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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.393 david 19: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ! ian 22: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
! 23: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
! 24: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
! 27: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
! 28: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
! 29: on inserting large number of SQL records.
! 30: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
! 31: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
! 32: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
! 33: <p>
! 34:
! 35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 36: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
37: Secure by Default</a>,
38: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
41: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
42: <p>
43:
44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
45: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
46: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
47: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
48: </strong></font><br>
49: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
50: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
51: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
52: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
53: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
54: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
55: <p>
56:
57: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
58: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
59: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
60: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
61: </strong></font><br>
62: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
63: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
64: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
65: <p>
66:
67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
68: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
69: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
70: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
71: </strong></font><br>
72: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
73: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
74: <p>
75: </ul>
76:
1.388 mcbride 77: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
78: <ul>
1.394 jolan 79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
81: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
82: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
83: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
84: </strong></font><br>
85: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
86: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
87: available for sparc64.
88: <p>
89:
1.390 beck 90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 91: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
92: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
93: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
94: </strong></font><br>
95: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
96: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
97: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
98: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 102: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
103: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 104: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 105: </strong></font><br>
106: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
107: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
108: it does: CARP provides sharing
109: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
110: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
111: detail to get you started using it.
112: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
113: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
114: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
115: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
116: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
117: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
118: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 119: <p>
1.391 ian 120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 122: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 123: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
124: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 125: </strong></font><br>
126: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 127: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 128: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 129: <p>
1.388 mcbride 130:
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
132: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
133: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 134: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 135: </strong></font><br>
136: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
137: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
138: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
139: unencumbered by patents.
140: <p>
141: </ul>
142:
1.378 henning 143: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
144: <ul>
1.384 jose 145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 147: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
148: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
149: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
150: </strong></font><br>
151: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
152: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
153: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
154: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
155: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
156: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
157: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
158: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
159: in the page tables."
160: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
161: <p>
162:
163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 164: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
165: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
166: </strong></font><br>
167: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
168: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
169: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
170: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 171: <p>
1.384 jose 172:
1.378 henning 173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 174: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
175: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 176: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
177: </strong></font><br>
178: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
179: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
180: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
181: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
182: (quote:
183: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
184: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 185: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 186: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
187: the other developers for their work on the system.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 191: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
192: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
193: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 194: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 195: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
196: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
197: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
198: too.
199: <p>
200:
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 202: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
203: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 204: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 205: OpenBSD source code using
206: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
207: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
208: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
209: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
210: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
211: <p>
212: </ul>
213:
1.374 jose 214: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
215: <ul>
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 217: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 218: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
219: </strong></font><br>
220: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
221: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
222: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
223: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
224: it."
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 228: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
229: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
230: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
231: </strong></font><br/>
232: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
233: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
234: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
235: <p>
236: </ul>
237:
1.369 ian 238: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
239: <ul>
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 241: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
242: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
243: </strong></font><br/>
244: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
245: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
246: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
247: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
248: <p>
249:
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 251: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
252: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
253: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
254: </strong></font><br/>
255: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
256: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
257: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
258: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
259: form factor.
260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
263: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
264: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
265: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
266: Features</a>,
267: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
268: </strong></font><br/>
269: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
270: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
271: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
272: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
273: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
274: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
275: <p>
276: This article can also be found online at:
277: <ul>
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 279: <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 280: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
281: </strong></font>
282: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
283: </ul>
284: <p>
1.392 david 285:
1.371 jose 286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 287: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
288: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 289: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
290: </strong></font><br/>
291: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
292: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
293: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 294: <p>
1.371 jose 295:
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 297: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 298: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 299: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 300: </strong></font><br/>
301: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
302: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
303: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
304: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
305: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
306: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
307: and its history with OpenBSD.
308: </ul>
309:
1.368 henning 310: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
311: <ul>
312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 313: [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 314: </strong></font><br>
315: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
316: </ul>
317:
1.364 jose 318: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
319: <ul>
320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 321: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
322: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
323: UNIX Review,
324: July, 2003.
325: </strong></font><br>
326: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
327: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
328: who want more information.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 332: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
333: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
334: Government Computer News,
335: July 22, 2003.
336: </strong></font><br>
337: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
338: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
339: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
340: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
341: <p>
342:
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
344: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
345: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
346: SANS Institute,
347: July 22, 2003.
348: </strong></font><br>
349: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 350: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 351: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
352: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
353: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
354: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
355: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
356: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
357: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
358: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
359: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 363: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
364: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
365: OnLamp.com,
366: July 17, 2003.
367: </strong></font><br>
368: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
369: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
370: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
371: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
372: have been working on.
373:
374: </ul>
375:
1.356 jose 376: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 377: <ul>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 380: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
381: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
382: UNIX Review,
383: June, 2003.
384: </strong></font><br>
385: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
386: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
387: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
388: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
389: <p>
390:
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 392: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
393: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
394: eWeek,
395: June 23, 2003.
396: </strong></font><br>
397: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
398: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
399: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
400: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
401: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
402: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 406: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
407: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
408: Software Development Online,
409: June, 2003.
410: </strong></font><br>
411: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
412: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
413: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
414: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
415: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
416: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
417: current activities.
418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 421: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
422: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 423: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
424: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
425: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
426: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
427: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
428: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
429: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
430: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 431: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 432: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
433: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
434: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
435: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
436: decisions.
437: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
438: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
439: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
440: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 441: <p>
442:
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 444: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
445: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
446: Page 58, eWeek,
447: June 2, 2003.
448: </strong></font><br>
449: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
450: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
451: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
452: been addressed in -current.
453: <p>
454:
1.356 jose 455: </ul>
456:
457: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
458: <ul>
459:
1.355 jose 460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 461: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
462: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
463: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
464: </strong></font><br>
465: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
466: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
467: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
468: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
469: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
470: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
471: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
472: <p>
473:
474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 475: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
476: Beyond Linux</a>,
477: InfoWorld,
478: May 23, 2003.
479: </strong></font><br>
480: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
481: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
482: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
483: compared to the GPL.
484: <p>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 487: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
488: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
489: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 490: May 17, 2003.
491: </strong></font><br>
492: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
493: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
494: the business section and half of another page inside
495: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
496: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
497: in talking about the project's history and goals.
498: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
499: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
500: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
501: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 502: <br>
503: This article can also be found online at:
504: <ul>
505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
506: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
507: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
508: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
509: May 17, 2003
510: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 511: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
513: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
514: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
515: Montreal Gazette,
516: May 21, 2003
517: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 518: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 519: <p>
1.346 ian 520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 522: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 523: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 524: May 7, 2003.
525: </strong></font><br>
526: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
527: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
528: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
529: <p>
530:
531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 532: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
533: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
534: OsOpinion,
535: May 6, 2003.
536: </strong></font><br>
537: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
538: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
539: <br>
540: This article can also be found online at:
541: <ul>
542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
543: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
544: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
545: NewsFactor Network.
546: </strong></font>
547: </ul>
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 551: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 552: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
553: ITBusiness,
554: May 2, 2003.
555: </strong></font><br>
556: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
557: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
558: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
559: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
560: <p>
561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 563: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
564: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
565: InfoWorld,
566: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 567: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 568: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
569: <br>
570: This article can also be found online at:
571: <ul>
572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
573: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
574: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
575: IDG Singapore.
576: </strong></font>
577: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 578: <p>
579:
1.339 jose 580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
581: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
582: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 583: ZDNet,
584: May 1, 2003.
585: </strong></font><br>
586: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 587: someone using parts from previous articles.
588: <br>
1.341 deraadt 589: This article can also be found online at:
590: <ul>
591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
592: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
593: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
594: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 595: </strong></font>
596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
597: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
598: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
599: CNET News.com.
600: </strong></font>
601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
602: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
603: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
604: ZDNet UK.
605: </strong></font>
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
607: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
608: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
609: Help Net Security, Croatia.
610: </strong></font>
611: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 612: <p>
1.339 jose 613:
1.341 deraadt 614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 615: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 616: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
617: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
618: May 1, 2003.
619: </strong></font><br>
620: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
621: that have been added
622: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
623: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
624: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 625: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 626: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
627: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
628: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 629: <p>
630:
631: </ul>
632:
1.253 ian 633: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
634: <ul>
1.255 ian 635:
1.260 ian 636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 637: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 638: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
639: TechRepublic,
640: April 28, 2003.
641: </strong></font><br>
642: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
643: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 644: work.<br>
645: Can also be found online at:
646: <ul>
647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
648: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
649: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
650: ZDNet UK.
651: </strong></font>
652: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 653: <p>
654:
655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 656: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
657: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
658: IDG,
659: April 24, 2003.
660: </strong></font><br>
661: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
662: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
663: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
664: Can also be found online at:
665: <ul>
666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
667: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
668: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 669: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 670: </strong></font>
671: </ul>
672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
675: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 676: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 677: Slate,
678: April 24, 2003.
679: </strong></font><br>
680: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
681: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
682: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
683: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
684: <p>
685:
686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 687: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
688: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
689: April 24, 2003.
690: </strong></font><br>
691: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
692: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
693: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
694: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
695: <p>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 698: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
699: April 24, 2003.
700: </strong></font><br>
701: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
702: the free software community".
703: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
704: other articles.
705: <p>
706:
707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 708: <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 709: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
710: </strong></font><br>
711: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
712: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
713: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
714: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
715: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
716: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
717: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
718: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
719: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
720: <br/>
721: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
722: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
723: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
724: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 725: <br>
726: Can also be found online at:
727: <ul>
728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
729: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
730: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
731: Common Dreams NewsCenter
732: </strong></font>
733: </ul>
1.324 ian 734: <p>
735:
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
737: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
738: Wired, April 24, 2003.
739: </strong></font><br>
740: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
741: article above.
742: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
743: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
744: wasting them."
1.332 ian 745: <br>
746: Can also be found online at:
747: <ul>
748: <li>
749: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
750: </strong></font>
751: </ul>
1.324 ian 752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 755: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
756: </strong></font><br>
757: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
758: <p>
759:
760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 761: <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.
762: </strong></font><br>
763: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
764: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
765: <p>
766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 768: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
769: April 23, 2003.
770: </strong></font><br>
771: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
772: <p>
773:
774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 775: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 776: April 22, 2003.
777: </strong></font><br>
778: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
779: <p>
780:
781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 782: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
783: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
784: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 785: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 786: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
787: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
788: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
789: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
790: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
791: Can also be found online at:
792: <ul>
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
794: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 795: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
796: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 797: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
799: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 800: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
801: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 802: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 803: </ul>
804: <p>
805:
806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 807: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
808: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 809: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 810: </strong></font><br>
811: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 812: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
813: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
814: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
815: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
816: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
817: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 818: <p>
819:
820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 821: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
822: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 823: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
824: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 825: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
826: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
827: at UPenn and DARPA.
828: <p>
829:
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 831: [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,
832: France
1.315 deraadt 833: April 18, 2003.
834: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 835: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 836: <p>
837:
838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 839: [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 840: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 841: </strong></font><br>
842: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
843: <p>
844:
845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 846: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
847: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
848: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 849: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 850: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
851: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
852: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
853: <p>
854:
855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 856: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
857: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 858: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 859: </strong></font><br>
860: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
861: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
862: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 863: American century.
1.267 deraadt 864: <p>
865:
866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 867: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
868: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 869: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 870: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 871: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
872: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
873: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
874: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
875: Can also be found online at:
876: <ul>
877: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
878: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 879: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 880: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 881: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 885: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 886: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 887: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 888: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 889: </strong></font><br>
890: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 891: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
892: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
893: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
894: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 895:
896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
897: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
898: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
899: New York Times.
900: </strong></font>(free registration required)
901:
1.273 deraadt 902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
903: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 904: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 905: ABC News.
906: </strong></font>
907:
908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 909: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 910: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 911: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 912: </strong></font>
913:
914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 915: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 916: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 917: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 918: </strong></font>
919:
920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 921: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
922: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 923: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 924: </strong></font>
925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 927: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 928: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 929: Times Daily, AL.
930: </strong></font>
931:
932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
933: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
934: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
935: Boston.com, MA.
936: </strong></font>
937:
938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 939: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 940: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 941: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
942: </strong></font>
943:
944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 945: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
946: [Article was pulled]</a>
947: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 948: </strong></font>
949:
950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
951: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
952: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
953: Infoshop News.
954: </strong></font>
955:
956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
957: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
958: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
959: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
960: </strong></font>
961:
962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 963: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
964: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
965: Raleigh News, NC.
966: </strong></font>
967:
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 969: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 970: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
971: Napa News, CA.
972: </strong></font>
973:
974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 975: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 976: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
977: NEPA News, PA.
978: </strong></font>
979:
980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
981: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
982: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
983: Wired News.
984: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 985: <br>
986: <li>
1.333 deraadt 987: <font color="#009000"><strong>
988: [JAPANESE]
989: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
990: Wired News Japan</a>
991: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 992:
1.271 deraadt 993: </ul>
994: <p>
1.272 deraadt 995: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
996: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 997: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
998: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
999: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1000: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1001: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1002: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1003: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1004: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1005: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1006: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1007: <p>
1008: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1009:
1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1011: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1012: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1013: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1014: </strong></font>
1015:
1016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1017: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1018: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1019: Miami Herald, FL.
1020: </strong></font>
1021:
1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1023: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1024: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1025: </strong></font>
1026:
1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1028: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1029: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1030: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1031: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1034: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1035: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1036: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1037: ABC News.
1038: </strong></font>
1039:
1.276 deraadt 1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1041: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1042: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1043: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1044: </strong></font>
1045:
1.286 dhartmei 1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1047: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1048: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1049: Wilmington Star, NC.
1050: </strong></font>
1051:
1.300 jose 1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1053: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1054: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1055: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1056: </strong></font>
1057:
1.309 jose 1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1059: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1060: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1061: Globe Technology.
1062: </strong></font>
1063:
1.263 deraadt 1064: </ul>
1.262 beck 1065: <p>
1066:
1067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1068: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1069: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1070: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1071: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1072: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1073: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1074: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1075: <p>
1076:
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1078: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1079: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1080: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1081: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1082: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1083: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1084: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1085: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1086: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1087: and simply restates other press reports.
1088: <p>
1089:
1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1091: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1092: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1093: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1094: </strong></font><br>
1095: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1096: <p>
1097:
1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1099: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1100: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1101: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1102: </strong></font><br>
1103: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1104: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1105: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1106: <p>
1107:
1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1109: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1110: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1111: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1112: April 17, 2003.
1113: </strong></font><br>
1114: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1115: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1116: Tech Anthems</a>
1117: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1118: 4 so far.
1119: <p>
1120:
1121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1122: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1123: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1124: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1125: </strong></font><br>
1126: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1127: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1128: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1129: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1130: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1131: Goes on to say:
1132: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1133: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1134: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1135: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1136: This article is also found online at:
1137: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1139: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1140: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1141: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1142: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1144: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1145: ZDnet</a>,
1146: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1147: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1149: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1150: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1151: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1152: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1153: </ul>
1.260 ian 1154: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1155:
1.260 ian 1156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1157: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1158: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1159: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1160: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1161: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1162: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1163: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1164: without notice or justification.
1165: <p>
1166:
1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1168: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1169: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1170: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1171: </strong></font><br>
1172: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1173: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1174: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1175: effective today, without any warning..."
1176: <p>
1.257 ian 1177:
1178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1179: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1180: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1181: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1182: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1183: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1184: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1185: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1186: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1187: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1188: <p>
1189:
1190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1191: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1192: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1193: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1194: </strong></font><br>
1195: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1196: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1197: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1198: quoting two of them:
1199: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1200: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1201: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1202: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1203: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1204: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1205: <p>
1206:
1.255 ian 1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1208: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1209: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1210: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1211: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1212: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1213: <p>
1214:
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1216: [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 1217: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1218: </strong></font><br>
1219: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1220: <p>
1221:
1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1223: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1224: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1225: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1226: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1227: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1228: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1229: security experts for more than three decades."
1230: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1231: <p>
1.261 ian 1232:
1.254 drahn 1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1234: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1235: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1236: </strong></font><br>
1237: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1238: <p>
1239:
1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1241: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1242: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1243: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1246: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1247: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1248: <p>
1249:
1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1251: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1252: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1253: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1254: </strong></font><br>
1255: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1256: from US DARPA.
1257: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1258: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1259: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1260: the BSD license.
1261: <p>
1262: </ul>
1263:
1.251 ian 1264: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1265: <ul>
1266:
1267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1268: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1269: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1270: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1271: </strong></font><br>
1272:
1273: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1274: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1275: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1276: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1277: <p>
1278:
1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1280: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1281: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1282: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1283: </strong></font><br>
1284: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1285: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1286: Mentions
1287: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1288: and
1289: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1290: programs.
1291: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1292: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1293: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1294: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1295: <p>
1.325 ian 1296: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1297: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1298:
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1300: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1301: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1302: </strong></font><br>
1303: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1304: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1305: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1306: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1307: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1308: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1309: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1310: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1311: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1312: put into service."
1313: <p>
1314: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1315: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1316: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1317: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1318: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1319: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1320: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1321: computers with security features."
1322: <p>
1.329 ian 1323:
1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1325: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1326: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1327: Slate,
1328: March 3, 2003.
1329: </strong></font><br>
1330: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1331: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1332: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1333: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1334: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1335: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1336: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1337: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1338: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1339: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1340: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1341: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1342: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1343: of more secure open-source solutions like
1344: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1345: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1346: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1347: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1348: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1349: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1350: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1351: the Beltway."
1352: <p>
1.251 ian 1353: </ul>
1354:
1.249 jufi 1355: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1356: <ul>
1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1358: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1359: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1360: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1361: </strong></font><br>
1362: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1363: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1364: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1365: <p>
1.334 ian 1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1368: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1369: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1370: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1371: </strong></font><br>
1372: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1373: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1374: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1375: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1376: "... the hypothetical question ...
1377: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1378: <br>
1379: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1380: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1381: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1382: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1383: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1384: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1385: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1386: support network security.
1387: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1388: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1389: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1390: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1391: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1392: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1393: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1394: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1395: <br>
1396: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1397: <p>
1398:
1.249 jufi 1399: </ul>
1400:
1.246 jufi 1401: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1402: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1403:
1.247 jufi 1404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1405: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1406: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1407: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1408: </strong></font><br>
1409: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1410: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1411: <p>
1412:
1.247 jufi 1413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1414: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1415: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1416: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1417: </strong></font><br>
1418: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1419: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1420: <p>
1421:
1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1423: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1424: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1425: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1426: </strong></font><br>
1427: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1428: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1429: <p>
1.247 jufi 1430: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1431:
1.244 jufi 1432: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1433: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1434:
1.247 jufi 1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1436: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1437: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1438: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1439: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1440: </strong></font><br>
1441: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1442: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1443: md5 digests.
1444: <p>
1445:
1.247 jufi 1446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1447: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1448: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1449: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1450: </strong></font><br>
1451: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1452: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1453: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1454: right the first time."
1455: <p>
1.247 jufi 1456: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1457:
1458:
1459: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1460: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1461:
1.247 jufi 1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1463: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1464: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1465: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1466: </strong></font><br>
1467: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1468: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1469: part 6</a>.
1470: <p>
1471:
1.247 jufi 1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1473: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1474: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1475: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1476: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1477: </strong></font><br>
1478: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1479: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1480: <p>
1.301 jose 1481:
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1483: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1484: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1485: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1486: </strong></font><br>
1487:
1488: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1489: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1490: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1491: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1492: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1493: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1494: <i>Here's the
1495: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1496: <p>
1.247 jufi 1497: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1498:
1499: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1500: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1501:
1.247 jufi 1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1503: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1504: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1505: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1506: </strong></font><br>
1507: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1508: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1509: <p>
1510:
1.247 jufi 1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1512: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1513: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1514: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1515: </strong></font><br>
1516: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1517: this time using pf.
1518: <p>
1.247 jufi 1519: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1520:
1521: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1522: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1523:
1.247 jufi 1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1525: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1526: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1527: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1528: </strong></font><br>
1529: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1530: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1531: their rotation.
1532: <p>
1533:
1.247 jufi 1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1536: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1537: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1538: </strong></font><br>
1539: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1540: <p>
1.247 jufi 1541: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1542:
1.239 jufi 1543: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1544: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1545:
1.247 jufi 1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1547: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1548: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1549: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1550: </strong></font><br>
1551: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1552: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1553: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1554: <p>
1555:
1.247 jufi 1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1557: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1558: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1559: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1560: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1561: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1562: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1563: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1564: <p>
1.247 jufi 1565: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1566:
1.235 lebel 1567: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1568: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1569:
1.239 jufi 1570:
1.247 jufi 1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1572: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1573: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1574: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1575: </strong></font><br>
1576: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1577: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1578: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1579: <p>
1.301 jose 1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1582:
1.228 horacio 1583: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1584: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1585:
1.247 jufi 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1587: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1588: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1589: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1590: </strong></font><br>
1591: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1592: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1593: <p>
1594:
1.247 jufi 1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1596: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1597: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1598: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1599: </strong></font><br>
1600: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1601: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1602: <p>
1603:
1.247 jufi 1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1605: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1606: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1607: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1608: </strong></font><br>
1609: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1610: on the desktop of his parents.
1611: <p>
1612:
1.247 jufi 1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1614: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1615: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1616: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1617: </strong></font><br>
1618: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1619: using IPFilter.
1620:
1621: <p>
1622:
1.247 jufi 1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1624: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1625: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1626: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1627: </strong></font><br>
1628: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1629: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1630: perspectives of the four OS.
1631: <br>
1632: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1633: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1637: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1638: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1639: software and security</a>,
1640: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1641: </strong></font><br>
1642:
1643: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1644: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1645: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1646: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1647: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1648: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1649: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1650: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1651: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1652: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1653: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1654: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1655: <p>
1.247 jufi 1656: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1657:
1.225 horacio 1658: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1659: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1660:
1.247 jufi 1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1662: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1663: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1664: Interview</a>,
1665: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1669: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1670: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1671: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1672: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1673: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1674: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1675: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1676: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1677: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1678: of choice.
1679: <p>
1.247 jufi 1680: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1681:
1682: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1683: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1684:
1.247 jufi 1685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1686: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1687: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1688: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1689: </strong></font><br>
1690:
1691: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1692: <p>
1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1695: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1696: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1697: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1698: </strong></font><br>
1699:
1700: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1701: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1702: <p>
1.247 jufi 1703: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1704:
1.218 horacio 1705: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1706: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1707:
1.247 jufi 1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1709: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1710: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1711: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1712: </strong></font><br>
1713:
1714: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1715: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1716: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1717: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1718: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1719: subjects. Worth a read.
1720: <p>
1721:
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1724: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1725: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1726: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1727: </strong></font><br>
1728:
1729: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1730: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1731: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1732: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1733: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1734: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1735: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1736: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1737: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1738: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1739: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1740: on other operating systems.<br>
1741: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1742: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1743: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1744: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1745: <p>
1746:
1.247 jufi 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1748: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1749: Operating System 2010</a>,
1750: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1751: </strong></font><br>
1752:
1753: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1754: covering the level of software integration into the core
1755: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1756: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1757: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1758: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1759: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1760: <p>
1761:
1.247 jufi 1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1763: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1764: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1765: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1766: </strong></font><br>
1767:
1768: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1769: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1770: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1771: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1772: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1773: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1774: <p>
1.247 jufi 1775: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1776:
1.210 jufi 1777: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1778: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1779:
1.247 jufi 1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1781: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1782: Already a Contender</a>,
1783: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1784: </strong></font><br>
1785:
1786: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1787: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1788: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1789: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1790: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1791: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1792: <p>
1793:
1.247 jufi 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1795: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1796: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1797: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1798: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1799:
1.224 horacio 1800: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1801: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1802: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1803: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1804: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1805: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1806: <p>
1.247 jufi 1807: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1808:
1809: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1810: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1811:
1.247 jufi 1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1813: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1814: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1815: Division</a>,
1816: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1817: </strong></font><br>
1818:
1819: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1820: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1821: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1822: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1823: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1824: investment</em>.<br>
1825: The implementation details can be seen on their
1826: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1827: <p>
1828:
1.247 jufi 1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1830: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1831: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1832: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1833: </strong></font><br>
1834:
1835: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1836: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1837: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1838: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1839: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1840: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1841: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1842: <p>
1843:
1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1845: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1846: Thinking about Security</a>,
1847: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1848: </strong></font><br>
1849:
1850: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1851: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1852: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1853: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1854: to time.<br>
1855: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1856: system and just the most secure system.
1857: <p>
1858:
1.247 jufi 1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1860: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1861: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1862: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1863: </strong></font><br>
1864:
1865: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1866: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1867: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1868: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1869: choice:<br>
1870: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1871: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1872: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1873: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1874: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1875: network security devices and as such must be well
1876: armored."</em><br>
1877: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1878: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1879: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1880: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1881: <br>
1882: Bravo!
1883: <p>
1.247 jufi 1884: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1885:
1.207 ian 1886: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1887: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1890: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1891: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1892: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1893:
1.207 ian 1894: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1895: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1896: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1897: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1898: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1899: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1900: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1901: <p>
1.247 jufi 1902: </ul>
1.207 ian 1903:
1.194 jufi 1904: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1905: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1908: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1909: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1910: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1911: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1912:
1.240 miod 1913: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1914: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1915: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1916: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1917: <p>
1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1920: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1921: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1922: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1923:
1924: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1925: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1926: <p>
1927:
1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1929: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1930: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1931: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1932:
1933: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1934: <p>
1935:
1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1937: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1938: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1939: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1940: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1941:
1.240 miod 1942: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1943: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1944: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1945: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1946: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1947: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1948: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1949: <br>
1950: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1951: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1952: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1953: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1954: <p>
1955:
1.247 jufi 1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1957: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1958: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1959: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1961:
1.194 jufi 1962: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1963: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1964: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1965: <br>
1966: The new
1967: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1968: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1969: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1970: <p>
1.247 jufi 1971: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1972:
1.190 horacio 1973: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1974: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1977:
1978: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1979: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1980:
1.301 jose 1981:
1.191 jufi 1982: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1983: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1984:
1985: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1986: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1987:
1.212 horacio 1988: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1989: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1990: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1991:
1.211 horacio 1992: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1993: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1994: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1995:
1.247 jufi 1996: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1997: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1998:
1.247 jufi 1999: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2000: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2001:
1.212 horacio 2002: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2003: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2004: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2005:
2006: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2007: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2008:
2009: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2010: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2011:
1.301 jose 2012: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2013: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2014:
1.191 jufi 2015: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2016: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2017:
2018: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2019: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2020:
1.192 jufi 2021: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2022: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2023: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2024:
1.193 deraadt 2025: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2026: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2027: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2028:
1.247 jufi 2029: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2030: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2031:
1.247 jufi 2032: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2033: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2034: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2035:
1.213 horacio 2036: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2037: 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 2038: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2039:
1.190 horacio 2040: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2041: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2042: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2043: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2044: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2045: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2046: <p>
1.190 horacio 2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2049: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2050: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2051: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2052: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2053:
1.195 jufi 2054: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2055: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2056: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2057: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2058: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2059: <p>
2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2062: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2063: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2064: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2065: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2066:
1.191 jufi 2067: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2068: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2069: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2070: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2071: <p>
2072:
2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2074: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2075: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2076: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2077:
2078: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2079: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2080: <p>
1.247 jufi 2081: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2082:
1.191 jufi 2083:
1.186 jufi 2084: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2085: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2086:
1.247 jufi 2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2088: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2089: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2090: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2091: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2092:
1.188 jufi 2093: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2094: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2095: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2096: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2097: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2098: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2099: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2100: <p>
2101:
1.301 jose 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2103: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2104: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2105: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2106:
2107: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2108: <p>
1.191 jufi 2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2111: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2112: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2113: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2114: </strong></font><br>
2115:
2116: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2117: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2118: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2119: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2120: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2121: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2122: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2123: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2124: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2125: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2126: familiar?
2127: <p>
1.247 jufi 2128: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2129:
1.178 louis 2130: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2131: <ul>
1.178 louis 2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2134: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2135: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2136: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2137: </strong></font><br>
2138:
2139: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2140: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2141: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2142: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2143: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2144: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2145: <p>
2146:
1.247 jufi 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2148: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2149: Open source under the hood</a>,
2150: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2151: </strong></font><br>
2152:
2153: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2154: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2155: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2156: <p>
2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2159: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2160: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2161: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2162: </strong></font><br>
2163:
2164: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2165: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2166: <p>
1.247 jufi 2167: </ul>
1.179 louis 2168:
1.174 louis 2169:
1.175 louis 2170: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2171: <ul>
1.175 louis 2172:
1.247 jufi 2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2174: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2175: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2176: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2177: </strong></font><br>
2178:
2179: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2180: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2181: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2182: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2183: <p>
2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2186: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2187: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2188: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2189: </strong></font><br>
2190:
2191: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2192: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2193: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2194: <p>
1.247 jufi 2195: </ul>
1.175 louis 2196:
1.176 louis 2197:
1.172 mickey 2198: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2199: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2202: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2203: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2204: </strong></font><br>
2205:
2206: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2207: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2208: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2209: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2210: <p>
2211:
1.247 jufi 2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2213: <a
1.269 deraadt 2214: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2215: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2216: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2217: </strong></font><br>
2218:
2219: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2220: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2221: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2222: <p>
2223:
1.247 jufi 2224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2225: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2226: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2227: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2228: </strong></font><br>
2229:
2230: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2231: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2232: <p>
2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2235: <a
1.269 deraadt 2236: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2237: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2238: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2239: </strong></font><br>
2240:
2241: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2242: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2243: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2244: our own Theo de Raadt.
2245: <p>
2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2248: <a
1.269 deraadt 2249: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2250: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2251: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2252: </strong></font><br>
2253:
2254: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2255: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2256: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2257: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2258: shut down.]
2259: <p>
2260:
1.247 jufi 2261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2262: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2263: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2264: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2265: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2266: </strong></font><br>
2267:
2268: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2269: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2270: <p>
1.247 jufi 2271: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2272:
1.161 louis 2273: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2274: <ul>
1.161 louis 2275:
1.247 jufi 2276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2277: <a
1.269 deraadt 2278: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2279: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2280: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2284: by John Wolley
2285: <p>
2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2288: <a
1.269 deraadt 2289: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2290: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2291: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2292: </strong></font><br>
2293:
2294: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2295: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2296: OpenBSD).
2297: <p>
2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2300: <a
1.247 jufi 2301: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2302: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2303: </strong></font><br>
2304:
2305: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2306: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2307: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2308: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2309: and hindsight.
2310: <p>
2311:
1.247 jufi 2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2313: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2314: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2315: </strong></font><br>
2316:
2317: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2318: <p>
2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2321: <a
1.168 provos 2322: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2323: December 7, 2000
2324: </strong></font><br>
2325:
2326: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2327: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2328: us explain.
2329: <p>
2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2332: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2333: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2334: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2335: December 6, 2000
2336: </strong></font><br>
2337:
2338: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2339: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2340: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2341: <p>
2342:
1.247 jufi 2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2344: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2345: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2346: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2347: </strong></font><br>
2348:
2349: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2350: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2351: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2352: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2353: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2354: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2355: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2356: <p>
2357:
2358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2359: <a
1.226 horacio 2360: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2361: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2362: </strong></font><br>
2363:
2364: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2365: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2366: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2367: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2368: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2369: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2370: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2371: <p>
1.162 millert 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2374: <a
1.161 louis 2375: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2376: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2377: </strong></font><br>
2378:
2379: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2380: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2381: <p>
2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2384: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2385: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2386: </strong></font><br>
2387:
2388: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2389: <p>
2390:
2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2393: <a
1.226 horacio 2394: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2395: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2396: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2397: </strong></font><br>
2398:
2399: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2400: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2401: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2402: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2403: <p>
1.247 jufi 2404: </ul>
1.169 louis 2405:
1.158 louis 2406: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2407: <ul>
1.147 louis 2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2410: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2411: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2412: </strong></font><br>
2413:
2414: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2415: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2416: <p>
2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2419: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2420: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2421: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2422: </strong></font><br>
2423: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2424: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2425: <p>
2426:
1.247 jufi 2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2428: <a
2429: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2430: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2431: </strong></font><br>
2432:
2433: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2434: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2435: <p>
2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2438: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2439: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2440: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2441:
1.213 horacio 2442: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2443: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2444: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2445: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2446: <p>
1.215 horacio 2447:
1.247 jufi 2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2449: <a
2450: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2451: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2452: </strong></font><br>
2453:
2454: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2455: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2456: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2457: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2458: much of the attitude too).
2459: <p>
1.161 louis 2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2462: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2463: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2464: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2465:
1.157 louis 2466: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2467: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2468: <p>
1.247 jufi 2469: </ul>
1.157 louis 2470:
2471: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2472: <ul>
1.157 louis 2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2475: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2476: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2477: </strong></font><br>
2478:
2479: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2480: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2481: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2482: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2483: <p>
2484:
1.247 jufi 2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2486: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2487: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2488: </strong></font><br>
2489:
2490: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2491: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2492: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2493: it because they love coding...
2494: <p>
2495:
1.247 jufi 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2497: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2498: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2499: </strong></font><br>
2500:
2501: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2502: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2503: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2504: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2505: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2506: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2507: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2508: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2509: <p>
2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2512: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2513: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2514: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2515: </strong></font><br>
2516:
2517: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2518: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2519: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2520: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2521: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2522: the pizza.
2523: <p>
2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2526: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2527: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2528: </strong></font><br>
2529:
2530: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2531: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2532: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2533: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2534: problems.
2535: <p>
2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2538: <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 2539: </strong></font><br>
2540:
1.222 miod 2541: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2542: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2543: - whether they like it or not.
2544: <p>
2545:
1.247 jufi 2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2547: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2548: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2549: </strong></font><br>
2550:
2551: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2552: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2553: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2554: <p>
1.148 aaron 2555:
1.247 jufi 2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2557: <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 2558: </strong></font><br>
2559:
2560: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2561: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2562: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2563: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2564: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2565: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2566: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2567: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2568: <p>
2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2571: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2572: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2573: </strong></font><br>
2574:
2575: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2576: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2577: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2578: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2579: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2580: <p>
1.247 jufi 2581: </ul>
1.147 louis 2582:
1.138 louis 2583: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2584: <ul>
1.138 louis 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2587: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2588: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2589: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2590: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2591: </strong></font><br>
2592:
1.227 horacio 2593: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2594: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2595: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2596: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2597: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2598: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2599: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2600: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2601: <p>
2602:
1.247 jufi 2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2604: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2605: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2606: </strong></font><br>
2607:
2608: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2609: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2610: groups, and even Linux.
2611: <p>
2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2614: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2615: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2616: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2617: </strong></font><br>
2618:
2619: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2620: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2621: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2622: library after installing the OS.
2623: <p>
2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2626: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2627: Sys Admin, September 2000
2628: </strong></font><br>
2629:
2630: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2631: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2632: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2633: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2634: (<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>,
2635: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2636: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2637: <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 2638: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2639: out of the system.
2640: <p>
2641:
1.247 jufi 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2643: <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
2644: </strong></font><br>
2645:
2646: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2647: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2648: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2649: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2650: the IP filtering and address translation.
2651: <p>
1.301 jose 2652:
2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2654: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2655: </strong></font><br>
2656:
2657: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2658: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2659: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2660: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2661: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2662: <p>
1.247 jufi 2663: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2664:
1.131 louis 2665: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2666: <ul>
1.131 louis 2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2669: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2670: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2671: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2672: </strong></font><br>
2673:
2674: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2675: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2676: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2677: <p>
2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2680: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2681: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2682: </strong></font><br>
2683:
2684: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2685: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2686: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2687: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2688: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2689: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2690: note of"</i>.
2691: <p>
2692:
1.247 jufi 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2694: <a
1.247 jufi 2695: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2696: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2697: </strong></font><br>
2698:
2699: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2700: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2701: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2702: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2703: <p>
2704:
1.247 jufi 2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2706: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2707: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2708: </strong></font><br>
2709:
2710: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2711: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2712: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2713: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2714: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2715: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2716: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2717: <p>
2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2720: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2721: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2722: 2000
2723: </strong></font><br>
2724:
2725: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2726: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2727: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2728: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2729: against current industry practices.
2730: <p>
2731:
1.247 jufi 2732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2733: <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
2734: </strong></font><br>
2735:
2736: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2737: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2738: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2739: <p>
2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2742: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2743: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2744: </strong></font><br>
2745:
2746: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2747: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2748: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2749: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2750: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2751: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2752: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2753: <p>
2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2756: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2757: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2758: </strong></font><br>
2759:
2760: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2761: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2762: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2763: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2764: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2765: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2766: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2767: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2768: <p>
1.247 jufi 2769: </ul>
1.131 louis 2770:
1.118 louis 2771: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2772: <ul>
1.118 louis 2773:
1.247 jufi 2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2775: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2776: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2777: </strong></font><br>
2778:
2779: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2780: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2781: about time. The article mentions that
2782: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2783: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2784: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2785: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2786: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2787: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2788: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2789: <p>
2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2792: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2793: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2794: </strong></font><br>
2795:
2796: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2797: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2798: of OpenSSH.
2799: <p>
2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2802: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2803: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2804: </strong></font><br>
2805:
2806: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2807: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2808: bridging.
2809: <p>
2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2812: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2813: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2814: </strong></font><br>
2815:
1.121 deraadt 2816: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2817: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2818: <p>
2819:
1.247 jufi 2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2821: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2822: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2823: </strong></font><br>
2824:
2825: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2826: <p>
2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2829: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2830: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2831: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2832: </strong></font><br>
2833:
1.120 deraadt 2834: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2835: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2836: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2837: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2838: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2839: <p>
2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2842: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2843: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2844: </strong></font><br>
2845:
1.222 miod 2846: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2847: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2848: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2849: protocols and their quirks.
2850: <p>
2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2853: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2854: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2855: </strong></font><br>
2856:
2857: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2858: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2859: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2860: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2861: <p>
2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2864: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2865: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2866: </strong></font><br>
2867:
2868: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2869: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2870: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2871: <p>
2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2874: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2875: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2876: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2877: </strong></font><br>
2878:
2879: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2880: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2881: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2882: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2883: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2884: <p>
1.247 jufi 2885: </ul>
1.118 louis 2886:
1.104 louis 2887: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2888: <ul>
1.104 louis 2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2891: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2892: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2893: </strong></font><br>
2894:
2895: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2896: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2897: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2898: be a bit dry.
2899: <p>
2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2902: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2903: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2904: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2905: </strong></font><br>
2906: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2907: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2908: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2909: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2910: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2911: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2912: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2913: <p>
2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2916: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2917: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2918: 2000
1.128 louis 2919: </strong></font><br>
2920:
2921: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2922: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2923: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2924: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2925: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2926: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2927: <p>
2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2930: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2931: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2933:
2934: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2935: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2936: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2937: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2938: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2939: <p>
1.110 louis 2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2942: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2943: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2944: </strong></font><br>
2945:
2946: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2947: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2948: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2949: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2950: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2951: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2952: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2953: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2954: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2955: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2959: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2960: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2961:
2962: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2963: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2964: <p>
1.108 louis 2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2967: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2968: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2969: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2970:
2971: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2972: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2973: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2974: <p>
1.106 louis 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2977: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2978: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2979: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2980:
2981: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2982: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2983: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2984: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2985: <p>
1.107 louis 2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2988: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2989: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2990: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2991:
2992: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2993: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2994: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2995: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2996: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2997: <p>
1.105 louis 2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3000: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3001: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3002: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3003:
1.113 naddy 3004: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3005: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3006: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3007: <p>
1.104 louis 3008:
1.247 jufi 3009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3010: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3011: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3012: </strong></font><br>
3013:
3014: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3015: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3016: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3017: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3018: <p>
1.301 jose 3019:
3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3021: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3022: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3023: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3024:
3025: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3026: hardware-supported cryptography.
3027: <p>
1.247 jufi 3028: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3029:
1.85 louis 3030: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3031: <ul>
1.85 louis 3032:
1.247 jufi 3033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3034: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3035: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3036: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3037:
3038: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3039: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3040: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3041: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3042: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3043: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3044: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3045: <p>
1.99 louis 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3048: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3049: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3050: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3051:
3052: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3053: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3054: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3055: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3056: <p>
1.100 louis 3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3059: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3060: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3061: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3062:
3063: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3064: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3065: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3066: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3067: <p>
1.95 louis 3068:
1.247 jufi 3069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3070: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3071: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3072: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3073:
3074: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3075: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3076: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3077: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3078: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3079: <p>
1.92 louis 3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3082: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3083: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3084: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3085:
3086: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3087: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3088: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3089: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3090: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3091: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3092: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3093: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3094: <p>
1.91 louis 3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3097: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3098: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3099: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3100:
3101: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3102: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3103: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3104: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3105: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3106: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3107: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3108: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3109: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3110: <p>
1.90 louis 3111:
1.247 jufi 3112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3113: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3114: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3115: </strong></font><br>
3116: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3117: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3118: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3119: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3120: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3121: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3122: <p>
3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3125: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3126: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3128:
1.113 naddy 3129: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3130: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3131: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3132: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3133: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3134: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3135: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3136: <p>
1.87 louis 3137:
1.247 jufi 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3139: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3140: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3141: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3142:
3143: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3144: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3145: <p>
1.85 louis 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3148: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3149: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3150: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3151:
3152: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3153: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3154: <p>
3155:
3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3157: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3158: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3159: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3160:
3161: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3162: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3163: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3164: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3165: <p>
1.89 louis 3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3168: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3169: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3170: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3171:
3172: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3173: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3174: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3175: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3176: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3177: </ul>
1.85 louis 3178:
1.78 deraadt 3179: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3180: <ul>
1.74 louis 3181:
1.247 jufi 3182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3183: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3184: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3185: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3186: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3187:
3188: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3189: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3190: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3191: <p>
1.83 louis 3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3194: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3195: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3196: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3197:
3198: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3199: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3200: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3201: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3202: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3203: <p>
1.93 louis 3204:
1.247 jufi 3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3206: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3207: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3208: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3210:
1.83 louis 3211: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3212: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3213: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3214: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3215: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3216: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3217: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3218: <p>
1.82 aaron 3219:
1.247 jufi 3220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3221: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3222: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3223: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3224:
1.83 louis 3225: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3226: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3227: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3228: <p>
1.80 louis 3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3231: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3232: Bad Press</a>,
3233: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3234: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3235:
3236: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3237: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3238: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3239: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3240: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3241: <p>
1.247 jufi 3242: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3243:
3244: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3245: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3248: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3249: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3250: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3251: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3252:
3253: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3254: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3255: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3256: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3257: <p>
1.74 louis 3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3260: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3261: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3262: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3263:
1.219 horacio 3264: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3265: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3266: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3267: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3268: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3269: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3270: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3271: <p>
1.88 louis 3272:
1.247 jufi 3273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3274: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3275: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3276: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3277:
3278: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3279: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3280: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3281: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3282: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3283: <p>
1.81 louis 3284:
1.247 jufi 3285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3286: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3287: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3288: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3289:
3290: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3291: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3292: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3293: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3294: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3295: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3296: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3297: <p>
1.90 louis 3298:
1.247 jufi 3299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3300: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3301: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3302: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3303:
3304: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3305: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3306: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3307: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3308: <p>
1.247 jufi 3309: </ul>
1.71 louis 3310:
1.69 deraadt 3311: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3312: <ul>
1.70 louis 3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3315: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3316: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3317: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3318:
3319: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3320: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3321: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3322: <p>
1.70 louis 3323:
1.247 jufi 3324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3325: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3326: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3327: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3328:
3329: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3330: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3331: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3332: <p>
1.68 louis 3333:
1.247 jufi 3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3335: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3336: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3337: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3338: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3339:
1.111 jufi 3340: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3341: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3342: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3343: "secure by default" installation.
3344: <p>
1.64 louis 3345:
1.247 jufi 3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3347: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3348: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3349: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3350:
1.113 naddy 3351: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3352: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3353: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3354: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3355: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3356: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3357: <p>
1.66 louis 3358:
1.247 jufi 3359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3360: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3361: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3362: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3363:
3364: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3365: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3366: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3367: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3368: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3369: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3370: <p>
1.83 louis 3371:
1.247 jufi 3372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3373: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3374: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3375: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3376:
3377: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3378: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3379: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3380: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3381: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3382: <p>
1.64 louis 3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3385: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3386: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3387: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3388:
3389: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3390: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3391: <p>
1.301 jose 3392:
3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3394: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3395: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3396: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3397: </strong></font><br>
3398:
3399: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3400: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3401: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3402: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3403: Giving way to
3404: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3405: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3406: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3407: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3408: <p>
1.247 jufi 3409: </ul>
1.65 louis 3410:
1.69 deraadt 3411: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3412: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3413:
1.247 jufi 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3415: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3416: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3417: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3418:
3419: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3420: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3421: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3422: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3423: <p>
1.88 louis 3424:
1.247 jufi 3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3426: <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 3427: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3428:
3429: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3430: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3431: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3432: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3433: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3434: <p>
1.60 louis 3435:
1.247 jufi 3436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3437: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3438: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3439: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3440: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3441:
3442: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3443: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3444: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3445: <p>
1.58 louis 3446:
1.247 jufi 3447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3448: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3449: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3450:
3451: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3452: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3453: <p>
1.53 louis 3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3456: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3457: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3458: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3459:
3460: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3461: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3462: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3463: <p>
1.99 louis 3464:
1.247 jufi 3465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3466: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3467: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3468:
3469: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3470: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3471: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3472: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3473: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3474:
1.247 jufi 3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3476: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3477: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3478: </strong></font><br>
3479:
3480: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3481: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3482: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3483: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3484: <p>
3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3487: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3488: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3489: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3490:
3491: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3492: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3493: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3494:
1.247 jufi 3495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3496: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3497: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3498:
3499: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3500: in
1.247 jufi 3501: <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 3502: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3503: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3504: <p>
1.53 louis 3505:
1.247 jufi 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3507: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3508: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3509: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3510: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3511:
1.58 louis 3512: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3513: <p>
1.301 jose 3514:
3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3516: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3517: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3518: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3519: Informacyjny, January 2000
3520: </strong></font><br>
3521:
3522: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3523: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3524: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3525: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3526: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3527: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3528: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3529: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3530: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3531: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3532: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3533: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3534: <p>
3535:
3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3537: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3538: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3539: </strong></font><br>
3540:
3541: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3542: <p>
3543: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3544:
1.69 deraadt 3545: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3546: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3549: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3550: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3551: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3552: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3553:
1.58 louis 3554: Kurt Seifried
3555: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3556: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3557: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3558: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3559:
1.247 jufi 3560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3561: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3562: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3563: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3564:
3565: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3566: <p>
1.96 louis 3567:
1.247 jufi 3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3569: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3570: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3571: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3572: </strong></font><br>
3573:
3574: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3575: <p>
3576:
3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3578: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3579: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3580: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3581:
3582: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3583: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3584: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3585: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3586: <p>
1.247 jufi 3587: </ul>
1.86 louis 3588:
1.69 deraadt 3589: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3590: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3593: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3594: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3595: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3596:
3597: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3598: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3599: <p>
1.61 louis 3600:
1.247 jufi 3601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3602: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3603: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3604: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3605: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3606:
3607: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3608: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3609: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3610: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3611: right -- or at least strives to".
3612: <p>
1.48 louis 3613:
1.247 jufi 3614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3615: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3616: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3617: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3618: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3619: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3620: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3621: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3622: <p>
1.61 louis 3623:
1.247 jufi 3624: <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 3625: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3626: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3627:
3628: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3629: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3630: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3631: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3632: <p>
1.46 louis 3633:
1.247 jufi 3634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3635: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3636: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3637: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3638:
3639: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3640: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3641: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3642:
1.247 jufi 3643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3644: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3645: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3646: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3647:
3648: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3649: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3650: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3651: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3652: <p>
1.247 jufi 3653: </ul>
1.70 louis 3654:
1.69 deraadt 3655: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3656: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3657:
1.247 jufi 3658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3659: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3660: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3661: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3662: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3663:
3664: Kurt Seifried
3665: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3666: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3667: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3668: <p>
1.44 philen 3669:
1.247 jufi 3670: <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 3671: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3672: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3673:
3674: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3675: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3676:
1.247 jufi 3677: <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 3678: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3679: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3680:
3681: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3682: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3683:
1.247 jufi 3684: <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 3685: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3686: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3687:
3688: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3689: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3690: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3691: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3692: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3693:
1.247 jufi 3694: <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 3695: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3696: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3697:
1.36 louis 3698: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3699: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3700:
1.247 jufi 3701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3702: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3703: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3704: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3705:
3706: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3707: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3708: </ul>
1.38 louis 3709:
1.69 deraadt 3710: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3711: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3712:
1.247 jufi 3713: <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 3714: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3715: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3716:
3717: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3718: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3719: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3720:
1.113 naddy 3721: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3722: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3723: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3724: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3725:
3726: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3727: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3728: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3729: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3730: <blockquote>
3731: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3732: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3733: <br>
3734: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3735: </code>
3736: </blockquote>
3737: <p>
3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3740: <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 3741: <p>
3742:
3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3744: <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 3745: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3746:
3747: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3748: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3749: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3750: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3753: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3754: Sept. 28, 1999
3755: </strong></font><br>
3756:
3757: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3758: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3759: translating and reprinting articles from
3760: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3761: <p>
3762:
3763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3764: <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 3765: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3766:
3767: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3768: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3769: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3770: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3771: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3772: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3773: <p>
1.19 louis 3774:
1.113 naddy 3775: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3776: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3777: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3778:
3779: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3780: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3781: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3782: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3783: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3784: <p>
1.16 louis 3785:
1.247 jufi 3786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3787: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3788: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3789: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3790:
1.57 louis 3791: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3792: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3793: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3794: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3795:
1.247 jufi 3796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3797: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3798: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3799: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3800:
1.113 naddy 3801: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3804: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3805: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3806: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3807:
1.23 louis 3808: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3809: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3810: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3811: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3812: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3813: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3814:
1.247 jufi 3815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3816: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3817: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3818: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3819:
1.199 pvalchev 3820: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3821: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3822: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3823: installation.
1.113 naddy 3824: <p>
1.47 louis 3825:
1.247 jufi 3826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3827: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3828: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3829: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3830:
1.301 jose 3831: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3832: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3833: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3834: </ul>
1.57 louis 3835:
1.69 deraadt 3836: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3837: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3838:
1.247 jufi 3839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3840: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3841: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3842: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3843:
3844: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3845: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3846: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3847: <p>
1.12 louis 3848:
1.247 jufi 3849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3850: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3851: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3852: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3853:
3854: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3855: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3856: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3857: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3858: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3859: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3860: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3861: <p>
1.247 jufi 3862: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3863:
1.69 deraadt 3864: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3865: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3866:
1.247 jufi 3867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3868: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3869: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3870:
3871: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3872: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3873: available."
1.113 naddy 3874: <p>
1.301 jose 3875:
3876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3877: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3878: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3879: </strong></font><br>
3880:
3881: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3882: <p>
1.247 jufi 3883: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3884:
1.69 deraadt 3885: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3886: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3889: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3890: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3891:
3892: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3893: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3894: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3895: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3896: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3897: <p>
1.33 louis 3898:
1.247 jufi 3899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3900: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3901: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3902: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3903:
1.113 naddy 3904: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3905: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3906: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3907: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3908: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3909: <p>
1.247 jufi 3910: </ul>
1.57 louis 3911:
1.69 deraadt 3912: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3913: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3914:
1.247 jufi 3915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3916: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3917: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3918: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3919:
3920: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3921: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3922: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3923:
1.247 jufi 3924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3925: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3926: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3927: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3928: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3929:
3930: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3931: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3932:
1.247 jufi 3933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3934: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3935:
1.113 naddy 3936: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3937:
1.247 jufi 3938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3939: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3940: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3941: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3942:
3943: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3944: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3945: </ul>
1.23 louis 3946:
1.69 deraadt 3947: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3948: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3949:
1.247 jufi 3950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3951: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3952: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3953:
3954: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3955: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3956: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3959: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3960: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3961: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3962:
3963: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3964: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3965: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3966: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3967: </ul>
1.57 louis 3968:
1.69 deraadt 3969: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3970: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3973: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3974: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3975: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3976:
3977: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3978: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3979: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3980: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3981: <p>
1.15 louis 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3984: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3985: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3986: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3987:
3988: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3989: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3990: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3991: columns."
1.113 naddy 3992: <p>
1.247 jufi 3993: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3994:
1.69 deraadt 3995: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3996: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3997:
1.247 jufi 3998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3999: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4000: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4001: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4002:
4003: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4004: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4005:
1.113 naddy 4006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4007: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4008: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4009:
4010: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4011: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4012: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4013: </ul>
1.57 louis 4014:
1.69 deraadt 4015: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4016: <ul>
1.301 jose 4017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4018: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4019: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4020: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4021:
4022: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4023: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4024: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4025: <p>
4026:
4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4028: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4029: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4030: Nov 13, 1998 and
4031: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4032: Datateknik</a>,
4033: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4034:
1.380 saad 4035: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4036: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4037: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4038: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4039: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4040:
1.113 naddy 4041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4042: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4043: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4044: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4045:
1.222 miod 4046: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4047: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4048: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4049: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4050: <p>
1.247 jufi 4051: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4052:
1.69 deraadt 4053: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4054: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4055:
1.247 jufi 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4057: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4058: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4059:
1.69 deraadt 4060: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4061: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4062: <p>
1.247 jufi 4063: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4064:
1.69 deraadt 4065: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4066: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4067:
1.247 jufi 4068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4069: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4070: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4071: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4072:
1.383 jcs 4073: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4074: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4075: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4076:
1.247 jufi 4077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4078: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4079: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4080: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4081: <p>
1.247 jufi 4082: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4083:
1.69 deraadt 4084: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4085: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4086:
1.247 jufi 4087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4088: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4089: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4090: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4091: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4092: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4093:
4094: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4095: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4096: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4097: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4098: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4099: <p>
1.247 jufi 4100: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4101:
4102: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4103: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4104:
1.247 jufi 4105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4106: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4107: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4108:
1.69 deraadt 4109: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4110: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4111: <p>
1.112 naddy 4112:
1.247 jufi 4113: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4114: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4115:
1.292 camield 4116: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4117: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4118: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.395 ! ian 4119: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.394 2004/05/24 02:56:42 jolan Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4120:
4121: </body>
4122: </html>
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