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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
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>,
1.392 ! david 24: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 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."
1.392 ! david 39: <p>
1.391 ian 40:
41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 42: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 ! david 43: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
! 44: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 45: </strong></font><br>
46: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 ! david 47: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 48: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 ! david 49: <p>
1.388 mcbride 50:
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
52: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
53: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 ! david 54: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 55: </strong></font><br>
56: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
57: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
58: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
59: unencumbered by patents.
60: <p>
61: </ul>
62:
1.378 henning 63: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
64: <ul>
1.384 jose 65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 67: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
68: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
69: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
70: </strong></font><br>
71: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
72: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
73: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
74: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
75: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
76: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
77: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
78: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
79: in the page tables."
80: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 84: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
85: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
86: </strong></font><br>
87: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
88: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
89: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
90: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 ! david 91: <p>
1.384 jose 92:
1.378 henning 93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 ! david 94: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
! 95: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 96: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
97: </strong></font><br>
98: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
99: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
100: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
101: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
102: (quote:
103: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
104: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 105: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 106: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
107: the other developers for their work on the system.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 111: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
112: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
113: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 114: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 115: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
116: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
117: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
118: too.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 122: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
123: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 124: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 125: OpenBSD source code using
126: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
127: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
128: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
129: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
130: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
131: <p>
132: </ul>
133:
1.374 jose 134: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
135: <ul>
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 137: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 138: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
139: </strong></font><br>
140: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
141: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
142: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
143: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
144: it."
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 148: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
149: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
150: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
151: </strong></font><br/>
152: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
153: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
154: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
155: <p>
156: </ul>
157:
1.369 ian 158: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
159: <ul>
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 161: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
162: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
163: </strong></font><br/>
164: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
165: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
166: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
167: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 171: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
172: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
173: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
174: </strong></font><br/>
175: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
176: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
177: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
178: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
179: form factor.
180: <p>
181:
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
183: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
184: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
185: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
186: Features</a>,
187: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
188: </strong></font><br/>
189: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
190: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
191: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
192: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
193: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
194: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
195: <p>
196: This article can also be found online at:
197: <ul>
198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 199: <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 200: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
201: </strong></font>
202: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
203: </ul>
204: <p>
1.392 ! david 205:
1.371 jose 206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 ! david 207: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
! 208: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 209: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
210: </strong></font><br/>
211: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
212: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
213: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 ! david 214: <p>
1.371 jose 215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 217: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 218: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 219: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 220: </strong></font><br/>
221: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
222: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
223: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
224: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
225: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
226: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
227: and its history with OpenBSD.
228: </ul>
229:
1.368 henning 230: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
231: <ul>
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 233: [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 234: </strong></font><br>
235: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
236: </ul>
237:
1.364 jose 238: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
239: <ul>
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 241: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
242: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
243: UNIX Review,
244: July, 2003.
245: </strong></font><br>
246: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
247: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
248: who want more information.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 252: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
253: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
254: Government Computer News,
255: July 22, 2003.
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
258: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
259: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
260: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
261: <p>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
264: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
265: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
266: SANS Institute,
267: July 22, 2003.
268: </strong></font><br>
269: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 270: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 271: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
272: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
273: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
274: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
275: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
276: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
277: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
278: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
279: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 283: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
284: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
285: OnLamp.com,
286: July 17, 2003.
287: </strong></font><br>
288: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
289: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
290: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
291: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
292: have been working on.
293:
294: </ul>
295:
1.356 jose 296: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 297: <ul>
298:
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 300: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
301: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
302: UNIX Review,
303: June, 2003.
304: </strong></font><br>
305: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
306: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
307: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
308: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 312: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
313: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
314: eWeek,
315: June 23, 2003.
316: </strong></font><br>
317: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
318: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
319: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
320: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
321: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
322: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 326: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
327: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
328: Software Development Online,
329: June, 2003.
330: </strong></font><br>
331: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
332: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
333: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
334: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
335: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
336: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
337: current activities.
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 341: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
342: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 343: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
344: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
345: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
346: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
347: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
348: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
349: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
350: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 351: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 352: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
353: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
354: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
355: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
356: decisions.
357: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
358: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
359: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
360: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 364: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
365: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
366: Page 58, eWeek,
367: June 2, 2003.
368: </strong></font><br>
369: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
370: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
371: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
372: been addressed in -current.
373: <p>
374:
1.356 jose 375: </ul>
376:
377: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
378: <ul>
379:
1.355 jose 380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 381: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
382: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
383: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
384: </strong></font><br>
385: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
386: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
387: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
388: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
389: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
390: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
391: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 395: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
396: Beyond Linux</a>,
397: InfoWorld,
398: May 23, 2003.
399: </strong></font><br>
400: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
401: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
402: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
403: compared to the GPL.
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 407: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
408: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
409: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 410: May 17, 2003.
411: </strong></font><br>
412: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
413: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
414: the business section and half of another page inside
415: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
416: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
417: in talking about the project's history and goals.
418: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
419: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
420: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
421: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 422: <br>
423: This article can also be found online at:
424: <ul>
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
426: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
427: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
428: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
429: May 17, 2003
430: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 431: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
433: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
434: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
435: Montreal Gazette,
436: May 21, 2003
437: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 438: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 439: <p>
1.346 ian 440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 442: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 443: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 444: May 7, 2003.
445: </strong></font><br>
446: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
447: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
448: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
449: <p>
450:
451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 452: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
453: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
454: OsOpinion,
455: May 6, 2003.
456: </strong></font><br>
457: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
458: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
459: <br>
460: This article can also be found online at:
461: <ul>
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
463: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
464: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
465: NewsFactor Network.
466: </strong></font>
467: </ul>
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 471: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 472: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
473: ITBusiness,
474: May 2, 2003.
475: </strong></font><br>
476: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
477: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
478: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
479: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
480: <p>
481:
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 483: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
484: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
485: InfoWorld,
486: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 487: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 488: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
489: <br>
490: This article can also be found online at:
491: <ul>
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
493: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
494: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
495: IDG Singapore.
496: </strong></font>
497: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 498: <p>
499:
1.339 jose 500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
501: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
502: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 503: ZDNet,
504: May 1, 2003.
505: </strong></font><br>
506: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 507: someone using parts from previous articles.
508: <br>
1.341 deraadt 509: This article can also be found online at:
510: <ul>
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
512: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
513: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
514: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 515: </strong></font>
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
517: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
518: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
519: CNET News.com.
520: </strong></font>
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
522: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
523: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
524: ZDNet UK.
525: </strong></font>
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
527: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
528: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
529: Help Net Security, Croatia.
530: </strong></font>
531: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 532: <p>
1.339 jose 533:
1.341 deraadt 534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 535: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 536: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
537: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
538: May 1, 2003.
539: </strong></font><br>
540: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
541: that have been added
542: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
543: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
544: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 545: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 546: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
547: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
548: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 549: <p>
550:
551: </ul>
552:
1.253 ian 553: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
554: <ul>
1.255 ian 555:
1.260 ian 556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 557: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 558: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
559: TechRepublic,
560: April 28, 2003.
561: </strong></font><br>
562: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
563: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 564: work.<br>
565: Can also be found online at:
566: <ul>
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
568: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
569: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
570: ZDNet UK.
571: </strong></font>
572: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 573: <p>
574:
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 576: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
577: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
578: IDG,
579: April 24, 2003.
580: </strong></font><br>
581: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
582: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
583: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
584: Can also be found online at:
585: <ul>
586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
587: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
588: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 589: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 590: </strong></font>
591: </ul>
592: <p>
593:
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
595: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 596: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 597: Slate,
598: April 24, 2003.
599: </strong></font><br>
600: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
601: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
602: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
603: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
604: <p>
605:
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 607: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
608: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
609: April 24, 2003.
610: </strong></font><br>
611: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
612: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
613: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
614: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
615: <p>
616:
617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 618: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
619: April 24, 2003.
620: </strong></font><br>
621: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
622: the free software community".
623: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
624: other articles.
625: <p>
626:
627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 628: <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 629: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
630: </strong></font><br>
631: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
632: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
633: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
634: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
635: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
636: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
637: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
638: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
639: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
640: <br/>
641: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
642: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
643: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
644: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 645: <br>
646: Can also be found online at:
647: <ul>
648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
649: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
650: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
651: Common Dreams NewsCenter
652: </strong></font>
653: </ul>
1.324 ian 654: <p>
655:
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
657: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
658: Wired, April 24, 2003.
659: </strong></font><br>
660: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
661: article above.
662: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
663: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
664: wasting them."
1.332 ian 665: <br>
666: Can also be found online at:
667: <ul>
668: <li>
669: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
670: </strong></font>
671: </ul>
1.324 ian 672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 675: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
676: </strong></font><br>
677: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 681: <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.
682: </strong></font><br>
683: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
684: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 688: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
689: April 23, 2003.
690: </strong></font><br>
691: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
692: <p>
693:
694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 695: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 696: April 22, 2003.
697: </strong></font><br>
698: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
699: <p>
700:
701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 702: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
703: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
704: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 705: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 706: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
707: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
708: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
709: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
710: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
711: Can also be found online at:
712: <ul>
713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
714: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 715: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
716: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 717: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
719: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 720: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
721: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 722: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 723: </ul>
724: <p>
725:
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 727: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
728: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 729: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 730: </strong></font><br>
731: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 732: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
733: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
734: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
735: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
736: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
737: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 741: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
742: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 743: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
744: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 745: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
746: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
747: at UPenn and DARPA.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 751: [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,
752: France
1.315 deraadt 753: April 18, 2003.
754: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 755: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 756: <p>
757:
758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 759: [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 760: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 761: </strong></font><br>
762: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
763: <p>
764:
765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 766: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
767: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
768: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 769: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 770: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
771: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
772: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
773: <p>
774:
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 776: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
777: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 778: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 779: </strong></font><br>
780: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
781: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
782: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 783: American century.
1.267 deraadt 784: <p>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 787: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
788: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 789: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 790: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 791: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
792: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
793: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
794: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
795: Can also be found online at:
796: <ul>
797: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
798: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 799: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 800: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 801: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 802: <p>
803:
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 805: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 806: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 807: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 808: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 809: </strong></font><br>
810: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 811: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
812: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
813: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
814: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
817: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
818: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
819: New York Times.
820: </strong></font>(free registration required)
821:
1.273 deraadt 822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
823: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 824: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 825: ABC News.
826: </strong></font>
827:
828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 829: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 830: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 831: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 832: </strong></font>
833:
834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 835: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 836: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 837: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 838: </strong></font>
839:
840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 841: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
842: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 843: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 844: </strong></font>
845:
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 847: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 848: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 849: Times Daily, AL.
850: </strong></font>
851:
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
853: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
854: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
855: Boston.com, MA.
856: </strong></font>
857:
858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 859: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 860: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 861: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
862: </strong></font>
863:
864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 865: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
866: [Article was pulled]</a>
867: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 868: </strong></font>
869:
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
871: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
872: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
873: Infoshop News.
874: </strong></font>
875:
876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
877: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
878: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
879: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
880: </strong></font>
881:
882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 883: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
884: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
885: Raleigh News, NC.
886: </strong></font>
887:
888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 889: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 890: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
891: Napa News, CA.
892: </strong></font>
893:
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 895: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 896: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
897: NEPA News, PA.
898: </strong></font>
899:
900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
901: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
902: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
903: Wired News.
904: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 905: <br>
906: <li>
1.333 deraadt 907: <font color="#009000"><strong>
908: [JAPANESE]
909: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
910: Wired News Japan</a>
911: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 912:
1.271 deraadt 913: </ul>
914: <p>
1.272 deraadt 915: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
916: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 917: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
918: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
919: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
920: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
921: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
922: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 923: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 924: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
925: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
926: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 927: <p>
928: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 929:
930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 931: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 932: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
933: Indianapolis Star, IN.
934: </strong></font>
935:
936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 937: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
938: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
939: Miami Herald, FL.
940: </strong></font>
941:
942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 943: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 944: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
945: </strong></font>
946:
947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
948: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 949: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 950: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 951: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 952:
953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
954: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
955: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
956: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
957: ABC News.
958: </strong></font>
959:
1.276 deraadt 960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
961: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 962: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 963: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 964: </strong></font>
965:
1.286 dhartmei 966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 967: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 968: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
969: Wilmington Star, NC.
970: </strong></font>
971:
1.300 jose 972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
973: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
974: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
975: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
976: </strong></font>
977:
1.309 jose 978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
979: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
980: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
981: Globe Technology.
982: </strong></font>
983:
1.263 deraadt 984: </ul>
1.262 beck 985: <p>
986:
987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 988: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
989: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 990: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 991: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 992: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 993: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
994: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
995: <p>
996:
997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 998: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
999: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1000: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1001: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1002: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1003: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1004: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1005: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1006: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1007: and simply restates other press reports.
1008: <p>
1009:
1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1011: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1012: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1013: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1014: </strong></font><br>
1015: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1016: <p>
1017:
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1019: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1020: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1021: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1024: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1025: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1029: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1030: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1031: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1032: April 17, 2003.
1033: </strong></font><br>
1034: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1035: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1036: Tech Anthems</a>
1037: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1038: 4 so far.
1039: <p>
1040:
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1042: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1043: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1044: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1045: </strong></font><br>
1046: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1047: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1048: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1049: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1050: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1051: Goes on to say:
1052: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1053: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1054: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1055: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1056: This article is also found online at:
1057: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1059: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1060: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1061: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1062: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1064: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1065: ZDnet</a>,
1066: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1067: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1069: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1070: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1071: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1072: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1073: </ul>
1.260 ian 1074: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1075:
1.260 ian 1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1077: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1078: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1079: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1080: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1081: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1082: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1083: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1084: without notice or justification.
1085: <p>
1086:
1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1088: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1089: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1090: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1091: </strong></font><br>
1092: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1093: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1094: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1095: effective today, without any warning..."
1096: <p>
1.257 ian 1097:
1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1099: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1100: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1101: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1102: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1103: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1104: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1105: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1106: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1107: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1108: <p>
1109:
1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1111: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1112: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1113: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1114: </strong></font><br>
1115: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1116: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1117: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1118: quoting two of them:
1119: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1120: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1121: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1122: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1123: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1124: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1125: <p>
1126:
1.255 ian 1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1128: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1129: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1130: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1131: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1132: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1133: <p>
1134:
1135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1136: [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 1137: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1138: </strong></font><br>
1139: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1140: <p>
1141:
1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1143: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1144: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1145: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1146: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1147: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1148: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1149: security experts for more than three decades."
1150: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1151: <p>
1.261 ian 1152:
1.254 drahn 1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1154: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1155: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1156: </strong></font><br>
1157: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1158: <p>
1159:
1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1161: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1162: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1163: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1164: </strong></font><br>
1165: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1166: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1167: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1168: <p>
1169:
1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1171: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1172: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1173: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1174: </strong></font><br>
1175: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1176: from US DARPA.
1177: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1178: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1179: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1180: the BSD license.
1181: <p>
1182: </ul>
1183:
1.251 ian 1184: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1185: <ul>
1186:
1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1188: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1189: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1190: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1191: </strong></font><br>
1192:
1193: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1194: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1195: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1196: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1197: <p>
1198:
1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1200: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1201: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1202: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1203: </strong></font><br>
1204: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1205: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1206: Mentions
1207: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1208: and
1209: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1210: programs.
1211: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1212: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1213: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1214: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1215: <p>
1.325 ian 1216: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1217: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1218:
1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1220: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1221: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1222: </strong></font><br>
1223: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1224: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1225: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1226: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1227: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1228: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1229: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1230: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1231: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1232: put into service."
1233: <p>
1234: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1235: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1236: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1237: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1238: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1239: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1240: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1241: computers with security features."
1242: <p>
1.329 ian 1243:
1244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1245: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1246: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1247: Slate,
1248: March 3, 2003.
1249: </strong></font><br>
1250: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1251: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1252: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1253: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1254: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1255: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1256: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1257: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1258: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1259: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1260: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1261: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1262: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1263: of more secure open-source solutions like
1264: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1265: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1266: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1267: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1268: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1269: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1270: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1271: the Beltway."
1272: <p>
1.251 ian 1273: </ul>
1274:
1.249 jufi 1275: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1276: <ul>
1277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1278: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1279: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1280: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1281: </strong></font><br>
1282: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1283: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1284: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1285: <p>
1.334 ian 1286:
1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1288: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1289: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1290: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1291: </strong></font><br>
1292: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1293: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1294: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1295: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1296: "... the hypothetical question ...
1297: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1298: <br>
1299: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1300: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1301: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1302: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1303: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1304: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1305: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1306: support network security.
1307: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1308: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1309: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1310: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1311: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1312: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1313: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1314: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1315: <br>
1316: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1317: <p>
1318:
1.249 jufi 1319: </ul>
1320:
1.246 jufi 1321: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1322: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1323:
1.247 jufi 1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1325: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1326: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1327: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1328: </strong></font><br>
1329: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1330: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1331: <p>
1332:
1.247 jufi 1333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1334: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1335: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1336: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1337: </strong></font><br>
1338: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1339: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1340: <p>
1341:
1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1343: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1344: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1345: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1346: </strong></font><br>
1347: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1348: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1349: <p>
1.247 jufi 1350: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1351:
1.244 jufi 1352: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1353: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1354:
1.247 jufi 1355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1356: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1357: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1358: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1359: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1360: </strong></font><br>
1361: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1362: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1363: md5 digests.
1364: <p>
1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1367: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1368: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1369: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1370: </strong></font><br>
1371: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1372: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1373: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1374: right the first time."
1375: <p>
1.247 jufi 1376: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1377:
1378:
1379: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1380: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1383: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1384: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1385: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1388: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1389: part 6</a>.
1390: <p>
1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1393: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 ! david 1394: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
! 1395: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1396: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1397: </strong></font><br>
1398: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1399: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1400: <p>
1.301 jose 1401:
1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1403: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1404: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1405: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1406: </strong></font><br>
1407:
1408: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1409: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1410: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1411: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1412: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1413: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1414: <i>Here's the
1415: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1416: <p>
1.247 jufi 1417: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1418:
1419: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1420: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1421:
1.247 jufi 1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1423: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 ! david 1424: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1425: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1426: </strong></font><br>
1427: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1428: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1429: <p>
1430:
1.247 jufi 1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1432: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1433: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1434: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1435: </strong></font><br>
1436: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1437: this time using pf.
1438: <p>
1.247 jufi 1439: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1440:
1441: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1442: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1443:
1.247 jufi 1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1445: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1446: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1447: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1448: </strong></font><br>
1449: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1450: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1451: their rotation.
1452: <p>
1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1455: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1456: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1457: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1458: </strong></font><br>
1459: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1460: <p>
1.247 jufi 1461: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1462:
1.239 jufi 1463: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1464: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1465:
1.247 jufi 1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1467: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1468: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1469: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1470: </strong></font><br>
1471: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1472: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1473: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1474: <p>
1475:
1.247 jufi 1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1477: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1478: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1479: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1480: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1481: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1482: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1483: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1484: <p>
1.247 jufi 1485: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1486:
1.235 lebel 1487: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1488: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1489:
1.239 jufi 1490:
1.247 jufi 1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1492: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1493: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1494: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1495: </strong></font><br>
1496: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1497: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1498: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1499: <p>
1.301 jose 1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1502:
1.228 horacio 1503: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1504: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1505:
1.247 jufi 1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1507: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1508: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1509: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1510: </strong></font><br>
1511: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1512: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1513: <p>
1514:
1.247 jufi 1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1516: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1517: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1518: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1519: </strong></font><br>
1520: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1521: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1522: <p>
1523:
1.247 jufi 1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1525: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1526: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1527: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1528: </strong></font><br>
1529: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1530: on the desktop of his parents.
1531: <p>
1532:
1.247 jufi 1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1534: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1535: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1536: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1537: </strong></font><br>
1538: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1539: using IPFilter.
1540:
1541: <p>
1542:
1.247 jufi 1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1544: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1545: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1546: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1547: </strong></font><br>
1548: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1549: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1550: perspectives of the four OS.
1551: <br>
1552: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1553: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1554: <p>
1555:
1.247 jufi 1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1557: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1558: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1559: software and security</a>,
1560: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1561: </strong></font><br>
1562:
1563: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1564: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1565: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1566: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1567: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1568: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1569: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1570: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1571: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1572: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1573: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1574: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1575: <p>
1.247 jufi 1576: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1577:
1.225 horacio 1578: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1579: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1582: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1583: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1584: Interview</a>,
1585: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1586: </strong></font><br>
1587:
1588: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1589: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1590: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1591: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1592: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1593: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1594: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1595: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1596: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1597: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1598: of choice.
1599: <p>
1.247 jufi 1600: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1601:
1602: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1603: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1606: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1607: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1608: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1609: </strong></font><br>
1610:
1611: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1612: <p>
1613:
1.247 jufi 1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1615: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1616: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1617: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1618: </strong></font><br>
1619:
1620: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1621: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1622: <p>
1.247 jufi 1623: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1624:
1.218 horacio 1625: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1626: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1627:
1.247 jufi 1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1629: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1630: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 ! david 1631: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1632: </strong></font><br>
1633:
1634: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1635: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1636: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1637: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1638: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1639: subjects. Worth a read.
1640: <p>
1641:
1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1644: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1645: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1646: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1647: </strong></font><br>
1648:
1649: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1650: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1651: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1652: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1653: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1654: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1655: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1656: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1657: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1658: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1659: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1660: on other operating systems.<br>
1661: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1662: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1663: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1664: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1665: <p>
1666:
1.247 jufi 1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1668: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1669: Operating System 2010</a>,
1670: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1671: </strong></font><br>
1672:
1673: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1674: covering the level of software integration into the core
1675: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1676: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1677: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1678: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1679: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1680: <p>
1681:
1.247 jufi 1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1683: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1684: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1685: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1686: </strong></font><br>
1687:
1688: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1689: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1690: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1691: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1692: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1693: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1694: <p>
1.247 jufi 1695: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1696:
1.210 jufi 1697: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1698: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1699:
1.247 jufi 1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1701: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1702: Already a Contender</a>,
1703: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1704: </strong></font><br>
1705:
1706: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1707: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1708: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1709: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1710: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1711: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1712: <p>
1713:
1.247 jufi 1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1715: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1716: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1717: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1718: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1719:
1.224 horacio 1720: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1721: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1722: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1723: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1724: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1725: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1726: <p>
1.247 jufi 1727: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1728:
1729: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1730: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1731:
1.247 jufi 1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1733: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1734: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1735: Division</a>,
1736: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1737: </strong></font><br>
1738:
1739: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1740: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1741: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1742: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1743: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1744: investment</em>.<br>
1745: The implementation details can be seen on their
1746: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1747: <p>
1748:
1.247 jufi 1749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1750: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1751: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1752: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1753: </strong></font><br>
1754:
1755: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1756: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1757: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1758: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1759: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1760: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1761: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1762: <p>
1763:
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1765: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1766: Thinking about Security</a>,
1767: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1768: </strong></font><br>
1769:
1770: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1771: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1772: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1773: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1774: to time.<br>
1775: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1776: system and just the most secure system.
1777: <p>
1778:
1.247 jufi 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1780: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1781: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1782: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1783: </strong></font><br>
1784:
1785: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1786: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1787: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1788: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1789: choice:<br>
1790: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1791: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1792: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1793: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1794: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1795: network security devices and as such must be well
1796: armored."</em><br>
1797: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1798: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1799: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1800: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1801: <br>
1802: Bravo!
1803: <p>
1.247 jufi 1804: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1805:
1.207 ian 1806: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1807: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1808:
1.247 jufi 1809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1810: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1811: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1812: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1813:
1.207 ian 1814: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1815: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1816: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1817: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1818: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1819: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1820: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1821: <p>
1.247 jufi 1822: </ul>
1.207 ian 1823:
1.194 jufi 1824: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1825: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1826:
1.247 jufi 1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1828: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1829: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1830: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1832:
1.240 miod 1833: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1834: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1835: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1836: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1837: <p>
1838:
1.247 jufi 1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1840: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1841: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1842: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1843:
1844: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1845: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1846: <p>
1847:
1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1849: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1850: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1851: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1852:
1853: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1854: <p>
1855:
1856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1857: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1858: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1859: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1860: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1861:
1.240 miod 1862: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1863: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1864: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1865: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1866: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1867: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1868: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1869: <br>
1870: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1871: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1872: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1873: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1874: <p>
1875:
1.247 jufi 1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1877: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1878: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1879: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1880: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1881:
1.194 jufi 1882: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1883: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1884: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1885: <br>
1886: The new
1887: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1888: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1889: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1890: <p>
1.247 jufi 1891: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1892:
1.190 horacio 1893: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1894: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1895:
1.247 jufi 1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1897:
1898: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1899: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1900:
1.301 jose 1901:
1.191 jufi 1902: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1903: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1904:
1905: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1906: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1907:
1.212 horacio 1908: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1909: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1910: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1911:
1.211 horacio 1912: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1913: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1914: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1915:
1.247 jufi 1916: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1917: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1920: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1921:
1.212 horacio 1922: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1923: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1924: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1925:
1926: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1927: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1928:
1929: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1930: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1931:
1.301 jose 1932: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1933: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1934:
1.191 jufi 1935: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1936: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1937:
1938: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1939: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1940:
1.192 jufi 1941: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1942: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1943: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1944:
1.193 deraadt 1945: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1946: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1947: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1948:
1.247 jufi 1949: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1950: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1951:
1.247 jufi 1952: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1953: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1954: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1955:
1.213 horacio 1956: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1957: 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 1958: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1959:
1.190 horacio 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1961: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1962: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1963: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1964: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1965: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1966: <p>
1.190 horacio 1967:
1.247 jufi 1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1969: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1970: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1971: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1972: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1973:
1.195 jufi 1974: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1975: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1976: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1977: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1978: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1979: <p>
1980:
1.247 jufi 1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1982: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1983: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1984: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1985: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1986:
1.191 jufi 1987: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1988: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1989: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1990: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1991: <p>
1992:
1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1994: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1995: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1996: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1997:
1998: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1999: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2000: <p>
1.247 jufi 2001: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2002:
1.191 jufi 2003:
1.186 jufi 2004: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2005: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2006:
1.247 jufi 2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2008: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2009: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2010: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2011: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2012:
1.188 jufi 2013: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2014: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2015: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2016: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2017: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2018: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2019: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2020: <p>
2021:
1.301 jose 2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2023: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2024: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2025: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2026:
2027: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2028: <p>
1.191 jufi 2029:
1.247 jufi 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2031: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2032: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2033: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2034: </strong></font><br>
2035:
2036: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2037: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2038: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2039: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2040: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2041: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2042: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2043: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2044: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2045: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2046: familiar?
2047: <p>
1.247 jufi 2048: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2049:
1.178 louis 2050: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2051: <ul>
1.178 louis 2052:
1.247 jufi 2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2054: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2055: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2056: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2057: </strong></font><br>
2058:
2059: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2060: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2061: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2062: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2063: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2064: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2065: <p>
2066:
1.247 jufi 2067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2068: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2069: Open source under the hood</a>,
2070: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2071: </strong></font><br>
2072:
2073: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2074: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2075: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2076: <p>
2077:
1.247 jufi 2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2079: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2080: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2081: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2082: </strong></font><br>
2083:
2084: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2085: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2086: <p>
1.247 jufi 2087: </ul>
1.179 louis 2088:
1.174 louis 2089:
1.175 louis 2090: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2091: <ul>
1.175 louis 2092:
1.247 jufi 2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2094: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2095: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2096: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2097: </strong></font><br>
2098:
2099: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2100: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2101: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2102: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2103: <p>
2104:
1.247 jufi 2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2106: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2107: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2108: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2109: </strong></font><br>
2110:
2111: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2112: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2113: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2114: <p>
1.247 jufi 2115: </ul>
1.175 louis 2116:
1.176 louis 2117:
1.172 mickey 2118: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2119: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2120:
1.247 jufi 2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2122: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2123: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2124: </strong></font><br>
2125:
2126: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2127: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2128: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2129: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2130: <p>
2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2133: <a
1.269 deraadt 2134: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2135: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2136: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2137: </strong></font><br>
2138:
2139: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2140: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2141: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2142: <p>
2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2145: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2146: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2147: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2148: </strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2151: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2152: <p>
2153:
1.247 jufi 2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2155: <a
1.269 deraadt 2156: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2157: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2158: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2159: </strong></font><br>
2160:
2161: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2162: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2163: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2164: our own Theo de Raadt.
2165: <p>
2166:
1.247 jufi 2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2168: <a
1.269 deraadt 2169: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2170: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2171: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2172: </strong></font><br>
2173:
2174: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2175: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2176: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2177: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2178: shut down.]
2179: <p>
2180:
1.247 jufi 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2182: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2183: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2184: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2185: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2186: </strong></font><br>
2187:
2188: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2189: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2190: <p>
1.247 jufi 2191: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2192:
1.161 louis 2193: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2194: <ul>
1.161 louis 2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2197: <a
1.269 deraadt 2198: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2199: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2200: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2201: </strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2204: by John Wolley
2205: <p>
2206:
1.247 jufi 2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2208: <a
1.269 deraadt 2209: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2210: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2211: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2212: </strong></font><br>
2213:
2214: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2215: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2216: OpenBSD).
2217: <p>
2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2220: <a
1.247 jufi 2221: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2222: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2223: </strong></font><br>
2224:
2225: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2226: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2227: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2228: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2229: and hindsight.
2230: <p>
2231:
1.247 jufi 2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2233: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2234: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2235: </strong></font><br>
2236:
2237: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2238: <p>
2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2241: <a
1.168 provos 2242: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2243: December 7, 2000
2244: </strong></font><br>
2245:
2246: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2247: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2248: us explain.
2249: <p>
2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2252: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2253: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2254: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2255: December 6, 2000
2256: </strong></font><br>
2257:
2258: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2259: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2260: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2261: <p>
2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2264: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2265: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2266: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2267: </strong></font><br>
2268:
2269: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2270: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2271: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2272: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2273: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2274: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2275: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2276: <p>
2277:
2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2279: <a
1.226 horacio 2280: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2281: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2282: </strong></font><br>
2283:
2284: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2285: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2286: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2287: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2288: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2289: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2290: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2291: <p>
1.162 millert 2292:
1.247 jufi 2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2294: <a
1.161 louis 2295: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2296: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2297: </strong></font><br>
2298:
2299: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2300: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2301: <p>
2302:
1.247 jufi 2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2304: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2305: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2306: </strong></font><br>
2307:
2308: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2309: <p>
2310:
2311:
1.247 jufi 2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2313: <a
1.226 horacio 2314: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2315: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2316: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2317: </strong></font><br>
2318:
2319: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2320: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2321: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2322: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2323: <p>
1.247 jufi 2324: </ul>
1.169 louis 2325:
1.158 louis 2326: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2327: <ul>
1.147 louis 2328:
1.247 jufi 2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2330: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2331: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2332: </strong></font><br>
2333:
2334: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2335: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2336: <p>
2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2339: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2340: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2341: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2344: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2345: <p>
2346:
1.247 jufi 2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2348: <a
2349: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2350: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2351: </strong></font><br>
2352:
2353: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2354: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2355: <p>
2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2358: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2359: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2360: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2361:
1.213 horacio 2362: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2363: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2364: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2365: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2366: <p>
1.215 horacio 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2369: <a
2370: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2371: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2375: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2376: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2377: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2378: much of the attitude too).
2379: <p>
1.161 louis 2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2382: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2383: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2384: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2385:
1.157 louis 2386: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2387: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2388: <p>
1.247 jufi 2389: </ul>
1.157 louis 2390:
2391: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2392: <ul>
1.157 louis 2393:
1.247 jufi 2394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2395: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2396: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2397: </strong></font><br>
2398:
2399: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2400: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2401: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2402: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2403: <p>
2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2406: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2407: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2408: </strong></font><br>
2409:
2410: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2411: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2412: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2413: it because they love coding...
2414: <p>
2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2417: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2418: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2419: </strong></font><br>
2420:
2421: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2422: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2423: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2424: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2425: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2426: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2427: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2428: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2429: <p>
2430:
1.247 jufi 2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2432: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2433: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2434: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2435: </strong></font><br>
2436:
2437: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2438: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2439: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2440: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2441: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2442: the pizza.
2443: <p>
2444:
1.247 jufi 2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2446: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2447: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2448: </strong></font><br>
2449:
2450: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2451: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2452: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2453: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2454: problems.
2455: <p>
2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2458: <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 2459: </strong></font><br>
2460:
1.222 miod 2461: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2462: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2463: - whether they like it or not.
2464: <p>
2465:
1.247 jufi 2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2467: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2468: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2469: </strong></font><br>
2470:
2471: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2472: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2473: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2474: <p>
1.148 aaron 2475:
1.247 jufi 2476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2477: <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 2478: </strong></font><br>
2479:
2480: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2481: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2482: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2483: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2484: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2485: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2486: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2487: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2488: <p>
2489:
1.247 jufi 2490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2491: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2492: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2493: </strong></font><br>
2494:
2495: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2496: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2497: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2498: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2499: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2500: <p>
1.247 jufi 2501: </ul>
1.147 louis 2502:
1.138 louis 2503: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2504: <ul>
1.138 louis 2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2507: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2508: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2509: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2510: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2511: </strong></font><br>
2512:
1.227 horacio 2513: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2514: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2515: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2516: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2517: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2518: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2519: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2520: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2521: <p>
2522:
1.247 jufi 2523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2524: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2525: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2526: </strong></font><br>
2527:
2528: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2529: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2530: groups, and even Linux.
2531: <p>
2532:
1.247 jufi 2533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2534: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2535: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2536: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2537: </strong></font><br>
2538:
2539: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2540: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2541: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2542: library after installing the OS.
2543: <p>
2544:
1.247 jufi 2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2546: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2547: Sys Admin, September 2000
2548: </strong></font><br>
2549:
2550: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2551: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2552: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2553: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2554: (<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>,
2555: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2556: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2557: <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 2558: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2559: out of the system.
2560: <p>
2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2563: <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
2564: </strong></font><br>
2565:
2566: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2567: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2568: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2569: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2570: the IP filtering and address translation.
2571: <p>
1.301 jose 2572:
2573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2574: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2575: </strong></font><br>
2576:
2577: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2578: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2579: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2580: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2581: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2582: <p>
1.247 jufi 2583: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2584:
1.131 louis 2585: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2586: <ul>
1.131 louis 2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2589: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2590: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2591: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2592: </strong></font><br>
2593:
2594: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2595: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2596: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2597: <p>
2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2600: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2601: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2602: </strong></font><br>
2603:
2604: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2605: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2606: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2607: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2608: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2609: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2610: note of"</i>.
2611: <p>
2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2614: <a
1.247 jufi 2615: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2616: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2617: </strong></font><br>
2618:
2619: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2620: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2621: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2622: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2623: <p>
2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2626: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2627: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2628: </strong></font><br>
2629:
2630: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2631: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2632: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2633: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2634: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2635: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2636: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2637: <p>
2638:
1.247 jufi 2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2640: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2641: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2642: 2000
2643: </strong></font><br>
2644:
2645: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2646: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2647: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2648: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2649: against current industry practices.
2650: <p>
2651:
1.247 jufi 2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2653: <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
2654: </strong></font><br>
2655:
2656: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2657: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2658: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2659: <p>
2660:
1.247 jufi 2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2662: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2663: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2664: </strong></font><br>
2665:
2666: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2667: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2668: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2669: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2670: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2671: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2672: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2673: <p>
2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2676: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2677: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2678: </strong></font><br>
2679:
2680: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2681: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2682: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2683: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2684: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2685: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2686: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2687: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2688: <p>
1.247 jufi 2689: </ul>
1.131 louis 2690:
1.118 louis 2691: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2692: <ul>
1.118 louis 2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2695: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2696: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2697: </strong></font><br>
2698:
2699: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2700: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2701: about time. The article mentions that
2702: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2703: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2704: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2705: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2706: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2707: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2708: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2709: <p>
2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2712: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2713: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2714: </strong></font><br>
2715:
2716: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2717: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2718: of OpenSSH.
2719: <p>
2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2722: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2723: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2724: </strong></font><br>
2725:
2726: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2727: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2728: bridging.
2729: <p>
2730:
1.247 jufi 2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2732: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2733: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2734: </strong></font><br>
2735:
1.121 deraadt 2736: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2737: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2738: <p>
2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2741: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2742: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2743: </strong></font><br>
2744:
2745: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2746: <p>
2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2749: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2750: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2751: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2752: </strong></font><br>
2753:
1.120 deraadt 2754: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2755: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2756: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2757: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2758: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2759: <p>
2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2762: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2763: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2764: </strong></font><br>
2765:
1.222 miod 2766: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2767: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2768: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2769: protocols and their quirks.
2770: <p>
2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2773: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2774: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2775: </strong></font><br>
2776:
2777: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2778: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2779: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2780: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2781: <p>
2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2784: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2785: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2786: </strong></font><br>
2787:
2788: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2789: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2790: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2791: <p>
2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2794: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2795: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2796: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2797: </strong></font><br>
2798:
2799: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2800: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2801: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2802: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2803: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2804: <p>
1.247 jufi 2805: </ul>
1.118 louis 2806:
1.104 louis 2807: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2808: <ul>
1.104 louis 2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2811: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2812: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2813: </strong></font><br>
2814:
2815: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2816: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2817: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2818: be a bit dry.
2819: <p>
2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2822: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2823: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2824: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2825: </strong></font><br>
2826: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2827: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2828: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2829: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2830: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2831: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2832: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2833: <p>
2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2836: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2837: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2838: 2000
1.128 louis 2839: </strong></font><br>
2840:
2841: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2842: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2843: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2844: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2845: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2846: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2847: <p>
2848:
1.247 jufi 2849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2850: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2851: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2852: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2853:
2854: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2855: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2856: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2857: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2858: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2859: <p>
1.110 louis 2860:
1.247 jufi 2861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2862: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2863: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
2866: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2867: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2868: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2869: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2870: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2871: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2872: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2873: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2874: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2875: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2876: <p>
2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2879: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2880: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2881:
2882: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2883: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2884: <p>
1.108 louis 2885:
1.247 jufi 2886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2887: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2888: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2889: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2890:
2891: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2892: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2893: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2894: <p>
1.106 louis 2895:
1.247 jufi 2896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2897: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2898: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2899: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2900:
2901: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2902: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2903: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2904: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2905: <p>
1.107 louis 2906:
1.247 jufi 2907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2908: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2909: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2910: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2911:
2912: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2913: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2914: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2915: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2916: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2917: <p>
1.105 louis 2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2920: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2921: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2922: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2923:
1.113 naddy 2924: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2925: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2926: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2927: <p>
1.104 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2930: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2931: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2932: </strong></font><br>
2933:
2934: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2935: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2936: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2937: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2938: <p>
1.301 jose 2939:
2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2941: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2942: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2943: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2944:
2945: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2946: hardware-supported cryptography.
2947: <p>
1.247 jufi 2948: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2949:
1.85 louis 2950: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2951: <ul>
1.85 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2954: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2955: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2956: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2957:
2958: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2959: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2960: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2961: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2962: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2963: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2964: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2965: <p>
1.99 louis 2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2968: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2969: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2970: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2971:
2972: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2973: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2974: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2975: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2976: <p>
1.100 louis 2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2979: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2980: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2981: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2982:
2983: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2984: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2985: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2986: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2987: <p>
1.95 louis 2988:
1.247 jufi 2989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2990: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2991: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2992: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2993:
2994: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2995: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2996: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2997: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2998: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2999: <p>
1.92 louis 3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3002: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3003: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3004: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3005:
3006: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3007: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3008: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3009: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3010: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3011: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3012: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3013: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3014: <p>
1.91 louis 3015:
1.247 jufi 3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3017: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3018: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3019: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3020:
3021: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3022: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3023: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3024: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3025: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3026: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3027: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3028: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3029: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3030: <p>
1.90 louis 3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3033: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3034: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3035: </strong></font><br>
3036: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3037: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3038: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3039: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3040: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3041: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3042: <p>
3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3045: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3046: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3047: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3048:
1.113 naddy 3049: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3050: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3051: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3052: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3053: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3054: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3055: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3056: <p>
1.87 louis 3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3059: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3060: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3061: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3062:
3063: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3064: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3065: <p>
1.85 louis 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3068: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3069: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3070: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3071:
3072: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3073: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3074: <p>
3075:
3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3077: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3078: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3079: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3080:
3081: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3082: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3083: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3084: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3085: <p>
1.89 louis 3086:
1.247 jufi 3087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3088: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3089: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3090: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3091:
3092: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3093: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3094: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3095: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3096: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3097: </ul>
1.85 louis 3098:
1.78 deraadt 3099: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3100: <ul>
1.74 louis 3101:
1.247 jufi 3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3103: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3104: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3105: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3106: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3107:
3108: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3109: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3110: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3111: <p>
1.83 louis 3112:
1.247 jufi 3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3114: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3115: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3116: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3117:
3118: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3119: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3120: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3121: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3122: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3123: <p>
1.93 louis 3124:
1.247 jufi 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3126: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3127: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3128: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3129: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3130:
1.83 louis 3131: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3132: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3133: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3134: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3135: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3136: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3137: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3138: <p>
1.82 aaron 3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3141: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3142: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3143: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3144:
1.83 louis 3145: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3146: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3147: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3148: <p>
1.80 louis 3149:
1.247 jufi 3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3151: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3152: Bad Press</a>,
3153: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3154: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3155:
3156: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3157: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3158: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3159: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3160: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3161: <p>
1.247 jufi 3162: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3163:
3164: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3165: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3168: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3169: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3170: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3171: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3172:
3173: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3174: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3175: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3176: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3177: <p>
1.74 louis 3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3180: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3181: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3182: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3183:
1.219 horacio 3184: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3185: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3186: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3187: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3188: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3189: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3190: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3191: <p>
1.88 louis 3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3194: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3195: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3196: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3197:
3198: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3199: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3200: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3201: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3202: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3203: <p>
1.81 louis 3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3206: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3207: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3208: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3209:
3210: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3211: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3212: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3213: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3214: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3215: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3216: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3217: <p>
1.90 louis 3218:
1.247 jufi 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3220: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3221: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3222: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3223:
3224: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3225: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3226: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3227: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3228: <p>
1.247 jufi 3229: </ul>
1.71 louis 3230:
1.69 deraadt 3231: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3232: <ul>
1.70 louis 3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3235: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3236: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3237: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3238:
3239: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3240: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3241: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3242: <p>
1.70 louis 3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3245: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3246: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3247: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3248:
3249: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3250: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3251: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3252: <p>
1.68 louis 3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3255: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3256: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3257: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3258: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3259:
1.111 jufi 3260: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3261: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3262: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3263: "secure by default" installation.
3264: <p>
1.64 louis 3265:
1.247 jufi 3266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3267: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3268: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3269: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3270:
1.113 naddy 3271: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3272: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3273: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3274: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3275: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3276: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3277: <p>
1.66 louis 3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3280: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3281: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3282: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3283:
3284: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3285: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3286: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3287: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3288: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3289: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3290: <p>
1.83 louis 3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3293: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3294: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3295: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3296:
3297: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3298: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3299: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3300: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3301: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3302: <p>
1.64 louis 3303:
1.247 jufi 3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3305: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3306: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3307: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3308:
3309: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3310: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3311: <p>
1.301 jose 3312:
3313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3314: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3315: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3316: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3317: </strong></font><br>
3318:
3319: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3320: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3321: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3322: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3323: Giving way to
3324: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3325: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3326: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3327: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3328: <p>
1.247 jufi 3329: </ul>
1.65 louis 3330:
1.69 deraadt 3331: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3332: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3333:
1.247 jufi 3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3335: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3336: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3337: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3338:
3339: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3340: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3341: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3342: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3343: <p>
1.88 louis 3344:
1.247 jufi 3345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3346: <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 3347: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3348:
3349: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3350: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3351: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3352: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3353: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3354: <p>
1.60 louis 3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3357: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3358: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3359: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3360: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3361:
3362: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3363: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3364: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3365: <p>
1.58 louis 3366:
1.247 jufi 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3368: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3369: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3370:
3371: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3372: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3373: <p>
1.53 louis 3374:
1.247 jufi 3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3376: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3377: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3378: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3379:
3380: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3381: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3382: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3383: <p>
1.99 louis 3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3386: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3387: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3388:
3389: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3390: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3391: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3392: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3393: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3396: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3397: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3398: </strong></font><br>
3399:
3400: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3401: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3402: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3403: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3404: <p>
3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3407: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3408: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3409: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3410:
3411: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3412: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3413: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3414:
1.247 jufi 3415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3416: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3417: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3418:
3419: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3420: in
1.247 jufi 3421: <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 3422: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3423: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3424: <p>
1.53 louis 3425:
1.247 jufi 3426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3427: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3428: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3429: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3430: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3431:
1.58 louis 3432: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3433: <p>
1.301 jose 3434:
3435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3436: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3437: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3438: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3439: Informacyjny, January 2000
3440: </strong></font><br>
3441:
3442: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3443: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3444: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3445: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3446: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3447: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3448: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3449: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3450: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3451: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3452: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3453: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3454: <p>
3455:
3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3457: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3458: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3459: </strong></font><br>
3460:
3461: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3462: <p>
3463: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3464:
1.69 deraadt 3465: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3466: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3467:
1.247 jufi 3468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3469: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3470: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3471: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3472: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3473:
1.58 louis 3474: Kurt Seifried
3475: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3476: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3477: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3478: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3479:
1.247 jufi 3480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3481: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3482: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3483: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3484:
3485: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3486: <p>
1.96 louis 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3489: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3490: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3491: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3492: </strong></font><br>
3493:
3494: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3495: <p>
3496:
3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3498: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3499: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3500: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3501:
3502: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3503: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3504: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3505: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3506: <p>
1.247 jufi 3507: </ul>
1.86 louis 3508:
1.69 deraadt 3509: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3510: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3511:
1.247 jufi 3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3513: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3514: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3515: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3516:
3517: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3518: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3519: <p>
1.61 louis 3520:
1.247 jufi 3521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3522: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3523: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3524: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3525: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3526:
3527: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3528: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3529: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3530: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3531: right -- or at least strives to".
3532: <p>
1.48 louis 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3535: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3536: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3537: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3538: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3539: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3540: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3541: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3542: <p>
1.61 louis 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <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 3545: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3546: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3547:
3548: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3549: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3550: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3551: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3552: <p>
1.46 louis 3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3555: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3556: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3557: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3558:
3559: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3560: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3561: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3564: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3565: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3566: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3567:
3568: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3569: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3570: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3571: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3572: <p>
1.247 jufi 3573: </ul>
1.70 louis 3574:
1.69 deraadt 3575: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3576: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3577:
1.247 jufi 3578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3579: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3580: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3581: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3582: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3583:
3584: Kurt Seifried
3585: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3586: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3587: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3588: <p>
1.44 philen 3589:
1.247 jufi 3590: <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 3591: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3592: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3593:
3594: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3595: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <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 3598: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3599: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3600:
3601: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3602: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3603:
1.247 jufi 3604: <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 3605: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3606: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3607:
3608: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3609: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3610: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3611: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3612: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3613:
1.247 jufi 3614: <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 3615: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3616: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3617:
1.36 louis 3618: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3619: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3622: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3623: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3624: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3625:
3626: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3627: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3628: </ul>
1.38 louis 3629:
1.69 deraadt 3630: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3631: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <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 3634: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3635: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3636:
3637: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3638: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3639: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3640:
1.113 naddy 3641: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3642: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3643: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3644: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3645:
3646: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3647: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3648: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3649: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3650: <blockquote>
3651: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3652: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3653: <br>
3654: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3655: </code>
3656: </blockquote>
3657: <p>
3658:
1.247 jufi 3659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3660: <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 3661: <p>
3662:
3663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3664: <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 3665: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3666:
3667: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3668: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3669: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3670: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3673: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3674: Sept. 28, 1999
3675: </strong></font><br>
3676:
3677: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3678: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3679: translating and reprinting articles from
3680: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3681: <p>
3682:
3683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3684: <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 3685: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3686:
3687: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3688: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3689: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3690: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3691: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3692: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3693: <p>
1.19 louis 3694:
1.113 naddy 3695: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3696: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3697: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3698:
3699: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3700: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3701: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3702: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3703: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3704: <p>
1.16 louis 3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3707: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3708: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3709: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3710:
1.57 louis 3711: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3712: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3713: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3714: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3715:
1.247 jufi 3716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3717: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3718: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3719: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3720:
1.113 naddy 3721: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3722:
1.247 jufi 3723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3724: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3725: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3726: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3727:
1.23 louis 3728: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3729: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3730: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3731: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3732: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3733: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3734:
1.247 jufi 3735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3736: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3737: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3738: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3739:
1.199 pvalchev 3740: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3741: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3742: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3743: installation.
1.113 naddy 3744: <p>
1.47 louis 3745:
1.247 jufi 3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3747: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3748: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3749: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3750:
1.301 jose 3751: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3752: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3753: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3754: </ul>
1.57 louis 3755:
1.69 deraadt 3756: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3757: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3760: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3761: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3762: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3763:
3764: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3765: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3766: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3767: <p>
1.12 louis 3768:
1.247 jufi 3769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3770: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3771: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3772: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3773:
3774: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3775: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3776: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3777: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3778: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3779: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3780: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3781: <p>
1.247 jufi 3782: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3783:
1.69 deraadt 3784: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3785: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3786:
1.247 jufi 3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3788: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3789: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3790:
3791: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3792: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3793: available."
1.113 naddy 3794: <p>
1.301 jose 3795:
3796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3797: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3798: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3799: </strong></font><br>
3800:
3801: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3802: <p>
1.247 jufi 3803: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3804:
1.69 deraadt 3805: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3806: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3809: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3810: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3811:
3812: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3813: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3814: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3815: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3816: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3817: <p>
1.33 louis 3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3820: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3821: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3822: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3823:
1.113 naddy 3824: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3825: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3826: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3827: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3828: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3829: <p>
1.247 jufi 3830: </ul>
1.57 louis 3831:
1.69 deraadt 3832: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3833: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3834:
1.247 jufi 3835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3836: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3837: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3838: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3839:
3840: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3841: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3842: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3843:
1.247 jufi 3844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3845: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3846: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3847: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3848: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3849:
3850: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3851: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3852:
1.247 jufi 3853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3854: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3855:
1.113 naddy 3856: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3859: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3860: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3861: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3862:
3863: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3864: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3865: </ul>
1.23 louis 3866:
1.69 deraadt 3867: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3868: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3869:
1.247 jufi 3870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3871: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3872: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3873:
3874: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3875: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3876: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3877:
1.247 jufi 3878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3879: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3880: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3881: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3882:
3883: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3884: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3885: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3886: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3887: </ul>
1.57 louis 3888:
1.69 deraadt 3889: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3890: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3893: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3894: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3895: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3896:
3897: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3898: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3899: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3900: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3901: <p>
1.15 louis 3902:
1.247 jufi 3903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3904: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3905: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3906: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3907:
3908: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3909: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3910: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3911: columns."
1.113 naddy 3912: <p>
1.247 jufi 3913: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3914:
1.69 deraadt 3915: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3916: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3917:
1.247 jufi 3918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3919: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3920: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3921: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3922:
3923: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3924: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3925:
1.113 naddy 3926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3927: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3928: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3929:
3930: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3931: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3932: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3933: </ul>
1.57 louis 3934:
1.69 deraadt 3935: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3936: <ul>
1.301 jose 3937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3938: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3939: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3940: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3941:
3942: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3943: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3944: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3945: <p>
3946:
3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3948: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3949: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3950: Nov 13, 1998 and
3951: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3952: Datateknik</a>,
3953: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3954:
1.380 saad 3955: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 3956: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3957: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3958: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3959: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3960:
1.113 naddy 3961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3962: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3963: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3964: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3965:
1.222 miod 3966: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3967: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3968: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3969: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3970: <p>
1.247 jufi 3971: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3972:
1.69 deraadt 3973: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3974: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3977: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3978: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3979:
1.69 deraadt 3980: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3981: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3982: <p>
1.247 jufi 3983: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3984:
1.69 deraadt 3985: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3986: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3987:
1.247 jufi 3988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3989: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3990: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3991: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3992:
1.383 jcs 3993: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 3994: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3995: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3998: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3999: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4000: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4001: <p>
1.247 jufi 4002: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4003:
1.69 deraadt 4004: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4005: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4006:
1.247 jufi 4007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4008: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4009: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4010: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4011: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4012: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4013:
4014: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4015: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4016: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4017: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4018: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4019: <p>
1.247 jufi 4020: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4021:
4022: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4023: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4024:
1.247 jufi 4025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4026: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4027: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4028:
1.69 deraadt 4029: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4030: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4031: <p>
1.112 naddy 4032:
1.247 jufi 4033: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4034: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4035:
1.292 camield 4036: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4037: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4038: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.392 ! david 4039: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.391 2004/04/22 00:42:54 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4040:
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