
2814: <p>
2815:
1.247 jufi 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2817: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2818: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2819: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2820: </strong></font><br>
2821: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2822: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2823: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2824: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2825: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2826: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2827: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2828: <p>
2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2831: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2832: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2833: 2000
1.128 louis 2834: </strong></font><br>
2835:
2836: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2837: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2838: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2839: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2840: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2841: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2842: <p>
2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2845: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2846: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2848:
2849: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2850: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2851: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2852: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2853: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2854: <p>
1.110 louis 2855:
1.247 jufi 2856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2857: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2858: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2859: </strong></font><br>
2860:
2861: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2862: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2863: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2864: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2865: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2866: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2867: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2868: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2869: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2870: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2871: <p>
2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2874: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2875: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2876:
2877: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2878: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2879: <p>
1.108 louis 2880:
1.247 jufi 2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2882: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2883: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2884: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2885:
2886: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2887: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2888: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2889: <p>
1.106 louis 2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2892: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2893: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2894: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2895:
2896: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2897: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2898: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2899: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2900: <p>
1.107 louis 2901:
1.247 jufi 2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2903: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2904: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2905: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2906:
2907: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2908: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2909: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2910: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2911: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2912: <p>
1.105 louis 2913:
1.247 jufi 2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2915: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2916: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2917: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2918:
1.113 naddy 2919: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2920: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2921: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2922: <p>
1.104 louis 2923:
1.247 jufi 2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2925: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2926: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2927: </strong></font><br>
2928:
2929: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2930: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2931: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2932: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2933: <p>
1.301 jose 2934:
2935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2936: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2937: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2938: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2939:
2940: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2941: hardware-supported cryptography.
2942: <p>
1.247 jufi 2943: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2944:
1.85 louis 2945: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2946: <ul>
1.85 louis 2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2949: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2950: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2951: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2952:
2953: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2954: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2955: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2956: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2957: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2958: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2959: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2960: <p>
1.99 louis 2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2963: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2964: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2965: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2966:
2967: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2968: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2969: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2970: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2971: <p>
1.100 louis 2972:
1.247 jufi 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2974: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2975: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2976: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2977:
2978: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2979: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2980: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2981: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2982: <p>
1.95 louis 2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2985: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2986: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2987: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2988:
2989: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2990: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2991: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2992: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2993: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2994: <p>
1.92 louis 2995:
1.247 jufi 2996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2997: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2998: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2999: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3000:
3001: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3002: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3003: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3004: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3005: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3006: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3007: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3008: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3009: <p>
1.91 louis 3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3012: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3013: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3014: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3015:
3016: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3017: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3018: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3019: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3020: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3021: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3022: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3023: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3024: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3025: <p>
1.90 louis 3026:
1.247 jufi 3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3028: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3029: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3030: </strong></font><br>
3031: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3032: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3033: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3034: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3035: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3036: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3037: <p>
3038:
1.247 jufi 3039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3040: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3041: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3042: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3043:
1.113 naddy 3044: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3045: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3046: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3047: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3048: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3049: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3050: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3051: <p>
1.87 louis 3052:
1.247 jufi 3053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3054: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3055: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3056: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3057:
3058: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3059: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3060: <p>
1.85 louis 3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3063: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3064: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3065: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3066:
3067: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3068: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3069: <p>
3070:
3071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3072: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3073: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3074: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3075:
3076: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3077: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3078: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3079: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3080: <p>
1.89 louis 3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3083: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3084: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3085: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3086:
3087: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3088: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3089: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3090: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3091: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3092: </ul>
1.85 louis 3093:
1.78 deraadt 3094: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3095: <ul>
1.74 louis 3096:
1.247 jufi 3097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3098: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3099: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3100: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3101: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3102:
3103: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3104: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3105: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3106: <p>
1.83 louis 3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3109: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3110: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3111: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3112:
3113: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3114: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3115: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3116: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3117: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3118: <p>
1.93 louis 3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3121: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3122: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3123: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3124: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3125:
1.83 louis 3126: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3127: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3128: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3129: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3130: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3131: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3132: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3133: <p>
1.82 aaron 3134:
1.247 jufi 3135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3136: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3137: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3138: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3139:
1.83 louis 3140: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3141: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3142: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3143: <p>
1.80 louis 3144:
1.247 jufi 3145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3146: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3147: Bad Press</a>,
3148: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3149: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3150:
3151: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3152: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3153: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3154: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3155: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3156: <p>
1.247 jufi 3157: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3158:
3159: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3160: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3161:
1.247 jufi 3162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3163: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3164: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3165: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3166: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3167:
3168: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3169: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3170: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3171: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3172: <p>
1.74 louis 3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3175: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3176: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3177: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3178:
1.219 horacio 3179: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3180: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3181: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3182: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3183: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3184: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3185: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3186: <p>
1.88 louis 3187:
1.247 jufi 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3189: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3190: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3191: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3192:
3193: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3194: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3195: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3196: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3197: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3198: <p>
1.81 louis 3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3201: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3202: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3204:
3205: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3206: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3207: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3208: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3209: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3210: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3211: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3212: <p>
1.90 louis 3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3215: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3216: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3217: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3218:
3219: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3220: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3221: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3222: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3223: <p>
1.247 jufi 3224: </ul>
1.71 louis 3225:
1.69 deraadt 3226: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3227: <ul>
1.70 louis 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3230: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3231: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3232: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3233:
3234: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3235: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3236: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3237: <p>
1.70 louis 3238:
1.247 jufi 3239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3240: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3241: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3242: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3243:
3244: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3245: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3246: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3247: <p>
1.68 louis 3248:
1.247 jufi 3249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3250: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3251: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3252: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3253: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3254:
1.111 jufi 3255: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3256: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3257: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3258: "secure by default" installation.
3259: <p>
1.64 louis 3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3262: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3263: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3264: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3265:
1.113 naddy 3266: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3267: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3268: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3269: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3270: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3271: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3272: <p>
1.66 louis 3273:
1.247 jufi 3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3275: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3276: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3277: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3278:
3279: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3280: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3281: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3282: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3283: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3284: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3285: <p>
1.83 louis 3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3288: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3289: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3290: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3291:
3292: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3293: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3294: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3295: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3296: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3297: <p>
1.64 louis 3298:
1.247 jufi 3299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3300: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3301: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3302: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3303:
3304: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3305: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3306: <p>
1.301 jose 3307:
3308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3309: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3310: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3311: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3312: </strong></font><br>
3313:
3314: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3315: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3316: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3317: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3318: Giving way to
3319: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3320: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3321: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3322: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3323: <p>
1.247 jufi 3324: </ul>
1.65 louis 3325:
1.69 deraadt 3326: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3327: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3328:
1.247 jufi 3329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3330: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3331: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3332: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3333:
3334: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3335: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3336: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3337: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3338: <p>
1.88 louis 3339:
1.247 jufi 3340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3341: <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 3342: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3343:
3344: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3345: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3346: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3347: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3348: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3349: <p>
1.60 louis 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3352: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3353: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3354: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3355: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3356:
3357: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3358: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3359: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3360: <p>
1.58 louis 3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3363: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3364: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3365:
3366: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3367: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3368: <p>
1.53 louis 3369:
1.247 jufi 3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3371: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3372: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3373: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3374:
3375: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3376: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3377: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3378: <p>
1.99 louis 3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3381: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3382: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3383:
3384: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3385: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3386: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3387: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3388: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3389:
1.247 jufi 3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3391: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3392: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3393: </strong></font><br>
3394:
3395: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3396: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3397: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3398: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3399: <p>
3400:
1.247 jufi 3401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3402: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3403: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3404: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3405:
3406: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3407: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3408: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3409:
1.247 jufi 3410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3411: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3412: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3413:
3414: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3415: in
1.247 jufi 3416: <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 3417: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3418: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3419: <p>
1.53 louis 3420:
1.247 jufi 3421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3422: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3423: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3424: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3425: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3426:
1.58 louis 3427: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3428: <p>
1.301 jose 3429:
3430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3431: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3432: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3433: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3434: Informacyjny, January 2000
3435: </strong></font><br>
3436:
3437: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3438: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3439: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3440: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3441: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3442: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3443: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3444: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3445: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3446: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3447: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3448: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3449: <p>
3450:
3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3452: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3453: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3454: </strong></font><br>
3455:
3456: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3457: <p>
3458: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3459:
1.69 deraadt 3460: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3461: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3464: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3465: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3466: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3467: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3468:
1.58 louis 3469: Kurt Seifried
3470: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3471: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3472: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3473: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3474:
1.247 jufi 3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3476: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3477: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3478: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3479:
3480: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3481: <p>
1.96 louis 3482:
1.247 jufi 3483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3484: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3485: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3486: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3487: </strong></font><br>
3488:
3489: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3490: <p>
3491:
3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3493: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3494: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3495: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3496:
3497: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3498: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3499: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3500: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3501: <p>
1.247 jufi 3502: </ul>
1.86 louis 3503:
1.69 deraadt 3504: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3505: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3506:
1.247 jufi 3507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3508: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3509: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3510: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3511:
3512: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3513: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3514: <p>
1.61 louis 3515:
1.247 jufi 3516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3517: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3518: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3519: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3520: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3521:
3522: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3523: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3524: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3525: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3526: right -- or at least strives to".
3527: <p>
1.48 louis 3528:
1.247 jufi 3529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3530: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3531: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3532: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3533: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3534: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3535: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3536: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3537: <p>
1.61 louis 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <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 3540: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3541: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3542:
3543: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3544: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3545: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3546: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3547: <p>
1.46 louis 3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3550: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3551: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3552: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3553:
3554: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3555: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3556: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3557:
1.247 jufi 3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3559: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3560: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3561: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3562:
3563: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3564: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3565: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3566: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3567: <p>
1.247 jufi 3568: </ul>
1.70 louis 3569:
1.69 deraadt 3570: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3571: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3574: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3575: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3576: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3577: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3578:
3579: Kurt Seifried
3580: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3581: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3582: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3583: <p>
1.44 philen 3584:
1.247 jufi 3585: <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 3586: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3587: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3588:
3589: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3590: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <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 3593: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3594: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3595:
3596: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3597: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3598:
1.247 jufi 3599: <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 3600: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3601: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3602:
3603: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3604: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3605: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3606: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3607: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <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 3610: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3611: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3612:
1.36 louis 3613: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3614: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3615:
1.247 jufi 3616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3617: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3618: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3619: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3620:
3621: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3622: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3623: </ul>
1.38 louis 3624:
1.69 deraadt 3625: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3626: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3627:
1.247 jufi 3628: <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 3629: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3630: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3631:
3632: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3633: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3634: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3635:
1.113 naddy 3636: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3637: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3638: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3639: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3640:
3641: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3642: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3643: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3644: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3645: <blockquote>
3646: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3647: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3648: <br>
3649: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3650: </code>
3651: </blockquote>
3652: <p>
3653:
1.247 jufi 3654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3655: <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 3656: <p>
3657:
3658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3659: <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 3660: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3661:
3662: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3663: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3664: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3665: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3666:
1.247 jufi 3667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3668: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3669: Sept. 28, 1999
3670: </strong></font><br>
3671:
3672: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3673: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3674: translating and reprinting articles from
3675: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3676: <p>
3677:
3678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3679: <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 3680: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3681:
3682: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3683: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3684: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3685: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3686: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3687: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3688: <p>
1.19 louis 3689:
1.113 naddy 3690: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3691: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3692: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3693:
3694: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3695: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3696: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3697: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3698: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3699: <p>
1.16 louis 3700:
1.247 jufi 3701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3702: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3703: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3704: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3705:
1.57 louis 3706: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3707: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3708: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3709: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3710:
1.247 jufi 3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3712: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3713: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3714: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3715:
1.113 naddy 3716: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3717:
1.247 jufi 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3719: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3720: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3721: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3722:
1.23 louis 3723: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3724: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3725: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3726: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3727: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3728: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3729:
1.247 jufi 3730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3731: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3732: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3733: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3734:
1.199 pvalchev 3735: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3736: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3737: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3738: installation.
1.113 naddy 3739: <p>
1.47 louis 3740:
1.247 jufi 3741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3742: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3743: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3744: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3745:
1.301 jose 3746: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3747: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3748: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3749: </ul>
1.57 louis 3750:
1.69 deraadt 3751: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3752: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3755: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3756: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3757: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3758:
3759: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3760: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3761: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3762: <p>
1.12 louis 3763:
1.247 jufi 3764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3765: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3766: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3767: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3768:
3769: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3770: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3771: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3772: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3773: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3774: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3775: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3776: <p>
1.247 jufi 3777: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3778:
1.69 deraadt 3779: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3780: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3781:
1.247 jufi 3782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3783: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3784: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3785:
3786: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3787: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3788: available."
1.113 naddy 3789: <p>
1.301 jose 3790:
3791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3792: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3793: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3794: </strong></font><br>
3795:
3796: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3797: <p>
1.247 jufi 3798: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3799:
1.69 deraadt 3800: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3801: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3804: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3805: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3806:
3807: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3808: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3809: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3810: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3811: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3812: <p>
1.33 louis 3813:
1.247 jufi 3814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3815: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3816: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3817: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3818:
1.113 naddy 3819: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3820: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3821: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3822: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3823: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3824: <p>
1.247 jufi 3825: </ul>
1.57 louis 3826:
1.69 deraadt 3827: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3828: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3829:
1.247 jufi 3830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3831: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3832: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3833: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3834:
3835: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3836: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3837: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3838:
1.247 jufi 3839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3840: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3841: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3842: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3843: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3844:
3845: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3846: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3847:
1.247 jufi 3848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3849: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3850:
1.113 naddy 3851: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3852:
1.247 jufi 3853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3854: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3855: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3856: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3857:
3858: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3859: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3860: </ul>
1.23 louis 3861:
1.69 deraadt 3862: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3863: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3864:
1.247 jufi 3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3866: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3867: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3868:
3869: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3870: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3871: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3872:
1.247 jufi 3873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3874: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3875: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3876: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3877:
3878: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3879: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3880: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3881: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3882: </ul>
1.57 louis 3883:
1.69 deraadt 3884: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3885: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3886:
1.247 jufi 3887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3888: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3889: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3890: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3891:
3892: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3893: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3894: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3895: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3896: <p>
1.15 louis 3897:
1.247 jufi 3898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3899: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3900: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3901: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3902:
3903: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3904: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3905: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3906: columns."
1.113 naddy 3907: <p>
1.247 jufi 3908: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3909:
1.69 deraadt 3910: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3911: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3912:
1.247 jufi 3913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3914: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3915: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3916: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3917:
3918: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3919: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3920:
1.113 naddy 3921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3922: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3923: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3924:
3925: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3926: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3927: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3928: </ul>
1.57 louis 3929:
1.69 deraadt 3930: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3931: <ul>
1.301 jose 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3933: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3934: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3935: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3936:
3937: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3938: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3939: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3940: <p>
3941:
3942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3943: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3944: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3945: Nov 13, 1998 and
3946: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3947: Datateknik</a>,
3948: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3949:
1.380 saad 3950: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 3951: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3952: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3953: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3954: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3955:
1.113 naddy 3956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3957: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3958: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3959: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3960:
1.222 miod 3961: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3962: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3963: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3964: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3965: <p>
1.247 jufi 3966: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3967:
1.69 deraadt 3968: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3969: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3970:
1.247 jufi 3971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3972: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3973: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3974:
1.69 deraadt 3975: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3976: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3977: <p>
1.247 jufi 3978: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3979:
1.69 deraadt 3980: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3981: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3984: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3985: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3986: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3987:
1.383 jcs 3988: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 3989: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3990: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3991:
1.247 jufi 3992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3993: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3994: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3995: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3996: <p>
1.247 jufi 3997: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3998:
1.69 deraadt 3999: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4000: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4001:
1.247 jufi 4002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4003: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4004: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4005: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4006: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4007: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4008:
4009: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4010: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4011: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4012: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4013: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4014: <p>
1.247 jufi 4015: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4016:
4017: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4018: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4019:
1.247 jufi 4020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4021: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4022: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4023:
1.69 deraadt 4024: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4025: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4026: <p>
1.112 naddy 4027:
1.247 jufi 4028: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4029: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4030:
1.292 camield 4031: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4032: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4033: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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