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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.396 henning 19: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.398 henning 22: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
23: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
24: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
25: </strong></font><br>
26: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
27: <p>
28: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.399 ! henning 29: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
! 30: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
! 31: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
! 32: </strong></font><br>
! 33: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
! 34: <p>
! 35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 36: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
37: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
38: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
39: </strong></font><br>
40: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
41: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
42: <p>
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 44: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
45: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
46: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
47: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
48: <p>
49: </ul>
50:
1.393 david 51: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
52: <ul>
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 54: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
55: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
56: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
57: </strong></font><br>
58: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
59: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
60: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
61: on inserting large number of SQL records.
62: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
63: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
64: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
65: <p>
66:
67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 68: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
69: Secure by Default</a>,
70: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
71: </strong></font><br>
72: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
73: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
74: <p>
75:
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
77: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
78: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
79: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
80: </strong></font><br>
81: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
82: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
83: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
84: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
85: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
86: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
87: <p>
88:
89: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
90: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
91: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
92: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
93: </strong></font><br>
94: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
95: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
96: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
100: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
101: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
102: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
103: </strong></font><br>
104: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
105: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
106: <p>
107: </ul>
108:
1.388 mcbride 109: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
110: <ul>
1.394 jolan 111:
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
113: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
114: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
115: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
116: </strong></font><br>
117: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
118: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
119: available for sparc64.
120: <p>
121:
1.390 beck 122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 123: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
124: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
125: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
126: </strong></font><br>
127: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
128: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
129: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
130: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
131: <p>
132:
133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 134: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
135: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 136: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 137: </strong></font><br>
138: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
139: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
140: it does: CARP provides sharing
141: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
142: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
143: detail to get you started using it.
144: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
145: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
146: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
147: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
148: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
149: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
150: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 151: <p>
1.391 ian 152:
153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 154: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 155: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
156: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 157: </strong></font><br>
158: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 159: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 160: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 161: <p>
1.388 mcbride 162:
163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
164: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
165: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 166: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 167: </strong></font><br>
168: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
169: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
170: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
171: unencumbered by patents.
172: <p>
173: </ul>
174:
1.378 henning 175: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
176: <ul>
1.384 jose 177:
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 179: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
180: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
181: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
182: </strong></font><br>
183: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
184: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
185: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
186: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
187: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
188: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
189: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
190: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
191: in the page tables."
192: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
193: <p>
194:
195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 196: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
197: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
198: </strong></font><br>
199: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
200: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
201: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
202: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 203: <p>
1.384 jose 204:
1.378 henning 205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 206: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
207: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 208: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
209: </strong></font><br>
210: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
211: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
212: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
213: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
214: (quote:
215: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
216: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 217: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 218: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
219: the other developers for their work on the system.
220: <p>
221:
222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 223: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
224: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
225: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 226: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 227: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
228: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
229: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
230: too.
231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 234: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
235: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 236: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 237: OpenBSD source code using
238: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
239: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
240: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
241: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
242: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
243: <p>
244: </ul>
245:
1.374 jose 246: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
247: <ul>
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 249: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 250: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
251: </strong></font><br>
252: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
253: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
254: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
255: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
256: it."
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 260: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
261: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
262: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
263: </strong></font><br/>
264: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
265: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
266: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
267: <p>
268: </ul>
269:
1.369 ian 270: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
271: <ul>
272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 273: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
274: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
275: </strong></font><br/>
276: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
277: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
278: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
279: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 283: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
284: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
285: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
286: </strong></font><br/>
287: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
288: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
289: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
290: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
291: form factor.
292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
295: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
296: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
297: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
298: Features</a>,
299: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
300: </strong></font><br/>
301: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
302: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
303: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
304: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
305: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
306: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
307: <p>
308: This article can also be found online at:
309: <ul>
310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 311: <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 312: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
313: </strong></font>
314: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
315: </ul>
316: <p>
1.392 david 317:
1.371 jose 318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 319: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
320: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 321: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
322: </strong></font><br/>
323: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
324: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
325: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 326: <p>
1.371 jose 327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 329: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 330: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 331: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 332: </strong></font><br/>
333: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
334: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
335: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
336: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
337: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
338: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
339: and its history with OpenBSD.
340: </ul>
341:
1.368 henning 342: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
343: <ul>
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 345: [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 346: </strong></font><br>
347: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
348: </ul>
349:
1.364 jose 350: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
351: <ul>
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 353: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
354: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
355: UNIX Review,
356: July, 2003.
357: </strong></font><br>
358: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
359: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
360: who want more information.
361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 364: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
365: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
366: Government Computer News,
367: July 22, 2003.
368: </strong></font><br>
369: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
370: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
371: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
372: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
376: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
377: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
378: SANS Institute,
379: July 22, 2003.
380: </strong></font><br>
381: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 382: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 383: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
384: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
385: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
386: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
387: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
388: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
389: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
390: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
391: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
392: <p>
393:
394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 395: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
396: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
397: OnLamp.com,
398: July 17, 2003.
399: </strong></font><br>
400: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
401: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
402: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
403: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
404: have been working on.
405:
406: </ul>
407:
1.356 jose 408: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 409: <ul>
410:
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 412: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
413: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
414: UNIX Review,
415: June, 2003.
416: </strong></font><br>
417: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
418: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
419: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
420: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
421: <p>
422:
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 424: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
425: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
426: eWeek,
427: June 23, 2003.
428: </strong></font><br>
429: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
430: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
431: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
432: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
433: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
434: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 438: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
439: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
440: Software Development Online,
441: June, 2003.
442: </strong></font><br>
443: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
444: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
445: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
446: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
447: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
448: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
449: current activities.
450: <p>
451:
452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 453: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
454: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 455: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
456: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
457: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
458: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
459: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
460: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
461: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
462: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 463: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 464: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
465: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
466: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
467: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
468: decisions.
469: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
470: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
471: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
472: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 473: <p>
474:
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 476: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
477: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
478: Page 58, eWeek,
479: June 2, 2003.
480: </strong></font><br>
481: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
482: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
483: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
484: been addressed in -current.
485: <p>
486:
1.356 jose 487: </ul>
488:
489: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
490: <ul>
491:
1.355 jose 492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 493: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
494: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
495: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
496: </strong></font><br>
497: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
498: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
499: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
500: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
501: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
502: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
503: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 507: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
508: Beyond Linux</a>,
509: InfoWorld,
510: May 23, 2003.
511: </strong></font><br>
512: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
513: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
514: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
515: compared to the GPL.
516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 519: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
520: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
521: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 522: May 17, 2003.
523: </strong></font><br>
524: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
525: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
526: the business section and half of another page inside
527: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
528: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
529: in talking about the project's history and goals.
530: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
531: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
532: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
533: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 534: <br>
535: This article can also be found online at:
536: <ul>
537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
538: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
539: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
540: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
541: May 17, 2003
542: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 543: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
545: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
546: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
547: Montreal Gazette,
548: May 21, 2003
549: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 550: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 551: <p>
1.346 ian 552:
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 554: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 555: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 556: May 7, 2003.
557: </strong></font><br>
558: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
559: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
560: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
561: <p>
562:
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 564: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
565: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
566: OsOpinion,
567: May 6, 2003.
568: </strong></font><br>
569: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
570: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
571: <br>
572: This article can also be found online at:
573: <ul>
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
575: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
576: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
577: NewsFactor Network.
578: </strong></font>
579: </ul>
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 583: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 584: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
585: ITBusiness,
586: May 2, 2003.
587: </strong></font><br>
588: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
589: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
590: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
591: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
592: <p>
593:
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 595: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
596: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
597: InfoWorld,
598: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 599: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 600: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
601: <br>
602: This article can also be found online at:
603: <ul>
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
605: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
606: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
607: IDG Singapore.
608: </strong></font>
609: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 610: <p>
611:
1.339 jose 612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
613: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
614: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 615: ZDNet,
616: May 1, 2003.
617: </strong></font><br>
618: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 619: someone using parts from previous articles.
620: <br>
1.341 deraadt 621: This article can also be found online at:
622: <ul>
623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
624: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
625: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
626: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 627: </strong></font>
628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
629: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
630: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
631: CNET News.com.
632: </strong></font>
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
634: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
635: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
636: ZDNet UK.
637: </strong></font>
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
639: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
640: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
641: Help Net Security, Croatia.
642: </strong></font>
643: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 644: <p>
1.339 jose 645:
1.341 deraadt 646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 647: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 648: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
649: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
650: May 1, 2003.
651: </strong></font><br>
652: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
653: that have been added
654: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
655: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
656: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 657: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 658: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
659: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
660: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 661: <p>
662:
663: </ul>
664:
1.253 ian 665: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
666: <ul>
1.255 ian 667:
1.260 ian 668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 669: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 670: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
671: TechRepublic,
672: April 28, 2003.
673: </strong></font><br>
674: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
675: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 676: work.<br>
677: Can also be found online at:
678: <ul>
679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
680: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
681: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
682: ZDNet UK.
683: </strong></font>
684: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 688: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
689: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
690: IDG,
691: April 24, 2003.
692: </strong></font><br>
693: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
694: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
695: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
696: Can also be found online at:
697: <ul>
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
699: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
700: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 701: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 702: </strong></font>
703: </ul>
704: <p>
705:
706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
707: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 708: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 709: Slate,
710: April 24, 2003.
711: </strong></font><br>
712: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
713: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
714: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
715: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
716: <p>
717:
718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 719: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
720: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
721: April 24, 2003.
722: </strong></font><br>
723: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
724: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
725: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
726: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
727: <p>
728:
729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 730: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
731: April 24, 2003.
732: </strong></font><br>
733: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
734: the free software community".
735: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
736: other articles.
737: <p>
738:
739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 740: <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 741: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
742: </strong></font><br>
743: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
744: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
745: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
746: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
747: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
748: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
749: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
750: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
751: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
752: <br/>
753: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
754: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
755: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
756: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 757: <br>
758: Can also be found online at:
759: <ul>
760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
761: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
762: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
763: Common Dreams NewsCenter
764: </strong></font>
765: </ul>
1.324 ian 766: <p>
767:
768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
769: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
770: Wired, April 24, 2003.
771: </strong></font><br>
772: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
773: article above.
774: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
775: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
776: wasting them."
1.332 ian 777: <br>
778: Can also be found online at:
779: <ul>
780: <li>
781: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
782: </strong></font>
783: </ul>
1.324 ian 784: <p>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 787: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
788: </strong></font><br>
789: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
790: <p>
791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 793: <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.
794: </strong></font><br>
795: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
796: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 800: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
801: April 23, 2003.
802: </strong></font><br>
803: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
804: <p>
805:
806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 807: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 808: April 22, 2003.
809: </strong></font><br>
810: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
811: <p>
812:
813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 814: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
815: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
816: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 817: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 818: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
819: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
820: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
821: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
822: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
823: Can also be found online at:
824: <ul>
825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
826: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 827: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
828: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 829: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
831: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 832: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
833: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 834: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 835: </ul>
836: <p>
837:
838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 839: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
840: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 841: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 842: </strong></font><br>
843: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 844: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
845: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
846: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
847: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
848: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
849: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 850: <p>
851:
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 853: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
854: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 855: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
856: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 857: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
858: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
859: at UPenn and DARPA.
860: <p>
861:
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 863: [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,
864: France
1.315 deraadt 865: April 18, 2003.
866: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 867: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 871: [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 872: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 873: </strong></font><br>
874: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
875: <p>
876:
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 878: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
879: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
880: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 881: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 882: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
883: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
884: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
885: <p>
886:
887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 888: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
889: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 890: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 891: </strong></font><br>
892: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
893: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
894: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 895: American century.
1.267 deraadt 896: <p>
897:
898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 899: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
900: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 901: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 902: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 903: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
904: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
905: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
906: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
907: Can also be found online at:
908: <ul>
909: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
910: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 911: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 912: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 913: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 917: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 918: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 919: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 920: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 921: </strong></font><br>
922: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 923: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
924: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
925: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
926: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 927:
928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
929: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
930: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
931: New York Times.
932: </strong></font>(free registration required)
933:
1.273 deraadt 934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
935: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 936: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 937: ABC News.
938: </strong></font>
939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 941: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 942: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 943: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 944: </strong></font>
945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 947: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 948: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 949: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 950: </strong></font>
951:
952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 953: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
954: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 955: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 956: </strong></font>
957:
958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 959: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 960: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 961: Times Daily, AL.
962: </strong></font>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
965: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
966: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
967: Boston.com, MA.
968: </strong></font>
969:
970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 971: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 972: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 973: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
974: </strong></font>
975:
976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 977: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
978: [Article was pulled]</a>
979: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 980: </strong></font>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
983: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
984: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
985: Infoshop News.
986: </strong></font>
987:
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
989: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
990: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
991: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
992: </strong></font>
993:
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 995: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
996: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
997: Raleigh News, NC.
998: </strong></font>
999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1001: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1002: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1003: Napa News, CA.
1004: </strong></font>
1005:
1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1007: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1008: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1009: NEPA News, PA.
1010: </strong></font>
1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1013: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1014: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1015: Wired News.
1016: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1017: <br>
1018: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1019: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1020: [JAPANESE]
1021: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1022: Wired News Japan</a>
1023: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1024:
1.271 deraadt 1025: </ul>
1026: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1027: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1028: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1029: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1030: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1031: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1032: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1033: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1034: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1035: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1036: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1037: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1038: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1039: <p>
1040: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1041:
1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1043: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1044: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1045: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1046: </strong></font>
1047:
1048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1049: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1050: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1051: Miami Herald, FL.
1052: </strong></font>
1053:
1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1055: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1056: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1057: </strong></font>
1058:
1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1060: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1061: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1062: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1063: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1064:
1065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1066: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1067: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1068: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1069: ABC News.
1070: </strong></font>
1071:
1.276 deraadt 1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1073: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1074: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1075: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1076: </strong></font>
1077:
1.286 dhartmei 1078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1079: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1080: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1081: Wilmington Star, NC.
1082: </strong></font>
1083:
1.300 jose 1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1085: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1086: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1087: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1088: </strong></font>
1089:
1.309 jose 1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1091: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1092: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1093: Globe Technology.
1094: </strong></font>
1095:
1.263 deraadt 1096: </ul>
1.262 beck 1097: <p>
1098:
1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1100: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1101: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1102: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1103: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1104: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1105: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1106: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1107: <p>
1108:
1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1110: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1111: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1112: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1113: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1114: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1115: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1116: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1117: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1118: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1119: and simply restates other press reports.
1120: <p>
1121:
1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1123: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1124: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1125: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1126: </strong></font><br>
1127: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1128: <p>
1129:
1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1131: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1132: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1133: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1134: </strong></font><br>
1135: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1136: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1137: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1138: <p>
1139:
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1141: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1142: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1143: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1144: April 17, 2003.
1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1147: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1148: Tech Anthems</a>
1149: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1150: 4 so far.
1151: <p>
1152:
1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1154: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1155: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1156: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1157: </strong></font><br>
1158: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1159: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1160: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1161: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1162: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1163: Goes on to say:
1164: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1165: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1166: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1167: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1168: This article is also found online at:
1169: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1171: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1172: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1173: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1174: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1176: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1177: ZDnet</a>,
1178: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1179: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1181: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1182: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1183: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1184: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1185: </ul>
1.260 ian 1186: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1187:
1.260 ian 1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1189: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1190: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1191: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1192: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1193: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1194: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1195: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1196: without notice or justification.
1197: <p>
1198:
1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1200: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1201: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1202: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1203: </strong></font><br>
1204: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1205: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1206: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1207: effective today, without any warning..."
1208: <p>
1.257 ian 1209:
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1211: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1212: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1213: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1214: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1215: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1216: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1217: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1218: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1219: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1220: <p>
1221:
1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1223: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1224: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1225: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1226: </strong></font><br>
1227: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1228: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1229: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1230: quoting two of them:
1231: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1232: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1233: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1234: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1235: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1236: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1237: <p>
1238:
1.255 ian 1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1240: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1241: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1242: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1243: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1244: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1245: <p>
1246:
1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1248: [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 1249: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1250: </strong></font><br>
1251: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1252: <p>
1253:
1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1255: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1256: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1257: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1258: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1259: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1260: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1261: security experts for more than three decades."
1262: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1263: <p>
1.261 ian 1264:
1.254 drahn 1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1266: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1267: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1268: </strong></font><br>
1269: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1270: <p>
1271:
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1273: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1274: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1275: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1276: </strong></font><br>
1277: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1278: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1279: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1280: <p>
1281:
1282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1283: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1284: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1285: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1286: </strong></font><br>
1287: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1288: from US DARPA.
1289: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1290: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1291: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1292: the BSD license.
1293: <p>
1294: </ul>
1295:
1.251 ian 1296: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1297: <ul>
1298:
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1300: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1301: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1302: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304:
1305: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1306: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1307: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1308: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1309: <p>
1310:
1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1312: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1313: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1314: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1315: </strong></font><br>
1316: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1317: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1318: Mentions
1319: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1320: and
1321: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1322: programs.
1323: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1324: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1325: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1326: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1327: <p>
1.325 ian 1328: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1329: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1330:
1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1332: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1333: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1334: </strong></font><br>
1335: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1336: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1337: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1338: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1339: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1340: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1341: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1342: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1343: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1344: put into service."
1345: <p>
1346: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1347: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1348: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1349: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1350: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1351: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1352: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1353: computers with security features."
1354: <p>
1.329 ian 1355:
1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1357: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1358: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1359: Slate,
1360: March 3, 2003.
1361: </strong></font><br>
1362: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1363: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1364: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1365: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1366: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1367: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1368: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1369: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1370: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1371: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1372: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1373: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1374: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1375: of more secure open-source solutions like
1376: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1377: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1378: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1379: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1380: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1381: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1382: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1383: the Beltway."
1384: <p>
1.251 ian 1385: </ul>
1386:
1.249 jufi 1387: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1388: <ul>
1389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1390: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1391: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1392: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1393: </strong></font><br>
1394: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1395: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1396: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1397: <p>
1.334 ian 1398:
1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1400: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1401: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1402: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1403: </strong></font><br>
1404: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1405: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1406: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1407: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1408: "... the hypothetical question ...
1409: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1410: <br>
1411: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1412: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1413: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1414: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1415: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1416: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1417: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1418: support network security.
1419: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1420: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1421: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1422: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1423: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1424: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1425: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1426: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1427: <br>
1428: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1429: <p>
1430:
1.249 jufi 1431: </ul>
1432:
1.246 jufi 1433: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1434: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1437: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1438: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1439: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1440: </strong></font><br>
1441: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1442: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1443: <p>
1444:
1.247 jufi 1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1446: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1447: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1448: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1449: </strong></font><br>
1450: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1451: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1452: <p>
1453:
1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1455: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1456: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1457: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1458: </strong></font><br>
1459: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1460: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1461: <p>
1.247 jufi 1462: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1463:
1.244 jufi 1464: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1465: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1466:
1.247 jufi 1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1468: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1469: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1470: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1471: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1472: </strong></font><br>
1473: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1474: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1475: md5 digests.
1476: <p>
1477:
1.247 jufi 1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1479: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1480: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1481: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1482: </strong></font><br>
1483: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1484: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1485: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1486: right the first time."
1487: <p>
1.247 jufi 1488: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1489:
1490:
1491: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1492: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1493:
1.247 jufi 1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1495: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1496: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1497: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1498: </strong></font><br>
1499: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1500: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1501: part 6</a>.
1502: <p>
1503:
1.247 jufi 1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1505: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1506: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1507: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1508: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1509: </strong></font><br>
1510: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1511: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1512: <p>
1.301 jose 1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1515: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1516: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1517: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1518: </strong></font><br>
1519:
1520: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1521: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1522: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1523: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1524: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1525: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1526: <i>Here's the
1527: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1528: <p>
1.247 jufi 1529: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1530:
1531: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1532: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1533:
1.247 jufi 1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1536: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1537: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1538: </strong></font><br>
1539: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1540: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1541: <p>
1542:
1.247 jufi 1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1544: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1545: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1546: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1547: </strong></font><br>
1548: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1549: this time using pf.
1550: <p>
1.247 jufi 1551: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1552:
1553: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1554: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1555:
1.247 jufi 1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1557: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1558: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1559: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1560: </strong></font><br>
1561: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1562: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1563: their rotation.
1564: <p>
1565:
1.247 jufi 1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1567: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1568: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1569: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1570: </strong></font><br>
1571: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1572: <p>
1.247 jufi 1573: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1574:
1.239 jufi 1575: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1576: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1577:
1.247 jufi 1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1579: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1580: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1581: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1582: </strong></font><br>
1583: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1584: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1585: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1586: <p>
1587:
1.247 jufi 1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1589: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1590: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1591: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1592: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1593: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1594: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1595: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1596: <p>
1.247 jufi 1597: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1598:
1.235 lebel 1599: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1600: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1601:
1.239 jufi 1602:
1.247 jufi 1603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1604: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1605: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1606: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1607: </strong></font><br>
1608: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1609: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1610: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1611: <p>
1.301 jose 1612:
1.247 jufi 1613: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1614:
1.228 horacio 1615: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1616: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1617:
1.247 jufi 1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1619: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1620: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1621: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1622: </strong></font><br>
1623: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1624: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1625: <p>
1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1628: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1629: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1630: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1631: </strong></font><br>
1632: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1633: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1637: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1638: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1639: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1640: </strong></font><br>
1641: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1642: on the desktop of his parents.
1643: <p>
1644:
1.247 jufi 1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1646: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1647: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1648: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1649: </strong></font><br>
1650: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1651: using IPFilter.
1652:
1653: <p>
1654:
1.247 jufi 1655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1656: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1657: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1658: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1659: </strong></font><br>
1660: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1661: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1662: perspectives of the four OS.
1663: <br>
1664: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1665: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1666: <p>
1667:
1.247 jufi 1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1669: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1670: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1671: software and security</a>,
1672: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1673: </strong></font><br>
1674:
1675: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1676: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1677: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1678: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1679: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1680: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1681: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1682: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1683: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1684: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1685: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1686: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1687: <p>
1.247 jufi 1688: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1689:
1.225 horacio 1690: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1691: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1692:
1.247 jufi 1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1694: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1695: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1696: Interview</a>,
1697: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1698: </strong></font><br>
1699:
1700: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1701: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1702: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1703: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1704: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1705: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1706: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1707: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1708: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1709: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1710: of choice.
1711: <p>
1.247 jufi 1712: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1713:
1714: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1715: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1716:
1.247 jufi 1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1718: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1719: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1720: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1721: </strong></font><br>
1722:
1723: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1724: <p>
1725:
1.247 jufi 1726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1727: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1728: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1729: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1730: </strong></font><br>
1731:
1732: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1733: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1734: <p>
1.247 jufi 1735: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1736:
1.218 horacio 1737: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1738: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1741: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1742: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1743: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1744: </strong></font><br>
1745:
1746: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1747: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1748: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1749: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1750: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1751: subjects. Worth a read.
1752: <p>
1753:
1754:
1.247 jufi 1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1756: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1757: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1758: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1759: </strong></font><br>
1760:
1761: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1762: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1763: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1764: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1765: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1766: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1767: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1768: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1769: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1770: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1771: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1772: on other operating systems.<br>
1773: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1774: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1775: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1776: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1777: <p>
1778:
1.247 jufi 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1780: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1781: Operating System 2010</a>,
1782: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1783: </strong></font><br>
1784:
1785: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1786: covering the level of software integration into the core
1787: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1788: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1789: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1790: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1791: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1792: <p>
1793:
1.247 jufi 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1795: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1796: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1797: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1798: </strong></font><br>
1799:
1800: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1801: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1802: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1803: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1804: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1805: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1806: <p>
1.247 jufi 1807: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1808:
1.210 jufi 1809: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1810: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1811:
1.247 jufi 1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1813: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1814: Already a Contender</a>,
1815: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1816: </strong></font><br>
1817:
1818: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1819: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1820: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1821: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1822: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1823: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1824: <p>
1825:
1.247 jufi 1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1827: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1828: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1829: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1830: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1831:
1.224 horacio 1832: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1833: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1834: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1835: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1836: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1837: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1838: <p>
1.247 jufi 1839: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1840:
1841: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1842: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1843:
1.247 jufi 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1845: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1846: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1847: Division</a>,
1848: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1849: </strong></font><br>
1850:
1851: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1852: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1853: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1854: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1855: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1856: investment</em>.<br>
1857: The implementation details can be seen on their
1858: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1859: <p>
1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1862: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1863: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1864: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1865: </strong></font><br>
1866:
1867: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1868: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1869: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1870: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1871: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1872: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1873: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1874: <p>
1875:
1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1877: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1878: Thinking about Security</a>,
1879: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1880: </strong></font><br>
1881:
1882: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1883: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1884: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1885: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1886: to time.<br>
1887: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1888: system and just the most secure system.
1889: <p>
1890:
1.247 jufi 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1892: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1893: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1894: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1895: </strong></font><br>
1896:
1897: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1898: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1899: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1900: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1901: choice:<br>
1902: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1903: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1904: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1905: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1906: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1907: network security devices and as such must be well
1908: armored."</em><br>
1909: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1910: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1911: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1912: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1913: <br>
1914: Bravo!
1915: <p>
1.247 jufi 1916: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1917:
1.207 ian 1918: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1919: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1920:
1.247 jufi 1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1922: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1923: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1924: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1925:
1.207 ian 1926: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1927: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1928: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1929: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1930: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1931: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1932: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1933: <p>
1.247 jufi 1934: </ul>
1.207 ian 1935:
1.194 jufi 1936: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1937: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1938:
1.247 jufi 1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1940: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1941: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1942: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1943: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1944:
1.240 miod 1945: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1946: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1947: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1948: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1949: <p>
1950:
1.247 jufi 1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1952: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1953: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1954: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1955:
1956: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1957: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1958: <p>
1959:
1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1961: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1962: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1963: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1964:
1965: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1966: <p>
1967:
1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1969: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1970: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1971: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1972: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1973:
1.240 miod 1974: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1975: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1976: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1977: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1978: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1979: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1980: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1981: <br>
1982: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1983: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1984: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1985: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1986: <p>
1987:
1.247 jufi 1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1989: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1990: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1991: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1992: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1993:
1.194 jufi 1994: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1995: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1996: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1997: <br>
1998: The new
1999: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2000: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2001: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2002: <p>
1.247 jufi 2003: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2004:
1.190 horacio 2005: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2006: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2007:
1.247 jufi 2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2009:
2010: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2011: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2012:
1.301 jose 2013:
1.191 jufi 2014: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2015: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2016:
2017: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2018: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2019:
1.212 horacio 2020: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2021: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2022: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2023:
1.211 horacio 2024: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2025: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2026: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2027:
1.247 jufi 2028: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2029: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2030:
1.247 jufi 2031: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2032: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2033:
1.212 horacio 2034: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2035: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2036: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2037:
2038: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2039: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2040:
2041: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2042: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2043:
1.301 jose 2044: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2045: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2046:
1.191 jufi 2047: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2048: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2049:
2050: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2051: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2052:
1.192 jufi 2053: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2054: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2055: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2056:
1.193 deraadt 2057: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2058: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2059: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2062: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2063:
1.247 jufi 2064: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2065: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2066: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2067:
1.213 horacio 2068: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2069: 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 2070: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2071:
1.190 horacio 2072: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2073: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2074: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2075: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2076: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2077: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2078: <p>
1.190 horacio 2079:
1.247 jufi 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2081: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2082: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2083: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2084: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2085:
1.195 jufi 2086: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2087: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2088: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2089: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2090: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2091: <p>
2092:
1.247 jufi 2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2094: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2095: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2096: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2097: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2098:
1.191 jufi 2099: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2100: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2101: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2102: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2103: <p>
2104:
2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2106: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2107: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2108: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2109:
2110: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2111: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2112: <p>
1.247 jufi 2113: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2114:
1.191 jufi 2115:
1.186 jufi 2116: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2117: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2120: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2121: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2122: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2123: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2124:
1.188 jufi 2125: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2126: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2127: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2128: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2129: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2130: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2131: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2132: <p>
2133:
1.301 jose 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2135: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2136: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2137: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2138:
2139: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2140: <p>
1.191 jufi 2141:
1.247 jufi 2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2143: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2144: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2145: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2146: </strong></font><br>
2147:
2148: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2149: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2150: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2151: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2152: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2153: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2154: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2155: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2156: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2157: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2158: familiar?
2159: <p>
1.247 jufi 2160: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2161:
1.178 louis 2162: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2163: <ul>
1.178 louis 2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2166: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2167: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2168: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2169: </strong></font><br>
2170:
2171: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2172: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2173: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2174: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2175: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2176: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2177: <p>
2178:
1.247 jufi 2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2180: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2181: Open source under the hood</a>,
2182: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2183: </strong></font><br>
2184:
2185: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2186: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2187: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2188: <p>
2189:
1.247 jufi 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2191: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2192: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2193: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
2196: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2197: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2198: <p>
1.247 jufi 2199: </ul>
1.179 louis 2200:
1.174 louis 2201:
1.175 louis 2202: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2203: <ul>
1.175 louis 2204:
1.247 jufi 2205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2206: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2207: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2208: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2209: </strong></font><br>
2210:
2211: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2212: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2213: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2214: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2215: <p>
2216:
1.247 jufi 2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2218: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2219: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2220: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2221: </strong></font><br>
2222:
2223: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2224: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2225: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2226: <p>
1.247 jufi 2227: </ul>
1.175 louis 2228:
1.176 louis 2229:
1.172 mickey 2230: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2231: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2234: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2235: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2236: </strong></font><br>
2237:
2238: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2239: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2240: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2241: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2242: <p>
2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2245: <a
1.269 deraadt 2246: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2247: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2248: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2249: </strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2252: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2253: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2254: <p>
2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2257: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2258: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2259: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2260: </strong></font><br>
2261:
2262: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2263: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2264: <p>
2265:
1.247 jufi 2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2267: <a
1.269 deraadt 2268: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2269: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2270: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2271: </strong></font><br>
2272:
2273: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2274: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2275: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2276: our own Theo de Raadt.
2277: <p>
2278:
1.247 jufi 2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2280: <a
1.269 deraadt 2281: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2282: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2283: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2284: </strong></font><br>
2285:
2286: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2287: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2288: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2289: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2290: shut down.]
2291: <p>
2292:
1.247 jufi 2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2294: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2295: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2296: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2297: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2298: </strong></font><br>
2299:
2300: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2301: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2302: <p>
1.247 jufi 2303: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2304:
1.161 louis 2305: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2306: <ul>
1.161 louis 2307:
1.247 jufi 2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2309: <a
1.269 deraadt 2310: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2311: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2312: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2313: </strong></font><br>
2314:
2315: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2316: by John Wolley
2317: <p>
2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2320: <a
1.269 deraadt 2321: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2322: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2323: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2324: </strong></font><br>
2325:
2326: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2327: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2328: OpenBSD).
2329: <p>
2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2332: <a
1.247 jufi 2333: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2334: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2335: </strong></font><br>
2336:
2337: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2338: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2339: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2340: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2341: and hindsight.
2342: <p>
2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2345: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2346: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2347: </strong></font><br>
2348:
2349: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2350: <p>
2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2353: <a
1.168 provos 2354: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2355: December 7, 2000
2356: </strong></font><br>
2357:
2358: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2359: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2360: us explain.
2361: <p>
2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2364: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2365: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2366: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2367: December 6, 2000
2368: </strong></font><br>
2369:
2370: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2371: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2372: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2373: <p>
2374:
1.247 jufi 2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2376: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2377: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2378: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2379: </strong></font><br>
2380:
2381: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2382: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2383: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2384: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2385: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2386: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2387: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2388: <p>
2389:
2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2391: <a
1.226 horacio 2392: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2393: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2394: </strong></font><br>
2395:
2396: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2397: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2398: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2399: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2400: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2401: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2402: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2403: <p>
1.162 millert 2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2406: <a
1.161 louis 2407: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2408: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2409: </strong></font><br>
2410:
2411: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2412: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2413: <p>
2414:
1.247 jufi 2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2416: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2417: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2418: </strong></font><br>
2419:
2420: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2421: <p>
2422:
2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2425: <a
1.226 horacio 2426: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2427: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2428: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2429: </strong></font><br>
2430:
2431: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2432: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2433: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2434: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2435: <p>
1.247 jufi 2436: </ul>
1.169 louis 2437:
1.158 louis 2438: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2439: <ul>
1.147 louis 2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2442: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2443: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2444: </strong></font><br>
2445:
2446: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2447: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2448: <p>
2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2451: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2452: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2453: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2454: </strong></font><br>
2455: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2456: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2457: <p>
2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2460: <a
2461: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2462: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2463: </strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2466: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2467: <p>
2468:
1.247 jufi 2469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2470: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2471: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2472: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2473:
1.213 horacio 2474: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2475: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2476: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2477: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2478: <p>
1.215 horacio 2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2481: <a
2482: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2483: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2484: </strong></font><br>
2485:
2486: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2487: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2488: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2489: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2490: much of the attitude too).
2491: <p>
1.161 louis 2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2494: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2495: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2496: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2497:
1.157 louis 2498: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2499: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2500: <p>
1.247 jufi 2501: </ul>
1.157 louis 2502:
2503: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2504: <ul>
1.157 louis 2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2507: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2508: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2509: </strong></font><br>
2510:
2511: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2512: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2513: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2514: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2515: <p>
2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2518: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2519: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2520: </strong></font><br>
2521:
2522: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2523: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2524: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2525: it because they love coding...
2526: <p>
2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2529: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2530: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2531: </strong></font><br>
2532:
2533: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2534: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2535: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2536: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2537: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2538: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2539: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2540: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2541: <p>
2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2544: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2545: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2546: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2547: </strong></font><br>
2548:
2549: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2550: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2551: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2552: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2553: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2554: the pizza.
2555: <p>
2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2558: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2559: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2560: </strong></font><br>
2561:
2562: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2563: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2564: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2565: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2566: problems.
2567: <p>
2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2570: <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 2571: </strong></font><br>
2572:
1.222 miod 2573: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2574: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2575: - whether they like it or not.
2576: <p>
2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2579: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2580: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2581: </strong></font><br>
2582:
2583: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2584: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2585: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2586: <p>
1.148 aaron 2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2589: <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 2590: </strong></font><br>
2591:
2592: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2593: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2594: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2595: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2596: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2597: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2598: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2599: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2600: <p>
2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2603: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2604: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2605: </strong></font><br>
2606:
2607: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2608: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2609: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2610: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2611: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2612: <p>
1.247 jufi 2613: </ul>
1.147 louis 2614:
1.138 louis 2615: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2616: <ul>
1.138 louis 2617:
1.247 jufi 2618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2619: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2620: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2621: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2622: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2623: </strong></font><br>
2624:
1.227 horacio 2625: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2626: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2627: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2628: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2629: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2630: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2631: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2632: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2633: <p>
2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2636: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2637: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2638: </strong></font><br>
2639:
2640: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2641: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2642: groups, and even Linux.
2643: <p>
2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2646: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2647: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2648: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2649: </strong></font><br>
2650:
2651: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2652: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2653: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2654: library after installing the OS.
2655: <p>
2656:
1.247 jufi 2657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2658: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2659: Sys Admin, September 2000
2660: </strong></font><br>
2661:
2662: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2663: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2664: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2665: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2666: (<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>,
2667: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2668: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2669: <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 2670: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2671: out of the system.
2672: <p>
2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2675: <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
2676: </strong></font><br>
2677:
2678: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2679: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2680: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2681: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2682: the IP filtering and address translation.
2683: <p>
1.301 jose 2684:
2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2686: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2687: </strong></font><br>
2688:
2689: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2690: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2691: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2692: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2693: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2694: <p>
1.247 jufi 2695: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2696:
1.131 louis 2697: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2698: <ul>
1.131 louis 2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2701: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2702: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2703: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2704: </strong></font><br>
2705:
2706: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2707: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2708: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2709: <p>
2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2712: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2713: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2714: </strong></font><br>
2715:
2716: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2717: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2718: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2719: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2720: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2721: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2722: note of"</i>.
2723: <p>
2724:
1.247 jufi 2725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2726: <a
1.247 jufi 2727: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2728: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2729: </strong></font><br>
2730:
2731: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2732: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2733: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2734: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2735: <p>
2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2738: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2739: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2740: </strong></font><br>
2741:
2742: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2743: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2744: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2745: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2746: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2747: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2748: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2749: <p>
2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2752: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2753: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2754: 2000
2755: </strong></font><br>
2756:
2757: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2758: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2759: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2760: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2761: against current industry practices.
2762: <p>
2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2765: <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
2766: </strong></font><br>
2767:
2768: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2769: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2770: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2771: <p>
2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2774: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2775: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2776: </strong></font><br>
2777:
2778: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2779: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2780: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2781: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2782: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2783: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2784: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2785: <p>
2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2788: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2789: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2790: </strong></font><br>
2791:
2792: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2793: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2794: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2795: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2796: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2797: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2798: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2799: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2800: <p>
1.247 jufi 2801: </ul>
1.131 louis 2802:
1.118 louis 2803: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2804: <ul>
1.118 louis 2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2807: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2808: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2809: </strong></font><br>
2810:
2811: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2812: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2813: about time. The article mentions that
2814: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2815: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2816: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2817: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2818: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2819: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2820: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2821: <p>
2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2824: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2825: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2826: </strong></font><br>
2827:
2828: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2829: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2830: of OpenSSH.
2831: <p>
2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2834: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2835: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2836: </strong></font><br>
2837:
2838: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2839: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2840: bridging.
2841: <p>
2842:
1.247 jufi 2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2844: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2845: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2846: </strong></font><br>
2847:
1.121 deraadt 2848: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2849: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2850: <p>
2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2853: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2854: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2855: </strong></font><br>
2856:
2857: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2858: <p>
2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2861: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2862: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2863: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
1.120 deraadt 2866: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2867: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2868: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2869: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2870: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2871: <p>
2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2874: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2875: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2876: </strong></font><br>
2877:
1.222 miod 2878: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2879: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2880: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2881: protocols and their quirks.
2882: <p>
2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2885: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2886: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2887: </strong></font><br>
2888:
2889: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2890: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2891: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2892: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2893: <p>
2894:
1.247 jufi 2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2896: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2897: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2898: </strong></font><br>
2899:
2900: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2901: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2902: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2903: <p>
2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2906: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2907: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2908: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2909: </strong></font><br>
2910:
2911: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2912: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2913: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2914: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2915: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2916: <p>
1.247 jufi 2917: </ul>
1.118 louis 2918:
1.104 louis 2919: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2920: <ul>
1.104 louis 2921:
1.247 jufi 2922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2923: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2924: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2925: </strong></font><br>
2926:
2927: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2928: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2929: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2930: be a bit dry.
2931: <p>
2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2934: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2935: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2936: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2937: </strong></font><br>
2938: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2939: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2940: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2941: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2942: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2943: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2944: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2945: <p>
2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2948: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2949: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2950: 2000
1.128 louis 2951: </strong></font><br>
2952:
2953: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2954: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2955: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2956: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2957: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2958: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2959: <p>
2960:
1.247 jufi 2961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2962: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2963: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2964: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2965:
2966: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2967: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2968: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2969: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2970: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2971: <p>
1.110 louis 2972:
1.247 jufi 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2974: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2975: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2976: </strong></font><br>
2977:
2978: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2979: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2980: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2981: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2982: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2983: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2984: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2985: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2986: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2987: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2988: <p>
2989:
1.247 jufi 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2991: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2992: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2993:
2994: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2995: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2996: <p>
1.108 louis 2997:
1.247 jufi 2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2999: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3000: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3001: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3002:
3003: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3004: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3005: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3006: <p>
1.106 louis 3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3009: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3010: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3011: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3012:
3013: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3014: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3015: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3016: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3017: <p>
1.107 louis 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3020: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3021: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3022: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3023:
3024: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3025: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3026: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3027: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3028: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3029: <p>
1.105 louis 3030:
1.247 jufi 3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3032: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3033: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3034: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3035:
1.113 naddy 3036: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3037: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3038: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3039: <p>
1.104 louis 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3042: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3043: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3044: </strong></font><br>
3045:
3046: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3047: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3048: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3049: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3050: <p>
1.301 jose 3051:
3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3053: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3054: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3055: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3058: hardware-supported cryptography.
3059: <p>
1.247 jufi 3060: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3061:
1.85 louis 3062: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3063: <ul>
1.85 louis 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3066: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3067: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3068: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3069:
3070: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3071: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3072: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3073: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3074: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3075: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3076: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3077: <p>
1.99 louis 3078:
1.247 jufi 3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3080: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3081: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3082: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3083:
3084: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3085: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3086: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3087: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3088: <p>
1.100 louis 3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3091: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3092: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3093: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3094:
3095: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3096: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3097: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3098: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3099: <p>
1.95 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3102: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3103: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3105:
3106: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3107: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3108: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3109: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3110: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3111: <p>
1.92 louis 3112:
1.247 jufi 3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3114: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3115: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3116: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3117:
3118: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3119: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3120: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3121: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3122: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3123: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3124: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3125: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3126: <p>
1.91 louis 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3129: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3130: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3131: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3132:
3133: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3134: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3135: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3136: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3137: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3138: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3139: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3140: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3141: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3142: <p>
1.90 louis 3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3145: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3146: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3147: </strong></font><br>
3148: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3149: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3150: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3151: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3152: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3153: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3154: <p>
3155:
1.247 jufi 3156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3157: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3158: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3159: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3160:
1.113 naddy 3161: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3162: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3163: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3164: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3165: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3166: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3167: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3168: <p>
1.87 louis 3169:
1.247 jufi 3170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3171: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3172: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3173: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3174:
3175: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3176: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3177: <p>
1.85 louis 3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3180: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3181: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3182: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3183:
3184: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3185: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3186: <p>
3187:
3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3189: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3190: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3191: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3192:
3193: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3194: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3195: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3196: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3197: <p>
1.89 louis 3198:
1.247 jufi 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3200: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3201: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3202: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3203:
3204: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3205: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3206: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3207: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3208: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3209: </ul>
1.85 louis 3210:
1.78 deraadt 3211: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3212: <ul>
1.74 louis 3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3215: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3216: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3217: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3218: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3219:
3220: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3221: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3222: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3223: <p>
1.83 louis 3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3226: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3227: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3228: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3229:
3230: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3231: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3232: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3233: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3234: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3235: <p>
1.93 louis 3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3238: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3239: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3240: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3241: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3242:
1.83 louis 3243: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3244: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3245: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3246: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3247: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3248: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3249: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3250: <p>
1.82 aaron 3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3253: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3254: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3255: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3256:
1.83 louis 3257: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3258: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3259: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3260: <p>
1.80 louis 3261:
1.247 jufi 3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3263: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3264: Bad Press</a>,
3265: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3266: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3267:
3268: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3269: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3270: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3271: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3272: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3273: <p>
1.247 jufi 3274: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3275:
3276: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3277: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3280: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3281: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3282: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3283: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3284:
3285: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3286: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3287: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3288: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3289: <p>
1.74 louis 3290:
1.247 jufi 3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3292: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3293: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3294: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3295:
1.219 horacio 3296: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3297: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3298: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3299: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3300: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3301: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3302: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3303: <p>
1.88 louis 3304:
1.247 jufi 3305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3306: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3307: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3308: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3309:
3310: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3311: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3312: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3313: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3314: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3315: <p>
1.81 louis 3316:
1.247 jufi 3317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3318: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3319: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3320: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3321:
3322: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3323: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3324: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3325: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3326: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3327: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3328: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3329: <p>
1.90 louis 3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3332: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3333: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3334: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3335:
3336: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3337: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3338: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3339: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3340: <p>
1.247 jufi 3341: </ul>
1.71 louis 3342:
1.69 deraadt 3343: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3344: <ul>
1.70 louis 3345:
1.247 jufi 3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3347: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3348: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3349: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3350:
3351: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3352: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3353: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3354: <p>
1.70 louis 3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3357: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3358: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3359: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3360:
3361: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3362: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3363: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3364: <p>
1.68 louis 3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3367: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3368: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3369: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3370: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3371:
1.111 jufi 3372: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3373: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3374: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3375: "secure by default" installation.
3376: <p>
1.64 louis 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3379: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3380: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3381: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3382:
1.113 naddy 3383: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3384: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3385: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3386: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3387: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3388: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3389: <p>
1.66 louis 3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3392: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3393: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3394: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3395:
3396: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3397: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3398: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3399: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3400: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3401: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3402: <p>
1.83 louis 3403:
1.247 jufi 3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3405: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3406: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3407: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3408:
3409: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3410: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3411: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3412: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3413: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3414: <p>
1.64 louis 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3417: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3418: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3419: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3420:
3421: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3422: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3423: <p>
1.301 jose 3424:
3425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3426: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3427: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3428: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3429: </strong></font><br>
3430:
3431: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3432: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3433: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3434: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3435: Giving way to
3436: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3437: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3438: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3439: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3440: <p>
1.247 jufi 3441: </ul>
1.65 louis 3442:
1.69 deraadt 3443: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3444: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3445:
1.247 jufi 3446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3447: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3448: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3449: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3450:
3451: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3452: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3453: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3454: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3455: <p>
1.88 louis 3456:
1.247 jufi 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3458: <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 3459: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3460:
3461: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3462: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3463: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3464: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3465: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3466: <p>
1.60 louis 3467:
1.247 jufi 3468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3469: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3470: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3471: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3472: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3473:
3474: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3475: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3476: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3477: <p>
1.58 louis 3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3480: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3481: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3482:
3483: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3484: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3485: <p>
1.53 louis 3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3488: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3489: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3490: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3491:
3492: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3493: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3494: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3495: <p>
1.99 louis 3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3498: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3499: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3500:
3501: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3502: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3503: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3504: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3505: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3506:
1.247 jufi 3507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3508: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3509: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3510: </strong></font><br>
3511:
3512: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3513: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3514: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3515: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3516: <p>
3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3519: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3520: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3521: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3522:
3523: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3524: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3525: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3528: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3529: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3530:
3531: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3532: in
1.247 jufi 3533: <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 3534: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3535: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3536: <p>
1.53 louis 3537:
1.247 jufi 3538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3539: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3540: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3541: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3542: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3543:
1.58 louis 3544: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3545: <p>
1.301 jose 3546:
3547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3548: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3549: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3550: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3551: Informacyjny, January 2000
3552: </strong></font><br>
3553:
3554: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3555: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3556: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3557: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3558: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3559: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3560: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3561: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3562: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3563: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3564: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3565: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3566: <p>
3567:
3568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3569: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3570: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3571: </strong></font><br>
3572:
3573: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3574: <p>
3575: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3576:
1.69 deraadt 3577: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3578: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3579:
1.247 jufi 3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3581: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3582: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3583: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3584: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3585:
1.58 louis 3586: Kurt Seifried
3587: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3588: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3589: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3590: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3591:
1.247 jufi 3592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3593: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3594: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3595: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3596:
3597: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3598: <p>
1.96 louis 3599:
1.247 jufi 3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3601: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3602: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3603: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3604: </strong></font><br>
3605:
3606: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3607: <p>
3608:
3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3610: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3611: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3612: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3613:
3614: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3615: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3616: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3617: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3618: <p>
1.247 jufi 3619: </ul>
1.86 louis 3620:
1.69 deraadt 3621: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3622: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3623:
1.247 jufi 3624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3625: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3626: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3627: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3628:
3629: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3630: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3631: <p>
1.61 louis 3632:
1.247 jufi 3633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3634: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3635: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3636: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3637: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3638:
3639: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3640: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3641: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3642: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3643: right -- or at least strives to".
3644: <p>
1.48 louis 3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3647: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3648: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3649: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3650: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3651: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3652: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3653: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3654: <p>
1.61 louis 3655:
1.247 jufi 3656: <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 3657: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3658: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3659:
3660: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3661: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3662: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3663: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3664: <p>
1.46 louis 3665:
1.247 jufi 3666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3667: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3668: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3669: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3670:
3671: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3672: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3673: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3674:
1.247 jufi 3675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3676: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3677: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3678: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3679:
3680: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3681: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3682: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3683: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3684: <p>
1.247 jufi 3685: </ul>
1.70 louis 3686:
1.69 deraadt 3687: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3688: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3691: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3692: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3693: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3694: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3695:
3696: Kurt Seifried
3697: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3698: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3699: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3700: <p>
1.44 philen 3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <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 3703: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3704: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3705:
3706: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3707: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3708:
1.247 jufi 3709: <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 3710: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3711: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3712:
3713: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3714: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3715:
1.247 jufi 3716: <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 3717: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3718: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3719:
3720: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3721: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3722: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3723: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3724: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <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 3727: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3728: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3729:
1.36 louis 3730: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3731: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3732:
1.247 jufi 3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3734: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3735: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3736: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3737:
3738: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3739: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3740: </ul>
1.38 louis 3741:
1.69 deraadt 3742: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3743: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <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 3746: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3747: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3748:
3749: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3750: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3751: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3752:
1.113 naddy 3753: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3754: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3755: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3756: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3757:
3758: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3759: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3760: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3761: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3762: <blockquote>
3763: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3764: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3765: <br>
3766: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3767: </code>
3768: </blockquote>
3769: <p>
3770:
1.247 jufi 3771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3772: <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 3773: <p>
3774:
3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3776: <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 3777: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3778:
3779: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3780: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3781: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3782: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3783:
1.247 jufi 3784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3785: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3786: Sept. 28, 1999
3787: </strong></font><br>
3788:
3789: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3790: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3791: translating and reprinting articles from
3792: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3793: <p>
3794:
3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3796: <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 3797: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3798:
3799: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3800: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3801: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3802: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3803: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3804: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3805: <p>
1.19 louis 3806:
1.113 naddy 3807: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3808: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3809: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3810:
3811: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3812: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3813: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3814: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3815: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3816: <p>
1.16 louis 3817:
1.247 jufi 3818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3819: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3820: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3821: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3822:
1.57 louis 3823: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3824: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3825: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3826: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3827:
1.247 jufi 3828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3829: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3830: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3831: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3832:
1.113 naddy 3833: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3834:
1.247 jufi 3835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3836: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3837: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3838: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3839:
1.23 louis 3840: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3841: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3842: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3843: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3844: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3845: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3846:
1.247 jufi 3847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3848: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3849: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3850: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3851:
1.199 pvalchev 3852: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3853: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3854: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3855: installation.
1.113 naddy 3856: <p>
1.47 louis 3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3859: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3860: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3861: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3862:
1.301 jose 3863: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3864: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3865: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3866: </ul>
1.57 louis 3867:
1.69 deraadt 3868: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3869: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3870:
1.247 jufi 3871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3872: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3873: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3874: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3875:
3876: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3877: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3878: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3879: <p>
1.12 louis 3880:
1.247 jufi 3881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3882: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3883: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3884: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3885:
3886: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3887: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3888: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3889: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3890: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3891: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3892: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3893: <p>
1.247 jufi 3894: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3895:
1.69 deraadt 3896: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3897: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3898:
1.247 jufi 3899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3900: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3901: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3902:
3903: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3904: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3905: available."
1.113 naddy 3906: <p>
1.301 jose 3907:
3908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3909: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3910: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3911: </strong></font><br>
3912:
3913: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3914: <p>
1.247 jufi 3915: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3916:
1.69 deraadt 3917: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3918: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3921: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3922: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3923:
3924: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3925: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3926: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3927: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3928: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3929: <p>
1.33 louis 3930:
1.247 jufi 3931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3932: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3933: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3934: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3935:
1.113 naddy 3936: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3937: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3938: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3939: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3940: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3941: <p>
1.247 jufi 3942: </ul>
1.57 louis 3943:
1.69 deraadt 3944: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3945: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3948: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3949: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3950: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3951:
3952: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3953: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3954: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3955:
1.247 jufi 3956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3957: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3958: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3959: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3960: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3961:
3962: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3963: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3966: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3967:
1.113 naddy 3968: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3969:
1.247 jufi 3970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3971: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3972: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3973: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3974:
3975: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3976: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3977: </ul>
1.23 louis 3978:
1.69 deraadt 3979: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3980: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3981:
1.247 jufi 3982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3983: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3984: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3985:
3986: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3987: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3988: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3989:
1.247 jufi 3990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3991: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3992: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3993: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3994:
3995: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3996: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3997: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3998: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3999: </ul>
1.57 louis 4000:
1.69 deraadt 4001: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4002: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4003:
1.247 jufi 4004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4005: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4006: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4007: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4008:
4009: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4010: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4011: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4012: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4013: <p>
1.15 louis 4014:
1.247 jufi 4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4016: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4017: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4018: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4019:
4020: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4021: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4022: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4023: columns."
1.113 naddy 4024: <p>
1.247 jufi 4025: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4026:
1.69 deraadt 4027: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4028: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4029:
1.247 jufi 4030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4031: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4032: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4033: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4034:
4035: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4036: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4037:
1.113 naddy 4038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4039: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4040: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4041:
4042: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4043: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4044: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4045: </ul>
1.57 louis 4046:
1.69 deraadt 4047: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4048: <ul>
1.301 jose 4049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4050: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4051: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4052: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4053:
4054: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4055: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4056: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4057: <p>
4058:
4059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4060: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4061: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4062: Nov 13, 1998 and
4063: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4064: Datateknik</a>,
4065: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4066:
1.380 saad 4067: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4068: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4069: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4070: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4071: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4072:
1.113 naddy 4073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4074: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4075: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4076: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4077:
1.222 miod 4078: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4079: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4080: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4081: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4082: <p>
1.247 jufi 4083: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4084:
1.69 deraadt 4085: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4086: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4087:
1.247 jufi 4088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4089: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4090: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4091:
1.69 deraadt 4092: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4093: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4094: <p>
1.247 jufi 4095: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4096:
1.69 deraadt 4097: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4098: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4099:
1.247 jufi 4100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4101: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4102: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4103: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4104:
1.383 jcs 4105: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4106: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4107: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4110: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4111: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4112: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4113: <p>
1.247 jufi 4114: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4115:
1.69 deraadt 4116: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4117: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4118:
1.247 jufi 4119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4120: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4121: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4122: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4123: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4124: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4125:
4126: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4127: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4128: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4129: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4130: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4131: <p>
1.247 jufi 4132: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4133:
4134: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4135: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4138: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4139: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4140:
1.69 deraadt 4141: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4142: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4143: <p>
1.112 naddy 4144:
1.247 jufi 4145: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4146: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4147:
1.292 camield 4148: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4149: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4150: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.399 ! henning 4151: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.398 2004/07/25 13:12:13 henning Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4152:
4153: </body>
4154: </html>
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