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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.393 david 19: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
22: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
23: Secure by Default</a>,
24: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
25: </strong></font><br>
26: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
27: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
28: <p>
29:
30: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
31: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
32: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
33: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
34: </strong></font><br>
35: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
36: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
37: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
38: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
39: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
40: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
44: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
45: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
46: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
47: </strong></font><br>
48: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
49: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
50: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
54: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
55: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
56: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
57: </strong></font><br>
58: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
59: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
60: <p>
61: </ul>
62:
1.388 mcbride 63: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
64: <ul>
1.394 ! jolan 65:
! 66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 67: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
! 68: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
! 69: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
! 70: </strong></font><br>
! 71: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
! 72: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
! 73: available for sparc64.
! 74: <p>
! 75:
1.390 beck 76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 77: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
78: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
79: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
80: </strong></font><br>
81: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
82: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
83: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
84: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 88: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
89: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 90: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 91: </strong></font><br>
92: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
93: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
94: it does: CARP provides sharing
95: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
96: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
97: detail to get you started using it.
98: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
99: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
100: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
101: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
102: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
103: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
104: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 105: <p>
1.391 ian 106:
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 108: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 109: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
110: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 111: </strong></font><br>
112: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 113: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 114: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 115: <p>
1.388 mcbride 116:
117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
118: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
119: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 120: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 121: </strong></font><br>
122: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
123: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
124: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
125: unencumbered by patents.
126: <p>
127: </ul>
128:
1.378 henning 129: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
130: <ul>
1.384 jose 131:
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 133: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
134: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
135: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
136: </strong></font><br>
137: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
138: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
139: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
140: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
141: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
142: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
143: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
144: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
145: in the page tables."
146: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 150: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
151: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
152: </strong></font><br>
153: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
154: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
155: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
156: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 157: <p>
1.384 jose 158:
1.378 henning 159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 160: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
161: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 162: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
163: </strong></font><br>
164: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
165: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
166: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
167: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
168: (quote:
169: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
170: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 171: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 172: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
173: the other developers for their work on the system.
174: <p>
175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 177: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
178: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
179: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 180: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 181: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
182: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
183: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
184: too.
185: <p>
186:
187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 188: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
189: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 190: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 191: OpenBSD source code using
192: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
193: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
194: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
195: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
196: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
197: <p>
198: </ul>
199:
1.374 jose 200: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
201: <ul>
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 203: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 204: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
205: </strong></font><br>
206: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
207: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
208: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
209: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
210: it."
211: <p>
212:
213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 214: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
215: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
216: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
217: </strong></font><br/>
218: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
219: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
220: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
221: <p>
222: </ul>
223:
1.369 ian 224: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
225: <ul>
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 227: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
228: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
229: </strong></font><br/>
230: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
231: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
232: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
233: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 237: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
238: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
239: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
240: </strong></font><br/>
241: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
242: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
243: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
244: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
245: form factor.
246: <p>
247:
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
249: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
250: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
251: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
252: Features</a>,
253: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
254: </strong></font><br/>
255: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
256: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
257: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
258: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
259: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
260: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
261: <p>
262: This article can also be found online at:
263: <ul>
264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 265: <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 266: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
267: </strong></font>
268: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
269: </ul>
270: <p>
1.392 david 271:
1.371 jose 272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 273: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
274: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 275: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
276: </strong></font><br/>
277: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
278: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
279: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 280: <p>
1.371 jose 281:
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 283: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 284: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 285: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 286: </strong></font><br/>
287: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
288: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
289: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
290: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
291: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
292: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
293: and its history with OpenBSD.
294: </ul>
295:
1.368 henning 296: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
297: <ul>
298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 299: [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 300: </strong></font><br>
301: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
302: </ul>
303:
1.364 jose 304: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
305: <ul>
306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 307: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
308: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
309: UNIX Review,
310: July, 2003.
311: </strong></font><br>
312: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
313: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
314: who want more information.
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 318: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
319: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
320: Government Computer News,
321: July 22, 2003.
322: </strong></font><br>
323: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
324: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
325: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
326: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
327: <p>
328:
329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
330: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
331: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
332: SANS Institute,
333: July 22, 2003.
334: </strong></font><br>
335: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 336: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 337: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
338: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
339: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
340: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
341: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
342: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
343: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
344: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
345: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
346: <p>
347:
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 349: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
350: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
351: OnLamp.com,
352: July 17, 2003.
353: </strong></font><br>
354: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
355: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
356: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
357: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
358: have been working on.
359:
360: </ul>
361:
1.356 jose 362: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 363: <ul>
364:
365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 366: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
367: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
368: UNIX Review,
369: June, 2003.
370: </strong></font><br>
371: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
372: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
373: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
374: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
375: <p>
376:
377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 378: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
379: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
380: eWeek,
381: June 23, 2003.
382: </strong></font><br>
383: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
384: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
385: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
386: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
387: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
388: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 392: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
393: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
394: Software Development Online,
395: June, 2003.
396: </strong></font><br>
397: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
398: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
399: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
400: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
401: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
402: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
403: current activities.
404: <p>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 407: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
408: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 409: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
410: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
411: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
412: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
413: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
414: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
415: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
416: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 417: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 418: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
419: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
420: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
421: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
422: decisions.
423: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
424: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
425: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
426: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 427: <p>
428:
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 430: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
431: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
432: Page 58, eWeek,
433: June 2, 2003.
434: </strong></font><br>
435: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
436: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
437: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
438: been addressed in -current.
439: <p>
440:
1.356 jose 441: </ul>
442:
443: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
444: <ul>
445:
1.355 jose 446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 447: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
448: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
449: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
450: </strong></font><br>
451: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
452: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
453: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
454: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
455: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
456: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
457: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 461: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
462: Beyond Linux</a>,
463: InfoWorld,
464: May 23, 2003.
465: </strong></font><br>
466: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
467: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
468: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
469: compared to the GPL.
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 473: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
474: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
475: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 476: May 17, 2003.
477: </strong></font><br>
478: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
479: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
480: the business section and half of another page inside
481: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
482: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
483: in talking about the project's history and goals.
484: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
485: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
486: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
487: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 488: <br>
489: This article can also be found online at:
490: <ul>
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
492: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
493: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
494: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
495: May 17, 2003
496: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 497: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
499: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
500: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
501: Montreal Gazette,
502: May 21, 2003
503: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 504: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 505: <p>
1.346 ian 506:
507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 508: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 509: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 510: May 7, 2003.
511: </strong></font><br>
512: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
513: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
514: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
515: <p>
516:
517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 518: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
519: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
520: OsOpinion,
521: May 6, 2003.
522: </strong></font><br>
523: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
524: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
525: <br>
526: This article can also be found online at:
527: <ul>
528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
529: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
530: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
531: NewsFactor Network.
532: </strong></font>
533: </ul>
534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 537: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 538: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
539: ITBusiness,
540: May 2, 2003.
541: </strong></font><br>
542: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
543: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
544: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
545: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
546: <p>
547:
548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 549: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
550: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
551: InfoWorld,
552: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 553: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 554: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
555: <br>
556: This article can also be found online at:
557: <ul>
558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
559: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
560: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
561: IDG Singapore.
562: </strong></font>
563: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 564: <p>
565:
1.339 jose 566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
567: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
568: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 569: ZDNet,
570: May 1, 2003.
571: </strong></font><br>
572: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 573: someone using parts from previous articles.
574: <br>
1.341 deraadt 575: This article can also be found online at:
576: <ul>
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
578: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
579: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
580: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 581: </strong></font>
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
583: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
584: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
585: CNET News.com.
586: </strong></font>
587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
588: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
589: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
590: ZDNet UK.
591: </strong></font>
592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
593: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
594: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
595: Help Net Security, Croatia.
596: </strong></font>
597: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 598: <p>
1.339 jose 599:
1.341 deraadt 600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 601: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 602: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
603: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
604: May 1, 2003.
605: </strong></font><br>
606: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
607: that have been added
608: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
609: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
610: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 611: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 612: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
613: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
614: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 615: <p>
616:
617: </ul>
618:
1.253 ian 619: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
620: <ul>
1.255 ian 621:
1.260 ian 622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 623: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 624: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
625: TechRepublic,
626: April 28, 2003.
627: </strong></font><br>
628: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
629: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 630: work.<br>
631: Can also be found online at:
632: <ul>
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
634: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
635: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
636: ZDNet UK.
637: </strong></font>
638: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 639: <p>
640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 642: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
643: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
644: IDG,
645: April 24, 2003.
646: </strong></font><br>
647: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
648: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
649: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
650: Can also be found online at:
651: <ul>
652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
653: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
654: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 655: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 656: </strong></font>
657: </ul>
658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
661: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 662: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 663: Slate,
664: April 24, 2003.
665: </strong></font><br>
666: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
667: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
668: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
669: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
670: <p>
671:
672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 673: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
674: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
675: April 24, 2003.
676: </strong></font><br>
677: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
678: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
679: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
680: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
681: <p>
682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 684: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
685: April 24, 2003.
686: </strong></font><br>
687: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
688: the free software community".
689: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
690: other articles.
691: <p>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 694: <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 695: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
696: </strong></font><br>
697: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
698: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
699: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
700: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
701: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
702: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
703: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
704: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
705: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
706: <br/>
707: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
708: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
709: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
710: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 711: <br>
712: Can also be found online at:
713: <ul>
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
715: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
716: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
717: Common Dreams NewsCenter
718: </strong></font>
719: </ul>
1.324 ian 720: <p>
721:
722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
723: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
724: Wired, April 24, 2003.
725: </strong></font><br>
726: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
727: article above.
728: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
729: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
730: wasting them."
1.332 ian 731: <br>
732: Can also be found online at:
733: <ul>
734: <li>
735: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
736: </strong></font>
737: </ul>
1.324 ian 738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 741: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
742: </strong></font><br>
743: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
744: <p>
745:
746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 747: <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.
748: </strong></font><br>
749: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
750: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
751: <p>
752:
753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 754: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
755: April 23, 2003.
756: </strong></font><br>
757: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
758: <p>
759:
760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 761: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 762: April 22, 2003.
763: </strong></font><br>
764: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
765: <p>
766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 768: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
769: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
770: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 771: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 772: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
773: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
774: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
775: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
776: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
777: Can also be found online at:
778: <ul>
779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
780: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 781: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
782: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 783: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
785: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 786: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
787: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 788: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 789: </ul>
790: <p>
791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 793: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
794: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 795: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 796: </strong></font><br>
797: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 798: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
799: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
800: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
801: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
802: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
803: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 804: <p>
805:
806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 807: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
808: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 809: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
810: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 811: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
812: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
813: at UPenn and DARPA.
814: <p>
815:
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 817: [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,
818: France
1.315 deraadt 819: April 18, 2003.
820: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 821: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 822: <p>
823:
824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 825: [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 826: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 827: </strong></font><br>
828: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
829: <p>
830:
831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 832: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
833: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
834: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 835: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 836: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
837: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
838: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
839: <p>
840:
841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 842: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
843: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 844: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 845: </strong></font><br>
846: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
847: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
848: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 849: American century.
1.267 deraadt 850: <p>
851:
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 853: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
854: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 855: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 856: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 857: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
858: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
859: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
860: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
861: Can also be found online at:
862: <ul>
863: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
864: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 865: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 866: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 867: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 871: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 872: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 873: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 874: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 875: </strong></font><br>
876: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 877: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
878: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
879: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
880: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 881:
882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
883: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
884: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
885: New York Times.
886: </strong></font>(free registration required)
887:
1.273 deraadt 888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
889: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 890: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 891: ABC News.
892: </strong></font>
893:
894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 895: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 896: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 897: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 898: </strong></font>
899:
900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 901: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 902: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 903: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 904: </strong></font>
905:
906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 907: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
908: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 909: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 910: </strong></font>
911:
912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 913: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 914: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 915: Times Daily, AL.
916: </strong></font>
917:
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
919: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
920: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
921: Boston.com, MA.
922: </strong></font>
923:
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 925: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 926: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 927: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
928: </strong></font>
929:
930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 931: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
932: [Article was pulled]</a>
933: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 934: </strong></font>
935:
936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
937: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
938: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
939: Infoshop News.
940: </strong></font>
941:
942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
943: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
944: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
945: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
946: </strong></font>
947:
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 949: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
950: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
951: Raleigh News, NC.
952: </strong></font>
953:
954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 955: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 956: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
957: Napa News, CA.
958: </strong></font>
959:
960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 961: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 962: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
963: NEPA News, PA.
964: </strong></font>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
967: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
968: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
969: Wired News.
970: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 971: <br>
972: <li>
1.333 deraadt 973: <font color="#009000"><strong>
974: [JAPANESE]
975: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
976: Wired News Japan</a>
977: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 978:
1.271 deraadt 979: </ul>
980: <p>
1.272 deraadt 981: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
982: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 983: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
984: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
985: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
986: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
987: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
988: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 989: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 990: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
991: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
992: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 993: <p>
994: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 995:
996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 997: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 998: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
999: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1000: </strong></font>
1001:
1002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1003: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1004: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1005: Miami Herald, FL.
1006: </strong></font>
1007:
1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1009: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1010: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1011: </strong></font>
1012:
1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1014: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1015: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1016: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1017: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1018:
1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1020: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1021: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1022: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1023: ABC News.
1024: </strong></font>
1025:
1.276 deraadt 1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1027: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1028: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1029: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1030: </strong></font>
1031:
1.286 dhartmei 1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1033: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1034: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1035: Wilmington Star, NC.
1036: </strong></font>
1037:
1.300 jose 1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1039: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1040: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1041: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1042: </strong></font>
1043:
1.309 jose 1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1045: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1046: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1047: Globe Technology.
1048: </strong></font>
1049:
1.263 deraadt 1050: </ul>
1.262 beck 1051: <p>
1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1054: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1055: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1056: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1057: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1058: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1059: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1060: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1061: <p>
1062:
1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1064: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1065: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1066: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1067: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1068: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1069: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1070: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1071: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1072: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1073: and simply restates other press reports.
1074: <p>
1075:
1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1077: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1078: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1079: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1080: </strong></font><br>
1081: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1082: <p>
1083:
1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1085: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1086: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1087: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1088: </strong></font><br>
1089: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1090: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1091: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1092: <p>
1093:
1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1095: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1096: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1097: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1098: April 17, 2003.
1099: </strong></font><br>
1100: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1101: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1102: Tech Anthems</a>
1103: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1104: 4 so far.
1105: <p>
1106:
1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1108: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1109: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1110: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1111: </strong></font><br>
1112: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1113: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1114: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1115: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1116: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1117: Goes on to say:
1118: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1119: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1120: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1121: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1122: This article is also found online at:
1123: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1125: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1126: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1127: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1128: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1130: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1131: ZDnet</a>,
1132: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1133: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1135: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1136: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1137: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1138: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1139: </ul>
1.260 ian 1140: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1141:
1.260 ian 1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1143: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1144: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1145: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1146: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1147: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1148: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1149: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1150: without notice or justification.
1151: <p>
1152:
1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1154: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1155: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1156: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1157: </strong></font><br>
1158: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1159: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1160: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1161: effective today, without any warning..."
1162: <p>
1.257 ian 1163:
1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1165: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1166: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1167: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1168: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1169: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1170: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1171: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1172: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1173: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1174: <p>
1175:
1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1177: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1178: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1179: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1182: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1183: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1184: quoting two of them:
1185: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1186: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1187: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1188: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1189: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1190: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1191: <p>
1192:
1.255 ian 1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1194: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1195: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1196: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1197: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1198: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1199: <p>
1200:
1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1202: [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 1203: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1204: </strong></font><br>
1205: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1206: <p>
1207:
1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1209: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1210: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1211: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1212: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1213: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1214: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1215: security experts for more than three decades."
1216: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1217: <p>
1.261 ian 1218:
1.254 drahn 1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1220: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1221: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1222: </strong></font><br>
1223: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1224: <p>
1225:
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1227: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1228: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1229: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1230: </strong></font><br>
1231: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1232: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1233: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1234: <p>
1235:
1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1237: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1238: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1239: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1240: </strong></font><br>
1241: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1242: from US DARPA.
1243: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1244: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1245: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1246: the BSD license.
1247: <p>
1248: </ul>
1249:
1.251 ian 1250: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1251: <ul>
1252:
1253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1254: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1255: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1256: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1257: </strong></font><br>
1258:
1259: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1260: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1261: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1262: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1266: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1267: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1268: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1269: </strong></font><br>
1270: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1271: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1272: Mentions
1273: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1274: and
1275: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1276: programs.
1277: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1278: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1279: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1280: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1281: <p>
1.325 ian 1282: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1283: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1284:
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1286: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1287: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1288: </strong></font><br>
1289: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1290: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1291: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1292: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1293: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1294: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1295: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1296: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1297: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1298: put into service."
1299: <p>
1300: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1301: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1302: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1303: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1304: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1305: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1306: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1307: computers with security features."
1308: <p>
1.329 ian 1309:
1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1311: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1312: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1313: Slate,
1314: March 3, 2003.
1315: </strong></font><br>
1316: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1317: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1318: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1319: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1320: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1321: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1322: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1323: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1324: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1325: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1326: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1327: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1328: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1329: of more secure open-source solutions like
1330: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1331: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1332: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1333: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1334: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1335: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1336: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1337: the Beltway."
1338: <p>
1.251 ian 1339: </ul>
1340:
1.249 jufi 1341: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1342: <ul>
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1344: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1345: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1346: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1347: </strong></font><br>
1348: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1349: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1350: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1351: <p>
1.334 ian 1352:
1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1354: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1355: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1356: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1357: </strong></font><br>
1358: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1359: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1360: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1361: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1362: "... the hypothetical question ...
1363: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1364: <br>
1365: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1366: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1367: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1368: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1369: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1370: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1371: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1372: support network security.
1373: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1374: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1375: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1376: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1377: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1378: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1379: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1380: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1381: <br>
1382: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1383: <p>
1384:
1.249 jufi 1385: </ul>
1386:
1.246 jufi 1387: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1388: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1389:
1.247 jufi 1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1391: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1392: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1393: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1394: </strong></font><br>
1395: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1396: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1397: <p>
1398:
1.247 jufi 1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1400: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1401: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1402: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1403: </strong></font><br>
1404: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1405: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1406: <p>
1407:
1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1409: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1410: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1411: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1414: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1415: <p>
1.247 jufi 1416: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1417:
1.244 jufi 1418: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1419: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1420:
1.247 jufi 1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1422: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1423: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1424: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1425: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1426: </strong></font><br>
1427: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1428: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1429: md5 digests.
1430: <p>
1431:
1.247 jufi 1432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1433: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1434: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1435: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1436: </strong></font><br>
1437: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1438: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1439: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1440: right the first time."
1441: <p>
1.247 jufi 1442: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1443:
1444:
1445: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1446: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1447:
1.247 jufi 1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1449: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1450: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1451: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1452: </strong></font><br>
1453: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1454: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1455: part 6</a>.
1456: <p>
1457:
1.247 jufi 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1459: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1460: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1461: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1462: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1463: </strong></font><br>
1464: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1465: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1466: <p>
1.301 jose 1467:
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1469: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1470: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1471: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473:
1474: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1475: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1476: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1477: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1478: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1479: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1480: <i>Here's the
1481: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1482: <p>
1.247 jufi 1483: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1484:
1485: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1486: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1489: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1490: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1491: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1492: </strong></font><br>
1493: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1494: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1495: <p>
1496:
1.247 jufi 1497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1498: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1499: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1500: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1501: </strong></font><br>
1502: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1503: this time using pf.
1504: <p>
1.247 jufi 1505: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1506:
1507: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1508: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1511: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1512: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1513: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1514: </strong></font><br>
1515: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1516: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1517: their rotation.
1518: <p>
1519:
1.247 jufi 1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1521: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1522: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1523: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1524: </strong></font><br>
1525: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1526: <p>
1.247 jufi 1527: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1528:
1.239 jufi 1529: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1530: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1531:
1.247 jufi 1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1533: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1534: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1535: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1536: </strong></font><br>
1537: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1538: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1539: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1540: <p>
1541:
1.247 jufi 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1543: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1544: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1545: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1546: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1547: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1548: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1549: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1550: <p>
1.247 jufi 1551: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1552:
1.235 lebel 1553: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1554: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1555:
1.239 jufi 1556:
1.247 jufi 1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1558: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1559: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1560: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1561: </strong></font><br>
1562: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1563: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1564: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1565: <p>
1.301 jose 1566:
1.247 jufi 1567: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1568:
1.228 horacio 1569: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1570: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1571:
1.247 jufi 1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1573: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1574: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1575: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1576: </strong></font><br>
1577: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1578: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1579: <p>
1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1582: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1583: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1584: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1585: </strong></font><br>
1586: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1587: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1588: <p>
1589:
1.247 jufi 1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1591: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1592: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1593: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1594: </strong></font><br>
1595: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1596: on the desktop of his parents.
1597: <p>
1598:
1.247 jufi 1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1600: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1601: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1602: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1603: </strong></font><br>
1604: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1605: using IPFilter.
1606:
1607: <p>
1608:
1.247 jufi 1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1610: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1611: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1612: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1613: </strong></font><br>
1614: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1615: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1616: perspectives of the four OS.
1617: <br>
1618: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1619: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1620: <p>
1621:
1.247 jufi 1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1623: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1624: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1625: software and security</a>,
1626: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1627: </strong></font><br>
1628:
1629: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1630: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1631: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1632: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1633: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1634: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1635: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1636: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1637: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1638: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1639: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1640: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1641: <p>
1.247 jufi 1642: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1643:
1.225 horacio 1644: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1645: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1646:
1.247 jufi 1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1648: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1649: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1650: Interview</a>,
1651: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1652: </strong></font><br>
1653:
1654: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1655: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1656: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1657: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1658: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1659: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1660: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1661: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1662: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1663: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1664: of choice.
1665: <p>
1.247 jufi 1666: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1667:
1668: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1669: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1670:
1.247 jufi 1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1672: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1673: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1674: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1675: </strong></font><br>
1676:
1677: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1678: <p>
1679:
1.247 jufi 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1681: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1682: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1683: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1684: </strong></font><br>
1685:
1686: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1687: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1688: <p>
1.247 jufi 1689: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1690:
1.218 horacio 1691: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1692: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1695: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1696: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1697: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1698: </strong></font><br>
1699:
1700: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1701: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1702: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1703: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1704: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1705: subjects. Worth a read.
1706: <p>
1707:
1708:
1.247 jufi 1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1710: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1711: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1712: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1713: </strong></font><br>
1714:
1715: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1716: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1717: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1718: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1719: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1720: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1721: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1722: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1723: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1724: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1725: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1726: on other operating systems.<br>
1727: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1728: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1729: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1730: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1731: <p>
1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1734: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1735: Operating System 2010</a>,
1736: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1737: </strong></font><br>
1738:
1739: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1740: covering the level of software integration into the core
1741: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1742: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1743: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1744: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1745: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1746: <p>
1747:
1.247 jufi 1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1749: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1750: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1751: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1752: </strong></font><br>
1753:
1754: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1755: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1756: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1757: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1758: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1759: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1760: <p>
1.247 jufi 1761: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1762:
1.210 jufi 1763: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1764: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1765:
1.247 jufi 1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1767: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1768: Already a Contender</a>,
1769: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1770: </strong></font><br>
1771:
1772: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1773: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1774: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1775: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1776: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1777: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1778: <p>
1779:
1.247 jufi 1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1781: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1782: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1783: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1784: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1785:
1.224 horacio 1786: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1787: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1788: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1789: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1790: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1791: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1792: <p>
1.247 jufi 1793: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1794:
1795: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1796: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1799: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1800: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1801: Division</a>,
1802: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1803: </strong></font><br>
1804:
1805: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1806: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1807: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1808: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1809: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1810: investment</em>.<br>
1811: The implementation details can be seen on their
1812: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1816: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1817: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1818: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1819: </strong></font><br>
1820:
1821: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1822: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1823: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1824: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1825: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1826: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1827: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1828: <p>
1829:
1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1831: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1832: Thinking about Security</a>,
1833: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1834: </strong></font><br>
1835:
1836: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1837: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1838: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1839: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1840: to time.<br>
1841: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1842: system and just the most secure system.
1843: <p>
1844:
1.247 jufi 1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1846: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1847: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1848: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1849: </strong></font><br>
1850:
1851: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1852: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1853: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1854: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1855: choice:<br>
1856: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1857: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1858: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1859: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1860: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1861: network security devices and as such must be well
1862: armored."</em><br>
1863: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1864: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1865: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1866: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1867: <br>
1868: Bravo!
1869: <p>
1.247 jufi 1870: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1871:
1.207 ian 1872: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1873: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1876: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1877: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1878: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1879:
1.207 ian 1880: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1881: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1882: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1883: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1884: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1885: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1886: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1887: <p>
1.247 jufi 1888: </ul>
1.207 ian 1889:
1.194 jufi 1890: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1891: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1892:
1.247 jufi 1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1894: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1895: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1896: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1897: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1898:
1.240 miod 1899: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1900: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1901: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1902: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1903: <p>
1904:
1.247 jufi 1905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1906: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1907: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1908: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1909:
1910: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1911: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1912: <p>
1913:
1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1915: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1916: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1917: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1918:
1919: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1920: <p>
1921:
1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1923: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1924: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1925: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1926: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1927:
1.240 miod 1928: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1929: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1930: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1931: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1932: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1933: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1934: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1935: <br>
1936: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1937: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1938: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1939: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1940: <p>
1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1943: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1944: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1945: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1946: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1947:
1.194 jufi 1948: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1949: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1950: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1951: <br>
1952: The new
1953: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1954: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1955: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1956: <p>
1.247 jufi 1957: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1958:
1.190 horacio 1959: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1960: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1961:
1.247 jufi 1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1963:
1964: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1965: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1966:
1.301 jose 1967:
1.191 jufi 1968: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1969: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1970:
1971: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1972: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1973:
1.212 horacio 1974: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1975: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1976: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1977:
1.211 horacio 1978: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1979: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1980: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1981:
1.247 jufi 1982: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1983: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1986: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1987:
1.212 horacio 1988: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1989: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1990: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1991:
1992: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1993: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1994:
1995: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1996: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1997:
1.301 jose 1998: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1999: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2000:
1.191 jufi 2001: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2002: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2003:
2004: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2005: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2006:
1.192 jufi 2007: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2008: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2009: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2010:
1.193 deraadt 2011: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2012: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2013: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2014:
1.247 jufi 2015: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2016: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2017:
1.247 jufi 2018: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2019: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2020: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2021:
1.213 horacio 2022: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2023: 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 2024: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2025:
1.190 horacio 2026: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2027: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2028: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2029: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2030: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2031: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2032: <p>
1.190 horacio 2033:
1.247 jufi 2034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2035: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2036: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2037: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2038: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2039:
1.195 jufi 2040: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2041: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2042: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2043: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2044: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2045: <p>
2046:
1.247 jufi 2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2048: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2049: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2050: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2051: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2052:
1.191 jufi 2053: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2054: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2055: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2056: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2057: <p>
2058:
2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2060: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2061: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2062: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2063:
2064: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2065: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2066: <p>
1.247 jufi 2067: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2068:
1.191 jufi 2069:
1.186 jufi 2070: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2071: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2074: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2075: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2076: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2078:
1.188 jufi 2079: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2080: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2081: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2082: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2083: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2084: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2085: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2086: <p>
2087:
1.301 jose 2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2089: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2090: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2091: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2092:
2093: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2094: <p>
1.191 jufi 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2097: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2098: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2099: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2100: </strong></font><br>
2101:
2102: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2103: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2104: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2105: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2106: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2107: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2108: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2109: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2110: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2111: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2112: familiar?
2113: <p>
1.247 jufi 2114: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2115:
1.178 louis 2116: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2117: <ul>
1.178 louis 2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2120: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2121: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2122: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2123: </strong></font><br>
2124:
2125: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2126: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2127: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2128: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2129: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2130: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2131: <p>
2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2134: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2135: Open source under the hood</a>,
2136: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2137: </strong></font><br>
2138:
2139: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2140: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2141: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2142: <p>
2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2145: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2146: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2147: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2148: </strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2151: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2152: <p>
1.247 jufi 2153: </ul>
1.179 louis 2154:
1.174 louis 2155:
1.175 louis 2156: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2157: <ul>
1.175 louis 2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2160: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2161: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2162: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2163: </strong></font><br>
2164:
2165: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2166: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2167: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2168: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2169: <p>
2170:
1.247 jufi 2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2172: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2173: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2174: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2175: </strong></font><br>
2176:
2177: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2178: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2179: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2180: <p>
1.247 jufi 2181: </ul>
1.175 louis 2182:
1.176 louis 2183:
1.172 mickey 2184: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2185: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2186:
1.247 jufi 2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2188: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2189: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2190: </strong></font><br>
2191:
2192: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2193: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2194: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2195: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2196: <p>
2197:
1.247 jufi 2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2199: <a
1.269 deraadt 2200: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2201: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2202: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2203: </strong></font><br>
2204:
2205: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2206: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2207: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2208: <p>
2209:
1.247 jufi 2210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2211: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2212: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2213: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2214: </strong></font><br>
2215:
2216: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2217: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2218: <p>
2219:
1.247 jufi 2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2221: <a
1.269 deraadt 2222: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2223: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2224: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2225: </strong></font><br>
2226:
2227: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2228: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2229: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2230: our own Theo de Raadt.
2231: <p>
2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2234: <a
1.269 deraadt 2235: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2236: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2237: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2238: </strong></font><br>
2239:
2240: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2241: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2242: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2243: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2244: shut down.]
2245: <p>
2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2248: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2249: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2250: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2251: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2252: </strong></font><br>
2253:
2254: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2255: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2256: <p>
1.247 jufi 2257: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2258:
1.161 louis 2259: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2260: <ul>
1.161 louis 2261:
1.247 jufi 2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2263: <a
1.269 deraadt 2264: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2265: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2266: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2267: </strong></font><br>
2268:
2269: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2270: by John Wolley
2271: <p>
2272:
1.247 jufi 2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2274: <a
1.269 deraadt 2275: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2276: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2277: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2278: </strong></font><br>
2279:
2280: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2281: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2282: OpenBSD).
2283: <p>
2284:
1.247 jufi 2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2286: <a
1.247 jufi 2287: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2288: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2289: </strong></font><br>
2290:
2291: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2292: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2293: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2294: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2295: and hindsight.
2296: <p>
2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2299: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2300: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2301: </strong></font><br>
2302:
2303: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2304: <p>
2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2307: <a
1.168 provos 2308: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2309: December 7, 2000
2310: </strong></font><br>
2311:
2312: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2313: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2314: us explain.
2315: <p>
2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2318: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2319: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2320: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2321: December 6, 2000
2322: </strong></font><br>
2323:
2324: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2325: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2326: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2327: <p>
2328:
1.247 jufi 2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2330: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2331: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2332: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2333: </strong></font><br>
2334:
2335: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2336: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2337: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2338: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2339: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2340: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2341: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2342: <p>
2343:
2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2345: <a
1.226 horacio 2346: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2347: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2348: </strong></font><br>
2349:
2350: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2351: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2352: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2353: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2354: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2355: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2356: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2357: <p>
1.162 millert 2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2360: <a
1.161 louis 2361: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2362: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2363: </strong></font><br>
2364:
2365: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2366: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2367: <p>
2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2370: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2371: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2372: </strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2375: <p>
2376:
2377:
1.247 jufi 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2379: <a
1.226 horacio 2380: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2381: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2382: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2383: </strong></font><br>
2384:
2385: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2386: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2387: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2388: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2389: <p>
1.247 jufi 2390: </ul>
1.169 louis 2391:
1.158 louis 2392: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2393: <ul>
1.147 louis 2394:
1.247 jufi 2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2396: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2397: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2398: </strong></font><br>
2399:
2400: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2401: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2402: <p>
2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2405: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2406: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2407: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2408: </strong></font><br>
2409: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2410: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2411: <p>
2412:
1.247 jufi 2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2414: <a
2415: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2416: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2417: </strong></font><br>
2418:
2419: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2420: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2421: <p>
2422:
1.247 jufi 2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2424: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2425: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2426: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2427:
1.213 horacio 2428: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2429: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2430: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2431: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2432: <p>
1.215 horacio 2433:
1.247 jufi 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2435: <a
2436: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2437: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2438: </strong></font><br>
2439:
2440: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2441: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2442: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2443: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2444: much of the attitude too).
2445: <p>
1.161 louis 2446:
1.247 jufi 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2448: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2449: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2450: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2451:
1.157 louis 2452: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2453: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2454: <p>
1.247 jufi 2455: </ul>
1.157 louis 2456:
2457: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2458: <ul>
1.157 louis 2459:
1.247 jufi 2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2461: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2462: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2463: </strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2466: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2467: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2468: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2469: <p>
2470:
1.247 jufi 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2472: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2473: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2474: </strong></font><br>
2475:
2476: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2477: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2478: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2479: it because they love coding...
2480: <p>
2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2483: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2484: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2485: </strong></font><br>
2486:
2487: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2488: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2489: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2490: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2491: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2492: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2493: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2494: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2495: <p>
2496:
1.247 jufi 2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2498: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2499: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2500: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2501: </strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2504: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2505: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2506: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2507: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2508: the pizza.
2509: <p>
2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2512: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2513: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2514: </strong></font><br>
2515:
2516: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2517: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2518: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2519: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2520: problems.
2521: <p>
2522:
1.247 jufi 2523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2524: <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 2525: </strong></font><br>
2526:
1.222 miod 2527: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2528: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2529: - whether they like it or not.
2530: <p>
2531:
1.247 jufi 2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2533: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2534: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2535: </strong></font><br>
2536:
2537: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2538: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2539: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2540: <p>
1.148 aaron 2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2543: <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 2544: </strong></font><br>
2545:
2546: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2547: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2548: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2549: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2550: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2551: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2552: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2553: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2554: <p>
2555:
1.247 jufi 2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2557: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2558: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2559: </strong></font><br>
2560:
2561: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2562: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2563: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2564: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2565: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2566: <p>
1.247 jufi 2567: </ul>
1.147 louis 2568:
1.138 louis 2569: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2570: <ul>
1.138 louis 2571:
1.247 jufi 2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2573: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2574: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2575: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2576: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2577: </strong></font><br>
2578:
1.227 horacio 2579: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2580: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2581: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2582: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2583: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2584: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2585: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2586: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2587: <p>
2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2590: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2591: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2592: </strong></font><br>
2593:
2594: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2595: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2596: groups, and even Linux.
2597: <p>
2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2600: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2601: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2602: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2603: </strong></font><br>
2604:
2605: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2606: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2607: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2608: library after installing the OS.
2609: <p>
2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2612: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2613: Sys Admin, September 2000
2614: </strong></font><br>
2615:
2616: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2617: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2618: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2619: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2620: (<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>,
2621: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2622: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2623: <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 2624: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2625: out of the system.
2626: <p>
2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2629: <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
2630: </strong></font><br>
2631:
2632: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2633: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2634: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2635: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2636: the IP filtering and address translation.
2637: <p>
1.301 jose 2638:
2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2640: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2641: </strong></font><br>
2642:
2643: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2644: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2645: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2646: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2647: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2648: <p>
1.247 jufi 2649: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2650:
1.131 louis 2651: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2652: <ul>
1.131 louis 2653:
1.247 jufi 2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2655: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2656: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2657: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2658: </strong></font><br>
2659:
2660: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2661: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2662: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2663: <p>
2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2666: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2667: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2668: </strong></font><br>
2669:
2670: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2671: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2672: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2673: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2674: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2675: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2676: note of"</i>.
2677: <p>
2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2680: <a
1.247 jufi 2681: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2682: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2683: </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2686: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2687: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2688: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2689: <p>
2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2692: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2693: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2694: </strong></font><br>
2695:
2696: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2697: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2698: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2699: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2700: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2701: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2702: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2703: <p>
2704:
1.247 jufi 2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2706: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2707: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2708: 2000
2709: </strong></font><br>
2710:
2711: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2712: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2713: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2714: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2715: against current industry practices.
2716: <p>
2717:
1.247 jufi 2718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2719: <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
2720: </strong></font><br>
2721:
2722: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2723: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2724: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2725: <p>
2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2728: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2729: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2730: </strong></font><br>
2731:
2732: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2733: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2734: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2735: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2736: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2737: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2738: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2739: <p>
2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2742: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2743: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2744: </strong></font><br>
2745:
2746: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2747: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2748: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2749: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2750: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2751: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2752: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2753: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2754: <p>
1.247 jufi 2755: </ul>
1.131 louis 2756:
1.118 louis 2757: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2758: <ul>
1.118 louis 2759:
1.247 jufi 2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2761: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2762: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2763: </strong></font><br>
2764:
2765: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2766: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2767: about time. The article mentions that
2768: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2769: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2770: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2771: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2772: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2773: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2774: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2775: <p>
2776:
1.247 jufi 2777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2778: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2779: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2780: </strong></font><br>
2781:
2782: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2783: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2784: of OpenSSH.
2785: <p>
2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2788: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2789: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2790: </strong></font><br>
2791:
2792: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2793: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2794: bridging.
2795: <p>
2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2798: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2799: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2800: </strong></font><br>
2801:
1.121 deraadt 2802: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2803: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2804: <p>
2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2807: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2808: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2809: </strong></font><br>
2810:
2811: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2812: <p>
2813:
1.247 jufi 2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2815: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2816: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2817: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2818: </strong></font><br>
2819:
1.120 deraadt 2820: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2821: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2822: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2823: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2824: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2825: <p>
2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2828: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2829: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2830: </strong></font><br>
2831:
1.222 miod 2832: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2833: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2834: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2835: protocols and their quirks.
2836: <p>
2837:
1.247 jufi 2838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2839: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2840: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2841: </strong></font><br>
2842:
2843: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2844: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2845: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2846: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2847: <p>
2848:
1.247 jufi 2849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2850: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2851: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2852: </strong></font><br>
2853:
2854: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2855: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2856: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2857: <p>
2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2860: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2861: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2862: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2863: </strong></font><br>
2864:
2865: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2866: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2867: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2868: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2869: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2870: <p>
1.247 jufi 2871: </ul>
1.118 louis 2872:
1.104 louis 2873: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2874: <ul>
1.104 louis 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2877: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2878: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2879: </strong></font><br>
2880:
2881: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2882: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2883: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2884: be a bit dry.
2885: <p>
2886:
1.247 jufi 2887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2888: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2889: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2890: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2891: </strong></font><br>
2892: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2893: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2894: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2895: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2896: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2897: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2898: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2899: <p>
2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2902: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2903: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2904: 2000
1.128 louis 2905: </strong></font><br>
2906:
2907: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2908: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2909: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2910: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2911: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2912: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2913: <p>
2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2916: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2917: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2918: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2919:
2920: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2921: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2922: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2923: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2924: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2925: <p>
1.110 louis 2926:
1.247 jufi 2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2928: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2929: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2930: </strong></font><br>
2931:
2932: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2933: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2934: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2935: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2936: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2937: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2938: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2939: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2940: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2941: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2942: <p>
2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2945: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2946: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2947:
2948: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2949: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2950: <p>
1.108 louis 2951:
1.247 jufi 2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2953: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2954: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2955: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2956:
2957: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2958: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2959: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2960: <p>
1.106 louis 2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2963: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2964: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2965: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2966:
2967: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2968: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2969: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2970: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2971: <p>
1.107 louis 2972:
1.247 jufi 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2974: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2975: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2976: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2977:
2978: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2979: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2980: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2981: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2982: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2983: <p>
1.105 louis 2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2986: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2987: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2988: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2989:
1.113 naddy 2990: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2991: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2992: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2993: <p>
1.104 louis 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2996: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2997: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2998: </strong></font><br>
2999:
3000: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3001: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3002: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3003: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3004: <p>
1.301 jose 3005:
3006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3007: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3008: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3009: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3010:
3011: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3012: hardware-supported cryptography.
3013: <p>
1.247 jufi 3014: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3015:
1.85 louis 3016: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3017: <ul>
1.85 louis 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3020: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3021: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3022: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3023:
3024: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3025: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3026: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3027: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3028: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3029: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3030: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3031: <p>
1.99 louis 3032:
1.247 jufi 3033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3034: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3035: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3036: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3037:
3038: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3039: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3040: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3041: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3042: <p>
1.100 louis 3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3045: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3046: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3047: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3048:
3049: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3050: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3051: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3052: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3053: <p>
1.95 louis 3054:
1.247 jufi 3055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3056: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3057: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3058: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3059:
3060: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3061: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3062: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3063: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3064: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3065: <p>
1.92 louis 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3068: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3069: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3070: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3071:
3072: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3073: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3074: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3075: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3076: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3077: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3078: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3079: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3080: <p>
1.91 louis 3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3083: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3084: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3085: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3086:
3087: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3088: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3089: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3090: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3091: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3092: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3093: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3094: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3095: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3096: <p>
1.90 louis 3097:
1.247 jufi 3098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3099: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3100: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3101: </strong></font><br>
3102: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3103: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3104: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3105: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3106: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3107: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3108: <p>
3109:
1.247 jufi 3110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3111: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3112: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3113: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3114:
1.113 naddy 3115: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3116: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3117: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3118: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3119: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3120: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3121: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3122: <p>
1.87 louis 3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3125: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3126: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3128:
3129: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3130: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3131: <p>
1.85 louis 3132:
1.247 jufi 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3134: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3135: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3136: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3139: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3140: <p>
3141:
3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3143: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3144: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3145: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3146:
3147: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3148: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3149: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3150: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3151: <p>
1.89 louis 3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3154: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3155: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3156: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3157:
3158: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3159: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3160: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3161: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3162: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3163: </ul>
1.85 louis 3164:
1.78 deraadt 3165: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3166: <ul>
1.74 louis 3167:
1.247 jufi 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3169: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3170: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3171: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3172: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3173:
3174: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3175: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3176: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3177: <p>
1.83 louis 3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3180: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3181: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3182: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3183:
3184: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3185: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3186: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3187: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3188: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3189: <p>
1.93 louis 3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3192: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3193: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3194: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3195: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3196:
1.83 louis 3197: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3198: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3199: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3200: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3201: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3202: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3203: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3204: <p>
1.82 aaron 3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3207: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3208: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3210:
1.83 louis 3211: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3212: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3213: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3214: <p>
1.80 louis 3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3217: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3218: Bad Press</a>,
3219: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3220: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3221:
3222: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3223: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3224: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3225: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3226: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3227: <p>
1.247 jufi 3228: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3229:
3230: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3231: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3234: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3235: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3236: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3237: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3238:
3239: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3240: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3241: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3242: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3243: <p>
1.74 louis 3244:
1.247 jufi 3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3246: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3247: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3248: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3249:
1.219 horacio 3250: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3251: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3252: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3253: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3254: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3255: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3256: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3257: <p>
1.88 louis 3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3260: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3261: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3262: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3263:
3264: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3265: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3266: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3267: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3268: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3269: <p>
1.81 louis 3270:
1.247 jufi 3271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3272: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3273: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3274: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3275:
3276: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3277: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3278: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3279: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3280: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3281: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3282: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3283: <p>
1.90 louis 3284:
1.247 jufi 3285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3286: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3287: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3288: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3289:
3290: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3291: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3292: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3293: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3294: <p>
1.247 jufi 3295: </ul>
1.71 louis 3296:
1.69 deraadt 3297: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3298: <ul>
1.70 louis 3299:
1.247 jufi 3300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3301: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3302: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3303: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3304:
3305: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3306: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3307: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3308: <p>
1.70 louis 3309:
1.247 jufi 3310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3311: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3312: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3313: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3314:
3315: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3316: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3317: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3318: <p>
1.68 louis 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3321: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3322: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3323: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3324: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3325:
1.111 jufi 3326: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3327: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3328: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3329: "secure by default" installation.
3330: <p>
1.64 louis 3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3333: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3334: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3335: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3336:
1.113 naddy 3337: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3338: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3339: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3340: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3341: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3342: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3343: <p>
1.66 louis 3344:
1.247 jufi 3345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3346: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3347: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3348: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3349:
3350: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3351: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3352: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3353: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3354: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3355: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3356: <p>
1.83 louis 3357:
1.247 jufi 3358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3359: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3360: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3361: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3362:
3363: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3364: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3365: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3366: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3367: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3368: <p>
1.64 louis 3369:
1.247 jufi 3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3371: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3372: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3373: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3374:
3375: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3376: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3377: <p>
1.301 jose 3378:
3379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3380: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3381: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3382: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3383: </strong></font><br>
3384:
3385: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3386: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3387: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3388: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3389: Giving way to
3390: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3391: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3392: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3393: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3394: <p>
1.247 jufi 3395: </ul>
1.65 louis 3396:
1.69 deraadt 3397: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3398: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3399:
1.247 jufi 3400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3401: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3402: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3403: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3404:
3405: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3406: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3407: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3408: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3409: <p>
1.88 louis 3410:
1.247 jufi 3411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3412: <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 3413: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3414:
3415: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3416: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3417: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3418: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3419: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3420: <p>
1.60 louis 3421:
1.247 jufi 3422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3423: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3424: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3425: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3426: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3427:
3428: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3429: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3430: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3431: <p>
1.58 louis 3432:
1.247 jufi 3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3434: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3435: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3436:
3437: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3438: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3439: <p>
1.53 louis 3440:
1.247 jufi 3441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3442: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3443: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3444: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3445:
3446: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3447: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3448: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3449: <p>
1.99 louis 3450:
1.247 jufi 3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3452: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3453: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3454:
3455: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3456: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3457: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3458: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3459: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3460:
1.247 jufi 3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3462: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3463: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3464: </strong></font><br>
3465:
3466: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3467: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3468: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3469: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3470: <p>
3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3473: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3474: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3475: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3476:
3477: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3478: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3479: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3480:
1.247 jufi 3481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3482: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3483: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3484:
3485: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3486: in
1.247 jufi 3487: <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 3488: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3489: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3490: <p>
1.53 louis 3491:
1.247 jufi 3492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3493: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3494: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3495: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3496: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3497:
1.58 louis 3498: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3499: <p>
1.301 jose 3500:
3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3502: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3503: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3504: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3505: Informacyjny, January 2000
3506: </strong></font><br>
3507:
3508: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3509: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3510: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3511: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3512: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3513: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3514: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3515: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3516: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3517: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3518: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3519: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3520: <p>
3521:
3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3523: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3524: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3525: </strong></font><br>
3526:
3527: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3528: <p>
3529: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3530:
1.69 deraadt 3531: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3532: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3533:
1.247 jufi 3534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3535: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3536: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3537: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3538: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3539:
1.58 louis 3540: Kurt Seifried
3541: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3542: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3543: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3544: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3545:
1.247 jufi 3546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3547: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3548: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3549: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3550:
3551: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3552: <p>
1.96 louis 3553:
1.247 jufi 3554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3555: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3556: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3557: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3558: </strong></font><br>
3559:
3560: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3561: <p>
3562:
3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3564: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3565: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3566: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3567:
3568: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3569: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3570: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3571: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3572: <p>
1.247 jufi 3573: </ul>
1.86 louis 3574:
1.69 deraadt 3575: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3576: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3577:
1.247 jufi 3578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3579: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3580: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3581: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3582:
3583: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3584: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3585: <p>
1.61 louis 3586:
1.247 jufi 3587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3588: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3589: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3590: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3591: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3592:
3593: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3594: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3595: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3596: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3597: right -- or at least strives to".
3598: <p>
1.48 louis 3599:
1.247 jufi 3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3601: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3602: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3603: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3604: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3605: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3606: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3607: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3608: <p>
1.61 louis 3609:
1.247 jufi 3610: <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 3611: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3612: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3613:
3614: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3615: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3616: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3617: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3618: <p>
1.46 louis 3619:
1.247 jufi 3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3621: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3622: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3623: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3624:
3625: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3626: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3627: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3628:
1.247 jufi 3629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3630: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3631: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3632: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3633:
3634: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3635: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3636: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3637: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3638: <p>
1.247 jufi 3639: </ul>
1.70 louis 3640:
1.69 deraadt 3641: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3642: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3643:
1.247 jufi 3644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3645: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3646: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3647: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3648: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3649:
3650: Kurt Seifried
3651: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3652: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3653: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3654: <p>
1.44 philen 3655:
1.247 jufi 3656: <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 3657: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3658: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3659:
3660: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3661: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3662:
1.247 jufi 3663: <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 3664: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3665: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3666:
3667: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3668: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3669:
1.247 jufi 3670: <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 3671: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3672: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3673:
3674: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3675: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3676: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3677: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3678: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3679:
1.247 jufi 3680: <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 3681: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3682: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3683:
1.36 louis 3684: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3685: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3688: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3689: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3690: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3691:
3692: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3693: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3694: </ul>
1.38 louis 3695:
1.69 deraadt 3696: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3697: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <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 3700: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3701: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3702:
3703: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3704: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3705: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3706:
1.113 naddy 3707: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3708: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3709: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3710: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3711:
3712: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3713: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3714: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3715: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3716: <blockquote>
3717: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3718: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3719: <br>
3720: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3721: </code>
3722: </blockquote>
3723: <p>
3724:
1.247 jufi 3725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3726: <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 3727: <p>
3728:
3729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3730: <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 3731: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3732:
3733: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3734: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3735: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3736: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3737:
1.247 jufi 3738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3739: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3740: Sept. 28, 1999
3741: </strong></font><br>
3742:
3743: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3744: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3745: translating and reprinting articles from
3746: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3747: <p>
3748:
3749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3750: <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 3751: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3752:
3753: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3754: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3755: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3756: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3757: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3758: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3759: <p>
1.19 louis 3760:
1.113 naddy 3761: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3762: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3763: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3764:
3765: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3766: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3767: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3768: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3769: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3770: <p>
1.16 louis 3771:
1.247 jufi 3772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3773: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3774: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3775: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3776:
1.57 louis 3777: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3778: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3779: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3780: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3781:
1.247 jufi 3782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3783: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3784: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3785: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3786:
1.113 naddy 3787: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3790: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3791: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3792: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3793:
1.23 louis 3794: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3795: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3796: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3797: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3798: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3799: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3800:
1.247 jufi 3801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3802: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3803: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3804: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3805:
1.199 pvalchev 3806: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3807: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3808: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3809: installation.
1.113 naddy 3810: <p>
1.47 louis 3811:
1.247 jufi 3812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3813: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3814: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3815: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3816:
1.301 jose 3817: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3818: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3819: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3820: </ul>
1.57 louis 3821:
1.69 deraadt 3822: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3823: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3826: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3827: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3828: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3829:
3830: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3831: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3832: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3833: <p>
1.12 louis 3834:
1.247 jufi 3835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3836: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3837: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3838: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3839:
3840: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3841: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3842: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3843: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3844: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3845: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3846: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3847: <p>
1.247 jufi 3848: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3849:
1.69 deraadt 3850: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3851: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3852:
1.247 jufi 3853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3854: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3855: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3856:
3857: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3858: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3859: available."
1.113 naddy 3860: <p>
1.301 jose 3861:
3862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3863: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3864: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3865: </strong></font><br>
3866:
3867: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3868: <p>
1.247 jufi 3869: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3870:
1.69 deraadt 3871: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3872: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3875: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3876: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3877:
3878: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3879: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3880: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3881: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3882: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3883: <p>
1.33 louis 3884:
1.247 jufi 3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3886: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3887: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3888: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3889:
1.113 naddy 3890: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3891: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3892: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3893: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3894: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3895: <p>
1.247 jufi 3896: </ul>
1.57 louis 3897:
1.69 deraadt 3898: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3899: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3900:
1.247 jufi 3901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3902: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3903: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3904: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3905:
3906: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3907: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3908: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3909:
1.247 jufi 3910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3911: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3912: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3913: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3914: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3915:
3916: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3917: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3918:
1.247 jufi 3919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3920: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3921:
1.113 naddy 3922: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3923:
1.247 jufi 3924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3925: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3926: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3927: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3928:
3929: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3930: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3931: </ul>
1.23 louis 3932:
1.69 deraadt 3933: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3934: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3935:
1.247 jufi 3936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3937: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3938: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3939:
3940: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3941: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3942: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3945: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3946: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3947: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3948:
3949: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3950: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3951: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3952: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3953: </ul>
1.57 louis 3954:
1.69 deraadt 3955: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3956: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3959: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3960: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3961: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3962:
3963: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3964: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3965: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3966: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3967: <p>
1.15 louis 3968:
1.247 jufi 3969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3970: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3971: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3972: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3973:
3974: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3975: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3976: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3977: columns."
1.113 naddy 3978: <p>
1.247 jufi 3979: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3980:
1.69 deraadt 3981: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3982: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3983:
1.247 jufi 3984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3985: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3986: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3987: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3988:
3989: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3990: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3991:
1.113 naddy 3992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3993: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3994: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3995:
3996: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3997: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3998: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3999: </ul>
1.57 louis 4000:
1.69 deraadt 4001: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4002: <ul>
1.301 jose 4003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4004: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4005: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4006: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4007:
4008: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4009: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4010: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4011: <p>
4012:
4013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4014: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4015: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4016: Nov 13, 1998 and
4017: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4018: Datateknik</a>,
4019: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4020:
1.380 saad 4021: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4022: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4023: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4024: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4025: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4026:
1.113 naddy 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4028: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4029: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4030: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4031:
1.222 miod 4032: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4033: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4034: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4035: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4036: <p>
1.247 jufi 4037: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4038:
1.69 deraadt 4039: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4040: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4041:
1.247 jufi 4042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4043: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4044: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4045:
1.69 deraadt 4046: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4047: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4048: <p>
1.247 jufi 4049: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4050:
1.69 deraadt 4051: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4052: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4053:
1.247 jufi 4054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4055: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4056: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4057: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4058:
1.383 jcs 4059: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4060: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4061: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4062:
1.247 jufi 4063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4064: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4065: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4066: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4067: <p>
1.247 jufi 4068: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4069:
1.69 deraadt 4070: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4071: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4072:
1.247 jufi 4073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4074: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4075: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4076: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4077: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4078: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4079:
4080: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4081: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4082: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4083: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4084: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4085: <p>
1.247 jufi 4086: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4087:
4088: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4089: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4090:
1.247 jufi 4091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4092: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4093: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4094:
1.69 deraadt 4095: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4096: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4097: <p>
1.112 naddy 4098:
1.247 jufi 4099: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4100: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4101:
1.292 camield 4102: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4103: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4104: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.394 ! jolan 4105: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.393 2004/05/19 05:33:25 david Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4106:
4107: </body>
4108: </html>
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