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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.400 marco 19: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
22: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
23: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
24: Computer Business Review Online September 2, 2004
25: </strong></font><br>
1.401 ! saad 26: Very positive article that highlights things as OpenBSD ships SMP capable kernel on amd64 6 months ahead of SUN and other vendors. It also discusses the new possibilities to deploy OpenBSD in a bigger iron playground.
1.400 marco 27: <p>
28: </ul>
29:
1.396 henning 30: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
31: <ul>
32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.398 henning 33: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
34: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
35: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
36: </strong></font><br>
37: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
38: <p>
39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.399 henning 40: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
41: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
42: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
43: </strong></font><br>
44: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
45: <p>
46: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 47: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
48: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
49: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
50: </strong></font><br>
51: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
52: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
53: <p>
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 55: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
56: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
57: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
58: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
59: <p>
60: </ul>
61:
1.393 david 62: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
63: <ul>
64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 65: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
66: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
67: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
68: </strong></font><br>
69: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
70: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
71: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
72: on inserting large number of SQL records.
73: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
74: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
75: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
76: <p>
77:
78: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 79: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
80: Secure by Default</a>,
81: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
82: </strong></font><br>
83: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
84: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
88: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
89: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
90: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
91: </strong></font><br>
92: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
93: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
94: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
95: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
96: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
97: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
101: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
102: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
103: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
104: </strong></font><br>
105: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
106: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
107: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
111: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
112: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
113: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
114: </strong></font><br>
115: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
116: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
117: <p>
118: </ul>
119:
1.388 mcbride 120: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
121: <ul>
1.394 jolan 122:
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
124: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
125: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
126: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
127: </strong></font><br>
128: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
129: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
130: available for sparc64.
131: <p>
132:
1.390 beck 133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 134: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
135: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
136: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
137: </strong></font><br>
138: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
139: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
140: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
141: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 145: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
146: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 147: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 148: </strong></font><br>
149: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
150: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
151: it does: CARP provides sharing
152: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
153: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
154: detail to get you started using it.
155: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
156: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
157: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
158: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
159: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
160: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
161: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 162: <p>
1.391 ian 163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 165: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 166: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
167: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 168: </strong></font><br>
169: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 170: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 171: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 172: <p>
1.388 mcbride 173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
175: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
176: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 177: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 178: </strong></font><br>
179: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
180: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
181: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
182: unencumbered by patents.
183: <p>
184: </ul>
185:
1.378 henning 186: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
187: <ul>
1.384 jose 188:
189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 190: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
191: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
192: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
193: </strong></font><br>
194: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
195: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
196: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
197: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
198: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
199: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
200: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
201: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
202: in the page tables."
203: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
204: <p>
205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 207: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
208: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
209: </strong></font><br>
210: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
211: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
212: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
213: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 214: <p>
1.384 jose 215:
1.378 henning 216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 217: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
218: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 219: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
220: </strong></font><br>
221: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
222: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
223: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
224: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
225: (quote:
226: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
227: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 228: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 229: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
230: the other developers for their work on the system.
231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 234: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
235: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
236: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 237: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 238: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
239: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
240: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
241: too.
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 245: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
246: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 247: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 248: OpenBSD source code using
249: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
250: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
251: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
252: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
253: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
254: <p>
255: </ul>
256:
1.374 jose 257: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
258: <ul>
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 260: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 261: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
262: </strong></font><br>
263: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
264: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
265: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
266: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
267: it."
268: <p>
269:
270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 271: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
272: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
273: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
274: </strong></font><br/>
275: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
276: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
277: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
278: <p>
279: </ul>
280:
1.369 ian 281: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
282: <ul>
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 284: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
285: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
286: </strong></font><br/>
287: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
288: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
289: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
290: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
291: <p>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 294: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
295: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
296: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
297: </strong></font><br/>
298: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
299: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
300: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
301: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
302: form factor.
303: <p>
304:
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
306: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
307: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
308: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
309: Features</a>,
310: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
311: </strong></font><br/>
312: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
313: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
314: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
315: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
316: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
317: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
318: <p>
319: This article can also be found online at:
320: <ul>
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 322: <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 323: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
324: </strong></font>
325: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
326: </ul>
327: <p>
1.392 david 328:
1.371 jose 329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 330: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
331: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 332: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
333: </strong></font><br/>
334: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
335: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
336: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 337: <p>
1.371 jose 338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 340: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 341: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 342: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 343: </strong></font><br/>
344: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
345: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
346: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
347: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
348: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
349: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
350: and its history with OpenBSD.
351: </ul>
352:
1.368 henning 353: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
354: <ul>
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 356: [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 357: </strong></font><br>
358: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
359: </ul>
360:
1.364 jose 361: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
362: <ul>
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 364: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
365: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
366: UNIX Review,
367: July, 2003.
368: </strong></font><br>
369: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
370: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
371: who want more information.
372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 375: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
376: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
377: Government Computer News,
378: July 22, 2003.
379: </strong></font><br>
380: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
381: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
382: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
383: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
384: <p>
385:
386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
387: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
388: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
389: SANS Institute,
390: July 22, 2003.
391: </strong></font><br>
392: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 393: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 394: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
395: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
396: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
397: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
398: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
399: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
400: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
401: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
402: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 406: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
407: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
408: OnLamp.com,
409: July 17, 2003.
410: </strong></font><br>
411: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
412: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
413: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
414: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
415: have been working on.
416:
417: </ul>
418:
1.356 jose 419: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 420: <ul>
421:
422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 423: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
424: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
425: UNIX Review,
426: June, 2003.
427: </strong></font><br>
428: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
429: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
430: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
431: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
432: <p>
433:
434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 435: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
436: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
437: eWeek,
438: June 23, 2003.
439: </strong></font><br>
440: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
441: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
442: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
443: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
444: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
445: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 449: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
450: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
451: Software Development Online,
452: June, 2003.
453: </strong></font><br>
454: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
455: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
456: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
457: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
458: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
459: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
460: current activities.
461: <p>
462:
463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 464: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
465: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 466: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
467: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
468: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
469: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
470: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
471: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
472: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
473: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 474: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 475: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
476: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
477: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
478: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
479: decisions.
480: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
481: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
482: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
483: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 484: <p>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 487: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
488: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
489: Page 58, eWeek,
490: June 2, 2003.
491: </strong></font><br>
492: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
493: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
494: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
495: been addressed in -current.
496: <p>
497:
1.356 jose 498: </ul>
499:
500: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
501: <ul>
502:
1.355 jose 503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 504: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
505: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
506: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
507: </strong></font><br>
508: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
509: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
510: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
511: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
512: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
513: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
514: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
515: <p>
516:
517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 518: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
519: Beyond Linux</a>,
520: InfoWorld,
521: May 23, 2003.
522: </strong></font><br>
523: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
524: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
525: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
526: compared to the GPL.
527: <p>
528:
529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 530: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
531: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
532: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 533: May 17, 2003.
534: </strong></font><br>
535: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
536: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
537: the business section and half of another page inside
538: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
539: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
540: in talking about the project's history and goals.
541: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
542: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
543: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
544: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 545: <br>
546: This article can also be found online at:
547: <ul>
548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
549: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
550: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
551: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
552: May 17, 2003
553: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 554: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
556: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
557: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
558: Montreal Gazette,
559: May 21, 2003
560: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 561: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 562: <p>
1.346 ian 563:
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 565: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 566: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 567: May 7, 2003.
568: </strong></font><br>
569: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
570: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
571: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 575: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
576: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
577: OsOpinion,
578: May 6, 2003.
579: </strong></font><br>
580: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
581: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
582: <br>
583: This article can also be found online at:
584: <ul>
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
586: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
587: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
588: NewsFactor Network.
589: </strong></font>
590: </ul>
591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 594: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 595: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
596: ITBusiness,
597: May 2, 2003.
598: </strong></font><br>
599: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
600: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
601: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
602: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
603: <p>
604:
605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 606: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
607: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
608: InfoWorld,
609: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 610: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 611: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
612: <br>
613: This article can also be found online at:
614: <ul>
615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
616: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
617: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
618: IDG Singapore.
619: </strong></font>
620: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 621: <p>
622:
1.339 jose 623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
624: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
625: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 626: ZDNet,
627: May 1, 2003.
628: </strong></font><br>
629: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 630: someone using parts from previous articles.
631: <br>
1.341 deraadt 632: This article can also be found online at:
633: <ul>
634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
635: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
636: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
637: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 638: </strong></font>
639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
640: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
641: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
642: CNET News.com.
643: </strong></font>
644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
645: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
646: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
647: ZDNet UK.
648: </strong></font>
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
650: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
651: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
652: Help Net Security, Croatia.
653: </strong></font>
654: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 655: <p>
1.339 jose 656:
1.341 deraadt 657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 658: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 659: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
660: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
661: May 1, 2003.
662: </strong></font><br>
663: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
664: that have been added
665: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
666: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
667: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 668: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 669: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
670: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
671: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 672: <p>
673:
674: </ul>
675:
1.253 ian 676: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
677: <ul>
1.255 ian 678:
1.260 ian 679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 680: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 681: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
682: TechRepublic,
683: April 28, 2003.
684: </strong></font><br>
685: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
686: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 687: work.<br>
688: Can also be found online at:
689: <ul>
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
691: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
692: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
693: ZDNet UK.
694: </strong></font>
695: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 699: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
700: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
701: IDG,
702: April 24, 2003.
703: </strong></font><br>
704: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
705: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
706: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
707: Can also be found online at:
708: <ul>
709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
710: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
711: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 712: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 713: </strong></font>
714: </ul>
715: <p>
716:
717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
718: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 719: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 720: Slate,
721: April 24, 2003.
722: </strong></font><br>
723: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
724: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
725: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
726: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
727: <p>
728:
729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 730: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
731: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
732: April 24, 2003.
733: </strong></font><br>
734: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
735: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
736: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
737: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 741: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
742: April 24, 2003.
743: </strong></font><br>
744: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
745: the free software community".
746: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
747: other articles.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 751: <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 752: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
753: </strong></font><br>
754: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
755: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
756: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
757: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
758: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
759: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
760: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
761: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
762: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
763: <br/>
764: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
765: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
766: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
767: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 768: <br>
769: Can also be found online at:
770: <ul>
771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
772: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
773: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
774: Common Dreams NewsCenter
775: </strong></font>
776: </ul>
1.324 ian 777: <p>
778:
779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
780: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
781: Wired, April 24, 2003.
782: </strong></font><br>
783: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
784: article above.
785: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
786: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
787: wasting them."
1.332 ian 788: <br>
789: Can also be found online at:
790: <ul>
791: <li>
792: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
793: </strong></font>
794: </ul>
1.324 ian 795: <p>
796:
797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 798: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
799: </strong></font><br>
800: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
801: <p>
802:
803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 804: <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.
805: </strong></font><br>
806: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
807: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
808: <p>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 811: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
812: April 23, 2003.
813: </strong></font><br>
814: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
815: <p>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 818: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 819: April 22, 2003.
820: </strong></font><br>
821: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
822: <p>
823:
824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 825: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
826: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
827: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 828: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 829: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
830: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
831: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
832: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
833: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
834: Can also be found online at:
835: <ul>
836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
837: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 838: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
839: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 840: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
842: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 843: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
844: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 845: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 846: </ul>
847: <p>
848:
849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 850: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
851: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 852: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 853: </strong></font><br>
854: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 855: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
856: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
857: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
858: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
859: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
860: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 861: <p>
862:
863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 864: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
865: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 866: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
867: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 868: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
869: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
870: at UPenn and DARPA.
871: <p>
872:
873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 874: [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,
875: France
1.315 deraadt 876: April 18, 2003.
877: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 878: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 882: [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 883: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 884: </strong></font><br>
885: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
886: <p>
887:
888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 889: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
890: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
891: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 892: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 893: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
894: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
895: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
896: <p>
897:
898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 899: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
900: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 901: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 902: </strong></font><br>
903: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
904: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
905: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 906: American century.
1.267 deraadt 907: <p>
908:
909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 910: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
911: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 912: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 913: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 914: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
915: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
916: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
917: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
918: Can also be found online at:
919: <ul>
920: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
921: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 922: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 923: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 924: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 925: <p>
926:
927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 928: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 929: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 930: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 931: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 932: </strong></font><br>
933: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 934: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
935: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
936: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
937: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 938:
939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
940: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
941: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
942: New York Times.
943: </strong></font>(free registration required)
944:
1.273 deraadt 945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
946: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 947: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 948: ABC News.
949: </strong></font>
950:
951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 952: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 953: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 954: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 955: </strong></font>
956:
957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 958: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 959: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 960: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 961: </strong></font>
962:
963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 964: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
965: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 966: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 967: </strong></font>
968:
969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 970: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 971: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 972: Times Daily, AL.
973: </strong></font>
974:
975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
976: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
977: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
978: Boston.com, MA.
979: </strong></font>
980:
981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 982: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 983: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 984: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
985: </strong></font>
986:
987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 988: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
989: [Article was pulled]</a>
990: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 991: </strong></font>
992:
993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
994: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
995: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
996: Infoshop News.
997: </strong></font>
998:
999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1000: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1001: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1002: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1003: </strong></font>
1004:
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1006: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1007: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1008: Raleigh News, NC.
1009: </strong></font>
1010:
1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1012: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1013: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1014: Napa News, CA.
1015: </strong></font>
1016:
1017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1018: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1019: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1020: NEPA News, PA.
1021: </strong></font>
1022:
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1024: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1025: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1026: Wired News.
1027: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1028: <br>
1029: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1030: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1031: [JAPANESE]
1032: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1033: Wired News Japan</a>
1034: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1035:
1.271 deraadt 1036: </ul>
1037: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1038: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1039: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1040: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1041: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1042: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1043: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1044: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1045: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1046: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1047: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1048: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1049: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1050: <p>
1051: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1054: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1055: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1056: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1057: </strong></font>
1058:
1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1060: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1061: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1062: Miami Herald, FL.
1063: </strong></font>
1064:
1065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1066: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1067: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1068: </strong></font>
1069:
1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1071: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1072: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1073: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1074: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1075:
1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1077: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1078: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1079: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1080: ABC News.
1081: </strong></font>
1082:
1.276 deraadt 1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1084: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1085: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1086: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1087: </strong></font>
1088:
1.286 dhartmei 1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1090: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1091: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1092: Wilmington Star, NC.
1093: </strong></font>
1094:
1.300 jose 1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1096: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1097: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1098: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1099: </strong></font>
1100:
1.309 jose 1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1102: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1103: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1104: Globe Technology.
1105: </strong></font>
1106:
1.263 deraadt 1107: </ul>
1.262 beck 1108: <p>
1109:
1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1111: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1112: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1113: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1114: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1115: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1116: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1117: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1118: <p>
1119:
1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1121: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1122: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1123: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1124: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1125: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1126: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1127: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1128: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1129: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1130: and simply restates other press reports.
1131: <p>
1132:
1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1134: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1135: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1136: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1137: </strong></font><br>
1138: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1139: <p>
1140:
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1142: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1143: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1144: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1145: </strong></font><br>
1146: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1147: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1148: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1149: <p>
1150:
1151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1152: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1153: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1154: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1155: April 17, 2003.
1156: </strong></font><br>
1157: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1158: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1159: Tech Anthems</a>
1160: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1161: 4 so far.
1162: <p>
1163:
1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1165: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1166: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1167: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1168: </strong></font><br>
1169: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1170: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1171: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1172: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1173: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1174: Goes on to say:
1175: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1176: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1177: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1178: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1179: This article is also found online at:
1180: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1182: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1183: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1184: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1185: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1187: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1188: ZDnet</a>,
1189: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1190: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1192: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1193: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1194: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1195: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1196: </ul>
1.260 ian 1197: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1198:
1.260 ian 1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1200: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1201: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1202: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1203: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1204: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1205: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1206: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1207: without notice or justification.
1208: <p>
1209:
1210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1211: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1212: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1213: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1214: </strong></font><br>
1215: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1216: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1217: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1218: effective today, without any warning..."
1219: <p>
1.257 ian 1220:
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1222: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1223: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1224: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1225: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1226: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1227: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1228: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1229: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1230: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1234: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1235: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1236: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1237: </strong></font><br>
1238: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1239: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1240: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1241: quoting two of them:
1242: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1243: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1244: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1245: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1246: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1247: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1248: <p>
1249:
1.255 ian 1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1251: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1252: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1253: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1254: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1255: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1256: <p>
1257:
1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1259: [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 1260: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1261: </strong></font><br>
1262: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1266: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1267: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1268: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1269: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1270: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1271: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1272: security experts for more than three decades."
1273: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1274: <p>
1.261 ian 1275:
1.254 drahn 1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1277: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1278: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1279: </strong></font><br>
1280: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1281: <p>
1282:
1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1284: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1285: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1286: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1287: </strong></font><br>
1288: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1289: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1290: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1291: <p>
1292:
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1294: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1295: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1296: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1297: </strong></font><br>
1298: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1299: from US DARPA.
1300: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1301: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1302: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1303: the BSD license.
1304: <p>
1305: </ul>
1306:
1.251 ian 1307: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1308: <ul>
1309:
1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1311: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1312: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1313: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1314: </strong></font><br>
1315:
1316: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1317: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1318: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1319: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1320: <p>
1321:
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1323: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1324: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1325: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1326: </strong></font><br>
1327: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1328: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1329: Mentions
1330: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1331: and
1332: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1333: programs.
1334: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1335: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1336: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1337: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1338: <p>
1.325 ian 1339: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1340: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1341:
1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1343: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1344: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1345: </strong></font><br>
1346: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1347: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1348: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1349: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1350: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1351: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1352: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1353: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1354: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1355: put into service."
1356: <p>
1357: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1358: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1359: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1360: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1361: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1362: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1363: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1364: computers with security features."
1365: <p>
1.329 ian 1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1368: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1369: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1370: Slate,
1371: March 3, 2003.
1372: </strong></font><br>
1373: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1374: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1375: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1376: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1377: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1378: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1379: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1380: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1381: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1382: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1383: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1384: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1385: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1386: of more secure open-source solutions like
1387: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1388: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1389: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1390: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1391: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1392: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1393: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1394: the Beltway."
1395: <p>
1.251 ian 1396: </ul>
1397:
1.249 jufi 1398: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1399: <ul>
1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1401: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1402: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1403: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1404: </strong></font><br>
1405: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1406: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1407: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1408: <p>
1.334 ian 1409:
1410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1411: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1412: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1413: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1414: </strong></font><br>
1415: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1416: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1417: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1418: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1419: "... the hypothetical question ...
1420: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1421: <br>
1422: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1423: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1424: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1425: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1426: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1427: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1428: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1429: support network security.
1430: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1431: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1432: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1433: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1434: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1435: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1436: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1437: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1438: <br>
1439: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1440: <p>
1441:
1.249 jufi 1442: </ul>
1443:
1.246 jufi 1444: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1445: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1448: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1449: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1450: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1451: </strong></font><br>
1452: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1453: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1454: <p>
1455:
1.247 jufi 1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1457: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1458: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1459: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1460: </strong></font><br>
1461: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1462: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1463: <p>
1464:
1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1466: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1467: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1468: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1469: </strong></font><br>
1470: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1471: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1472: <p>
1.247 jufi 1473: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1474:
1.244 jufi 1475: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1476: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1477:
1.247 jufi 1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1479: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1480: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1481: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1482: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1483: </strong></font><br>
1484: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1485: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1486: md5 digests.
1487: <p>
1488:
1.247 jufi 1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1490: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1491: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1492: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1493: </strong></font><br>
1494: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1495: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1496: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1497: right the first time."
1498: <p>
1.247 jufi 1499: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1500:
1501:
1502: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1503: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1504:
1.247 jufi 1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1506: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1507: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1508: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1509: </strong></font><br>
1510: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1511: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1512: part 6</a>.
1513: <p>
1514:
1.247 jufi 1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1516: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1517: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1518: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1519: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1520: </strong></font><br>
1521: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1522: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1523: <p>
1.301 jose 1524:
1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1526: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1527: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1528: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1529: </strong></font><br>
1530:
1531: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1532: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1533: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1534: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1535: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1536: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1537: <i>Here's the
1538: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1539: <p>
1.247 jufi 1540: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1541:
1542: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1543: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1546: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1547: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1548: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1549: </strong></font><br>
1550: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1551: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1552: <p>
1553:
1.247 jufi 1554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1555: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1556: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1557: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1558: </strong></font><br>
1559: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1560: this time using pf.
1561: <p>
1.247 jufi 1562: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1563:
1564: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1565: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1566:
1.247 jufi 1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1568: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1569: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1570: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1571: </strong></font><br>
1572: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1573: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1574: their rotation.
1575: <p>
1576:
1.247 jufi 1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1578: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1579: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1580: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1581: </strong></font><br>
1582: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1583: <p>
1.247 jufi 1584: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1585:
1.239 jufi 1586: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1587: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1588:
1.247 jufi 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1590: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1591: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1592: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1593: </strong></font><br>
1594: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1595: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1596: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1597: <p>
1598:
1.247 jufi 1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1600: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1601: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1602: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1603: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1604: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1605: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1606: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1607: <p>
1.247 jufi 1608: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1609:
1.235 lebel 1610: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1611: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1612:
1.239 jufi 1613:
1.247 jufi 1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1615: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1616: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1617: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1618: </strong></font><br>
1619: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1620: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1621: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1622: <p>
1.301 jose 1623:
1.247 jufi 1624: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1625:
1.228 horacio 1626: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1627: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1628:
1.247 jufi 1629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1630: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1631: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1632: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1633: </strong></font><br>
1634: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1635: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1636: <p>
1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1639: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1640: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1641: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1642: </strong></font><br>
1643: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1644: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1645: <p>
1646:
1.247 jufi 1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1648: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1649: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1650: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1651: </strong></font><br>
1652: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1653: on the desktop of his parents.
1654: <p>
1655:
1.247 jufi 1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1657: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1658: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1659: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1660: </strong></font><br>
1661: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1662: using IPFilter.
1663:
1664: <p>
1665:
1.247 jufi 1666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1667: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1668: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1669: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1670: </strong></font><br>
1671: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1672: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1673: perspectives of the four OS.
1674: <br>
1675: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1676: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1677: <p>
1678:
1.247 jufi 1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1680: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1681: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1682: software and security</a>,
1683: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1684: </strong></font><br>
1685:
1686: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1687: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1688: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1689: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1690: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1691: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1692: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1693: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1694: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1695: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1696: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1697: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1698: <p>
1.247 jufi 1699: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1700:
1.225 horacio 1701: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1702: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1703:
1.247 jufi 1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1705: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1706: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1707: Interview</a>,
1708: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1709: </strong></font><br>
1710:
1711: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1712: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1713: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1714: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1715: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1716: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1717: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1718: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1719: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1720: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1721: of choice.
1722: <p>
1.247 jufi 1723: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1724:
1725: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1726: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1727:
1.247 jufi 1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1729: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1730: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1731: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1732: </strong></font><br>
1733:
1734: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1735: <p>
1736:
1.247 jufi 1737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1738: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1739: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1740: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1741: </strong></font><br>
1742:
1743: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1744: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1745: <p>
1.247 jufi 1746: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1747:
1.218 horacio 1748: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1749: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1750:
1.247 jufi 1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1752: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1753: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1754: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1755: </strong></font><br>
1756:
1757: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1758: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1759: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1760: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1761: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1762: subjects. Worth a read.
1763: <p>
1764:
1765:
1.247 jufi 1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1767: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1768: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1769: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1770: </strong></font><br>
1771:
1772: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1773: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1774: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1775: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1776: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1777: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1778: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1779: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1780: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1781: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1782: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1783: on other operating systems.<br>
1784: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1785: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1786: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1787: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1788: <p>
1789:
1.247 jufi 1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1791: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1792: Operating System 2010</a>,
1793: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1794: </strong></font><br>
1795:
1796: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1797: covering the level of software integration into the core
1798: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1799: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1800: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1801: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1802: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1803: <p>
1804:
1.247 jufi 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1806: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1807: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1808: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1809: </strong></font><br>
1810:
1811: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1812: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1813: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1814: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1815: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1816: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1817: <p>
1.247 jufi 1818: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1819:
1.210 jufi 1820: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1821: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1822:
1.247 jufi 1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1824: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1825: Already a Contender</a>,
1826: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1827: </strong></font><br>
1828:
1829: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1830: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1831: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1832: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1833: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1834: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1835: <p>
1836:
1.247 jufi 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1838: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1839: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1840: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1841: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1842:
1.224 horacio 1843: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1844: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1845: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1846: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1847: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1848: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1849: <p>
1.247 jufi 1850: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1851:
1852: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1853: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1854:
1.247 jufi 1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1856: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1857: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1858: Division</a>,
1859: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1860: </strong></font><br>
1861:
1862: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1863: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1864: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1865: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1866: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1867: investment</em>.<br>
1868: The implementation details can be seen on their
1869: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1870: <p>
1871:
1.247 jufi 1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1873: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1874: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1875: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1876: </strong></font><br>
1877:
1878: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1879: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1880: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1881: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1882: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1883: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1884: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1885: <p>
1886:
1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1888: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1889: Thinking about Security</a>,
1890: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1891: </strong></font><br>
1892:
1893: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1894: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1895: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1896: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1897: to time.<br>
1898: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1899: system and just the most secure system.
1900: <p>
1901:
1.247 jufi 1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1903: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1904: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1905: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1906: </strong></font><br>
1907:
1908: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1909: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1910: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1911: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1912: choice:<br>
1913: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1914: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1915: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1916: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1917: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1918: network security devices and as such must be well
1919: armored."</em><br>
1920: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1921: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1922: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1923: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1924: <br>
1925: Bravo!
1926: <p>
1.247 jufi 1927: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1928:
1.207 ian 1929: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1930: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1933: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1934: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1935: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1936:
1.207 ian 1937: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1938: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1939: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1940: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1941: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1942: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1943: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1944: <p>
1.247 jufi 1945: </ul>
1.207 ian 1946:
1.194 jufi 1947: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1948: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1951: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1952: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1953: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1954: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1955:
1.240 miod 1956: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1957: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1958: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1959: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1960: <p>
1961:
1.247 jufi 1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1963: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1964: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1965: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1966:
1967: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1968: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1969: <p>
1970:
1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1972: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1973: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1974: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1975:
1976: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1977: <p>
1978:
1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1980: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1981: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1982: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1983: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1984:
1.240 miod 1985: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1986: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1987: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1988: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1989: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1990: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1991: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1992: <br>
1993: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1994: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1995: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1996: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1997: <p>
1998:
1.247 jufi 1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2000: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2001: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2002: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2003: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2004:
1.194 jufi 2005: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2006: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2007: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2008: <br>
2009: The new
2010: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2011: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2012: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2013: <p>
1.247 jufi 2014: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2015:
1.190 horacio 2016: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2017: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2018:
1.247 jufi 2019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2020:
2021: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2022: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2023:
1.301 jose 2024:
1.191 jufi 2025: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2026: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2027:
2028: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2029: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2030:
1.212 horacio 2031: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2032: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2033: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2034:
1.211 horacio 2035: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2036: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2037: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2038:
1.247 jufi 2039: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2040: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2043: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2044:
1.212 horacio 2045: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2046: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2047: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2048:
2049: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2050: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2051:
2052: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2053: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2054:
1.301 jose 2055: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2056: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2057:
1.191 jufi 2058: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2059: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2060:
2061: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2062: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2063:
1.192 jufi 2064: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2065: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2066: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2067:
1.193 deraadt 2068: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2069: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2070: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2071:
1.247 jufi 2072: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2073: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2074:
1.247 jufi 2075: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2076: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2077: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2078:
1.213 horacio 2079: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2080: 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 2081: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2082:
1.190 horacio 2083: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2084: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2085: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2086: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2087: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2088: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2089: <p>
1.190 horacio 2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2092: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2093: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2094: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2095: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2096:
1.195 jufi 2097: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2098: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2099: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2100: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2101: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2102: <p>
2103:
1.247 jufi 2104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2105: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2106: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2107: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2108: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2109:
1.191 jufi 2110: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2111: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2112: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2113: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2114: <p>
2115:
2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2117: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2118: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2119: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2120:
2121: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2122: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2123: <p>
1.247 jufi 2124: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2125:
1.191 jufi 2126:
1.186 jufi 2127: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2128: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2129:
1.247 jufi 2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2131: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2132: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2133: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2135:
1.188 jufi 2136: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2137: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2138: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2139: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2140: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2141: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2142: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2143: <p>
2144:
1.301 jose 2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2146: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2147: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2148: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2151: <p>
1.191 jufi 2152:
1.247 jufi 2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2154: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2155: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2156: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2157: </strong></font><br>
2158:
2159: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2160: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2161: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2162: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2163: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2164: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2165: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2166: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2167: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2168: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2169: familiar?
2170: <p>
1.247 jufi 2171: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2172:
1.178 louis 2173: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2174: <ul>
1.178 louis 2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2177: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2178: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2179: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2180: </strong></font><br>
2181:
2182: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2183: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2184: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2185: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2186: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2187: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2188: <p>
2189:
1.247 jufi 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2191: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2192: Open source under the hood</a>,
2193: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
2196: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2197: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2198: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2199: <p>
2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2202: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2203: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2204: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2205: </strong></font><br>
2206:
2207: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2208: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2209: <p>
1.247 jufi 2210: </ul>
1.179 louis 2211:
1.174 louis 2212:
1.175 louis 2213: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2214: <ul>
1.175 louis 2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2217: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2218: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2219: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2220: </strong></font><br>
2221:
2222: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2223: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2224: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2225: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2226: <p>
2227:
1.247 jufi 2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2229: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2230: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2231: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2232: </strong></font><br>
2233:
2234: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2235: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2236: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2237: <p>
1.247 jufi 2238: </ul>
1.175 louis 2239:
1.176 louis 2240:
1.172 mickey 2241: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2242: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2245: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2246: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2247: </strong></font><br>
2248:
2249: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2250: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2251: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2252: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2253: <p>
2254:
1.247 jufi 2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2256: <a
1.269 deraadt 2257: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2258: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2259: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2260: </strong></font><br>
2261:
2262: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2263: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2264: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2265: <p>
2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2268: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2269: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2270: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2271: </strong></font><br>
2272:
2273: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2274: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2275: <p>
2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2278: <a
1.269 deraadt 2279: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2280: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2281: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2282: </strong></font><br>
2283:
2284: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2285: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2286: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2287: our own Theo de Raadt.
2288: <p>
2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2291: <a
1.269 deraadt 2292: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2293: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2294: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2295: </strong></font><br>
2296:
2297: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2298: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2299: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2300: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2301: shut down.]
2302: <p>
2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2305: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2306: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2307: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2308: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2309: </strong></font><br>
2310:
2311: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2312: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2313: <p>
1.247 jufi 2314: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2315:
1.161 louis 2316: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2317: <ul>
1.161 louis 2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2320: <a
1.269 deraadt 2321: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2322: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2323: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2324: </strong></font><br>
2325:
2326: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2327: by John Wolley
2328: <p>
2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2331: <a
1.269 deraadt 2332: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2333: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2334: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2335: </strong></font><br>
2336:
2337: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2338: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2339: OpenBSD).
2340: <p>
2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2343: <a
1.247 jufi 2344: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2345: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2346: </strong></font><br>
2347:
2348: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2349: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2350: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2351: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2352: and hindsight.
2353: <p>
2354:
1.247 jufi 2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2356: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2357: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2358: </strong></font><br>
2359:
2360: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2361: <p>
2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2364: <a
1.168 provos 2365: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2366: December 7, 2000
2367: </strong></font><br>
2368:
2369: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2370: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2371: us explain.
2372: <p>
2373:
1.247 jufi 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2375: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2376: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2377: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2378: December 6, 2000
2379: </strong></font><br>
2380:
2381: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2382: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2383: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2384: <p>
2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2387: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2388: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2389: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2390: </strong></font><br>
2391:
2392: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2393: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2394: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2395: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2396: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2397: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2398: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2399: <p>
2400:
2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2402: <a
1.226 horacio 2403: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2404: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2405: </strong></font><br>
2406:
2407: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2408: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2409: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2410: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2411: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2412: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2413: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2414: <p>
1.162 millert 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2417: <a
1.161 louis 2418: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2419: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2420: </strong></font><br>
2421:
2422: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2423: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2424: <p>
2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2427: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2428: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2429: </strong></font><br>
2430:
2431: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2432: <p>
2433:
2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2436: <a
1.226 horacio 2437: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2438: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2439: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2440: </strong></font><br>
2441:
2442: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2443: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2444: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2445: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2446: <p>
1.247 jufi 2447: </ul>
1.169 louis 2448:
1.158 louis 2449: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2450: <ul>
1.147 louis 2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2453: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2454: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2455: </strong></font><br>
2456:
2457: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2458: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2459: <p>
2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2462: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2463: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2464: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2465: </strong></font><br>
2466: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2467: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2468: <p>
2469:
1.247 jufi 2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2471: <a
2472: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2473: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2474: </strong></font><br>
2475:
2476: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2477: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2478: <p>
2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2481: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2482: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2483: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2484:
1.213 horacio 2485: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2486: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2487: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2488: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2489: <p>
1.215 horacio 2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2492: <a
2493: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2494: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2495: </strong></font><br>
2496:
2497: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2498: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2499: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2500: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2501: much of the attitude too).
2502: <p>
1.161 louis 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2505: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2506: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2508:
1.157 louis 2509: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2510: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2511: <p>
1.247 jufi 2512: </ul>
1.157 louis 2513:
2514: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2515: <ul>
1.157 louis 2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2518: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2519: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2520: </strong></font><br>
2521:
2522: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2523: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2524: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2525: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2526: <p>
2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2529: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2530: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2531: </strong></font><br>
2532:
2533: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2534: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2535: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2536: it because they love coding...
2537: <p>
2538:
1.247 jufi 2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2540: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2541: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2542: </strong></font><br>
2543:
2544: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2545: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2546: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2547: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2548: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2549: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2550: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2551: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2552: <p>
2553:
1.247 jufi 2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2555: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2556: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2557: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2558: </strong></font><br>
2559:
2560: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2561: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2562: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2563: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2564: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2565: the pizza.
2566: <p>
2567:
1.247 jufi 2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2569: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2570: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2571: </strong></font><br>
2572:
2573: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2574: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2575: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2576: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2577: problems.
2578: <p>
2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2581: <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 2582: </strong></font><br>
2583:
1.222 miod 2584: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2585: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2586: - whether they like it or not.
2587: <p>
2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2590: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2591: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2592: </strong></font><br>
2593:
2594: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2595: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2596: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2597: <p>
1.148 aaron 2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2600: <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 2601: </strong></font><br>
2602:
2603: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2604: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2605: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2606: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2607: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2608: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2609: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2610: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2611: <p>
2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2614: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2615: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2616: </strong></font><br>
2617:
2618: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2619: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2620: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2621: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2622: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2623: <p>
1.247 jufi 2624: </ul>
1.147 louis 2625:
1.138 louis 2626: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2627: <ul>
1.138 louis 2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2630: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2631: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2632: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2633: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2634: </strong></font><br>
2635:
1.227 horacio 2636: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2637: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2638: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2639: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2640: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2641: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2642: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2643: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2644: <p>
2645:
1.247 jufi 2646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2647: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2648: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2649: </strong></font><br>
2650:
2651: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2652: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2653: groups, and even Linux.
2654: <p>
2655:
1.247 jufi 2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2657: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2658: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2659: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2660: </strong></font><br>
2661:
2662: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2663: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2664: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2665: library after installing the OS.
2666: <p>
2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2669: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2670: Sys Admin, September 2000
2671: </strong></font><br>
2672:
2673: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2674: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2675: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2676: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2677: (<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>,
2678: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2679: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2680: <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 2681: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2682: out of the system.
2683: <p>
2684:
1.247 jufi 2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2686: <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
2687: </strong></font><br>
2688:
2689: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2690: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2691: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2692: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2693: the IP filtering and address translation.
2694: <p>
1.301 jose 2695:
2696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2697: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2701: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2702: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2703: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2704: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2705: <p>
1.247 jufi 2706: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2707:
1.131 louis 2708: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2709: <ul>
1.131 louis 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2712: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2713: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2714: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2715: </strong></font><br>
2716:
2717: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2718: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2719: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2720: <p>
2721:
1.247 jufi 2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2723: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2724: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2725: </strong></font><br>
2726:
2727: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2728: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2729: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2730: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2731: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2732: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2733: note of"</i>.
2734: <p>
2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2737: <a
1.247 jufi 2738: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2739: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2740: </strong></font><br>
2741:
2742: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2743: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2744: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2745: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2746: <p>
2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2749: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2750: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2751: </strong></font><br>
2752:
2753: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2754: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2755: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2756: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2757: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2758: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2759: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2760: <p>
2761:
1.247 jufi 2762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2763: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2764: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2765: 2000
2766: </strong></font><br>
2767:
2768: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2769: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2770: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2771: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2772: against current industry practices.
2773: <p>
2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2776: <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
2777: </strong></font><br>
2778:
2779: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2780: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2781: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2782: <p>
2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2785: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2786: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2787: </strong></font><br>
2788:
2789: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2790: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2791: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2792: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2793: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2794: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2795: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2796: <p>
2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2799: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2800: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2801: </strong></font><br>
2802:
2803: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2804: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2805: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2806: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2807: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2808: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2809: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2810: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2811: <p>
1.247 jufi 2812: </ul>
1.131 louis 2813:
1.118 louis 2814: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2815: <ul>
1.118 louis 2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2818: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2819: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2820: </strong></font><br>
2821:
2822: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2823: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2824: about time. The article mentions that
2825: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2826: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2827: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2828: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2829: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2830: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2831: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2832: <p>
2833:
1.247 jufi 2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2835: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2836: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2837: </strong></font><br>
2838:
2839: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2840: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2841: of OpenSSH.
2842: <p>
2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2845: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2846: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2847: </strong></font><br>
2848:
2849: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2850: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2851: bridging.
2852: <p>
2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2855: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2856: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2857: </strong></font><br>
2858:
1.121 deraadt 2859: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2860: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2861: <p>
2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2864: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2865: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2866: </strong></font><br>
2867:
2868: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2869: <p>
2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2872: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2873: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2874: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2875: </strong></font><br>
2876:
1.120 deraadt 2877: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2878: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2879: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2880: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2881: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2882: <p>
2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2885: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2886: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2887: </strong></font><br>
2888:
1.222 miod 2889: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2890: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2891: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2892: protocols and their quirks.
2893: <p>
2894:
1.247 jufi 2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2896: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2897: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2898: </strong></font><br>
2899:
2900: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2901: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2902: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2903: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2904: <p>
2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2907: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2908: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2909: </strong></font><br>
2910:
2911: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2912: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2913: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2914: <p>
2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2917: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2918: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2919: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2920: </strong></font><br>
2921:
2922: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2923: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2924: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2925: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2926: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2927: <p>
1.247 jufi 2928: </ul>
1.118 louis 2929:
1.104 louis 2930: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2931: <ul>
1.104 louis 2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2934: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2935: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2936: </strong></font><br>
2937:
2938: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2939: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2940: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2941: be a bit dry.
2942: <p>
2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2945: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2946: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2947: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2948: </strong></font><br>
2949: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2950: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2951: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2952: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2953: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2954: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2955: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2959: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2960: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2961: 2000
1.128 louis 2962: </strong></font><br>
2963:
2964: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2965: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2966: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2967: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2968: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2969: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2970: <p>
2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2973: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2974: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2975: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2976:
2977: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2978: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2979: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2980: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2981: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2982: <p>
1.110 louis 2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2985: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2986: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2987: </strong></font><br>
2988:
2989: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2990: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2991: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2992: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2993: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2994: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2995: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2996: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2997: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2998: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2999: <p>
3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3002: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3003: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3004:
3005: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3006: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3007: <p>
1.108 louis 3008:
1.247 jufi 3009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3010: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3011: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3012: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3013:
3014: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3015: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3016: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3017: <p>
1.106 louis 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3020: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3021: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3022: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3023:
3024: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3025: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3026: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3027: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3028: <p>
1.107 louis 3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3031: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3032: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3033: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3034:
3035: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3036: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3037: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3038: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3039: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3040: <p>
1.105 louis 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3043: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3044: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3045: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3046:
1.113 naddy 3047: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3048: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3049: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3050: <p>
1.104 louis 3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3053: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3054: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3058: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3059: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3060: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3061: <p>
1.301 jose 3062:
3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3064: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3065: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3066: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3067:
3068: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3069: hardware-supported cryptography.
3070: <p>
1.247 jufi 3071: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3072:
1.85 louis 3073: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3074: <ul>
1.85 louis 3075:
1.247 jufi 3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3077: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3078: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3079: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3080:
3081: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3082: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3083: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3084: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3085: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3086: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3087: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3088: <p>
1.99 louis 3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3091: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3092: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3093: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3094:
3095: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3096: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3097: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3098: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3099: <p>
1.100 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3102: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3103: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3105:
3106: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3107: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3108: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3109: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3110: <p>
1.95 louis 3111:
1.247 jufi 3112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3113: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3114: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3115: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3116:
3117: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3118: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3119: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3120: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3121: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3122: <p>
1.92 louis 3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3125: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3126: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3128:
3129: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3130: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3131: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3132: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3133: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3134: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3135: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3136: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3137: <p>
1.91 louis 3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3140: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3141: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3142: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3143:
3144: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3145: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3146: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3147: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3148: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3149: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3150: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3151: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3152: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3153: <p>
1.90 louis 3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3156: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3157: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3158: </strong></font><br>
3159: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3160: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3161: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3162: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3163: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3164: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3165: <p>
3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3168: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3169: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3170: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3171:
1.113 naddy 3172: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3173: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3174: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3175: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3176: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3177: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3178: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3179: <p>
1.87 louis 3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3182: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3183: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3184: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3185:
3186: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3187: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3188: <p>
1.85 louis 3189:
1.247 jufi 3190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3191: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3192: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3193: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3194:
3195: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3196: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3197: <p>
3198:
3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3200: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3201: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3202: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3203:
3204: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3205: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3206: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3207: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3208: <p>
1.89 louis 3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3211: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3212: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3213: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3214:
3215: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3216: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3217: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3218: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3219: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3220: </ul>
1.85 louis 3221:
1.78 deraadt 3222: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3223: <ul>
1.74 louis 3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3226: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3227: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3228: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3229: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3230:
3231: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3232: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3233: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3234: <p>
1.83 louis 3235:
1.247 jufi 3236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3237: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3238: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3239: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3240:
3241: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3242: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3243: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3244: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3245: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3246: <p>
1.93 louis 3247:
1.247 jufi 3248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3249: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3250: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3251: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3252: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3253:
1.83 louis 3254: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3255: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3256: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3257: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3258: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3259: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3260: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3261: <p>
1.82 aaron 3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3264: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3265: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3266: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3267:
1.83 louis 3268: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3269: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3270: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3271: <p>
1.80 louis 3272:
1.247 jufi 3273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3274: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3275: Bad Press</a>,
3276: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3277: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3278:
3279: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3280: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3281: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3282: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3283: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3284: <p>
1.247 jufi 3285: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3286:
3287: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3288: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3289:
1.247 jufi 3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3291: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3292: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3293: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3294: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3295:
3296: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3297: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3298: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3299: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3300: <p>
1.74 louis 3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3303: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3304: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3305: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3306:
1.219 horacio 3307: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3308: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3309: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3310: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3311: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3312: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3313: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3314: <p>
1.88 louis 3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3317: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3318: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3319: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3320:
3321: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3322: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3323: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3324: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3325: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3326: <p>
1.81 louis 3327:
1.247 jufi 3328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3329: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3330: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3331: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3332:
3333: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3334: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3335: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3336: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3337: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3338: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3339: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3340: <p>
1.90 louis 3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3343: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3344: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3345: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3346:
3347: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3348: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3349: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3350: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3351: <p>
1.247 jufi 3352: </ul>
1.71 louis 3353:
1.69 deraadt 3354: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3355: <ul>
1.70 louis 3356:
1.247 jufi 3357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3358: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3359: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3360: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3361:
3362: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3363: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3364: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3365: <p>
1.70 louis 3366:
1.247 jufi 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3368: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3369: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3370: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3371:
3372: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3373: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3374: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3375: <p>
1.68 louis 3376:
1.247 jufi 3377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3378: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3379: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3380: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3381: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3382:
1.111 jufi 3383: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3384: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3385: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3386: "secure by default" installation.
3387: <p>
1.64 louis 3388:
1.247 jufi 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3390: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3391: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3392: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3393:
1.113 naddy 3394: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3395: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3396: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3397: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3398: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3399: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3400: <p>
1.66 louis 3401:
1.247 jufi 3402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3403: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3404: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3405: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3406:
3407: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3408: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3409: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3410: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3411: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3412: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3413: <p>
1.83 louis 3414:
1.247 jufi 3415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3416: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3417: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3418: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3419:
3420: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3421: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3422: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3423: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3424: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3425: <p>
1.64 louis 3426:
1.247 jufi 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3428: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3429: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3430: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3431:
3432: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3433: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3434: <p>
1.301 jose 3435:
3436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3437: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3438: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3439: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3440: </strong></font><br>
3441:
3442: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3443: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3444: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3445: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3446: Giving way to
3447: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3448: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3449: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3450: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3451: <p>
1.247 jufi 3452: </ul>
1.65 louis 3453:
1.69 deraadt 3454: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3455: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3456:
1.247 jufi 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3458: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3459: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3460: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3461:
3462: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3463: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3464: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3465: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3466: <p>
1.88 louis 3467:
1.247 jufi 3468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3469: <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 3470: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3471:
3472: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3473: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3474: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3475: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3476: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3477: <p>
1.60 louis 3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3480: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3481: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3482: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3483: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3484:
3485: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3486: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3487: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3488: <p>
1.58 louis 3489:
1.247 jufi 3490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3491: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3492: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3493:
3494: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3495: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3496: <p>
1.53 louis 3497:
1.247 jufi 3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3499: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3500: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3501: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3502:
3503: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3504: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3505: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3506: <p>
1.99 louis 3507:
1.247 jufi 3508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3509: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3510: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3511:
3512: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3513: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3514: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3515: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3516: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3519: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3520: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3521: </strong></font><br>
3522:
3523: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3524: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3525: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3526: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3527: <p>
3528:
1.247 jufi 3529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3530: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3531: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3532: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3533:
3534: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3535: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3536: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3537:
1.247 jufi 3538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3539: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3540: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3541:
3542: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3543: in
1.247 jufi 3544: <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 3545: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3546: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3547: <p>
1.53 louis 3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3550: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3551: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3552: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3553: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3554:
1.58 louis 3555: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3556: <p>
1.301 jose 3557:
3558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3559: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3560: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3561: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3562: Informacyjny, January 2000
3563: </strong></font><br>
3564:
3565: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3566: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3567: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3568: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3569: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3570: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3571: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3572: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3573: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3574: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3575: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3576: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3577: <p>
3578:
3579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3580: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3581: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3582: </strong></font><br>
3583:
3584: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3585: <p>
3586: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3587:
1.69 deraadt 3588: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3589: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3590:
1.247 jufi 3591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3592: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3593: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3594: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3595: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3596:
1.58 louis 3597: Kurt Seifried
3598: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3599: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3600: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3601: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3602:
1.247 jufi 3603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3604: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3605: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3606: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3607:
3608: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3609: <p>
1.96 louis 3610:
1.247 jufi 3611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3612: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3613: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3614: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3615: </strong></font><br>
3616:
3617: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3618: <p>
3619:
3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3621: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3622: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3623: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3624:
3625: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3626: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3627: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3628: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3629: <p>
1.247 jufi 3630: </ul>
1.86 louis 3631:
1.69 deraadt 3632: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3633: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3634:
1.247 jufi 3635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3636: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3637: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3638: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3639:
3640: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3641: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3642: <p>
1.61 louis 3643:
1.247 jufi 3644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3645: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3646: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3647: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3648: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3649:
3650: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3651: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3652: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3653: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3654: right -- or at least strives to".
3655: <p>
1.48 louis 3656:
1.247 jufi 3657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3658: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3659: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3660: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3661: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3662: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3663: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3664: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3665: <p>
1.61 louis 3666:
1.247 jufi 3667: <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 3668: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3669: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3670:
3671: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3672: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3673: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3674: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3675: <p>
1.46 louis 3676:
1.247 jufi 3677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3678: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3679: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3680: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3681:
3682: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3683: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3684: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3685:
1.247 jufi 3686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3687: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3688: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3689: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3690:
3691: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3692: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3693: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3694: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3695: <p>
1.247 jufi 3696: </ul>
1.70 louis 3697:
1.69 deraadt 3698: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3699: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3700:
1.247 jufi 3701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3702: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3703: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3704: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3705: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3706:
3707: Kurt Seifried
3708: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3709: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3710: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3711: <p>
1.44 philen 3712:
1.247 jufi 3713: <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 3714: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3715: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3716:
3717: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3718: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3719:
1.247 jufi 3720: <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 3721: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3722: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3723:
3724: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3725: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3726:
1.247 jufi 3727: <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 3728: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3729: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3730:
3731: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3732: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3733: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3734: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3735: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3736:
1.247 jufi 3737: <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 3738: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3739: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3740:
1.36 louis 3741: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3742: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3743:
1.247 jufi 3744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3745: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3746: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3747: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3748:
3749: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3750: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3751: </ul>
1.38 louis 3752:
1.69 deraadt 3753: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3754: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3755:
1.247 jufi 3756: <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 3757: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3758: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3759:
3760: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3761: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3762: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3763:
1.113 naddy 3764: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3765: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3766: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3767: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3768:
3769: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3770: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3771: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3772: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3773: <blockquote>
3774: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3775: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3776: <br>
3777: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3778: </code>
3779: </blockquote>
3780: <p>
3781:
1.247 jufi 3782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3783: <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 3784: <p>
3785:
3786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3787: <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 3788: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3789:
3790: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3791: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3792: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3793: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3796: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3797: Sept. 28, 1999
3798: </strong></font><br>
3799:
3800: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3801: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3802: translating and reprinting articles from
3803: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3804: <p>
3805:
3806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3807: <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 3808: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3809:
3810: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3811: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3812: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3813: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3814: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3815: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3816: <p>
1.19 louis 3817:
1.113 naddy 3818: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3819: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3820: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3821:
3822: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3823: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3824: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3825: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3826: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3827: <p>
1.16 louis 3828:
1.247 jufi 3829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3830: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3831: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3832: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3833:
1.57 louis 3834: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3835: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3836: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3837: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3838:
1.247 jufi 3839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3840: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3841: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3842: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3843:
1.113 naddy 3844: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3847: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3848: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3849: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3850:
1.23 louis 3851: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3852: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3853: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3854: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3855: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3856: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3857:
1.247 jufi 3858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3859: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3860: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3861: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3862:
1.199 pvalchev 3863: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3864: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3865: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3866: installation.
1.113 naddy 3867: <p>
1.47 louis 3868:
1.247 jufi 3869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3870: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3871: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3872: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3873:
1.301 jose 3874: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3875: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3876: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3877: </ul>
1.57 louis 3878:
1.69 deraadt 3879: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3880: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3881:
1.247 jufi 3882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3883: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3884: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3885: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3886:
3887: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3888: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3889: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3890: <p>
1.12 louis 3891:
1.247 jufi 3892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3893: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3894: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3895: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3896:
3897: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3898: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3899: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3900: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3901: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3902: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3903: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3904: <p>
1.247 jufi 3905: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3906:
1.69 deraadt 3907: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3908: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3909:
1.247 jufi 3910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3911: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3912: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3913:
3914: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3915: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3916: available."
1.113 naddy 3917: <p>
1.301 jose 3918:
3919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3920: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3921: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3922: </strong></font><br>
3923:
3924: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3925: <p>
1.247 jufi 3926: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3927:
1.69 deraadt 3928: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3929: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3930:
1.247 jufi 3931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3932: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3933: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3934:
3935: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3936: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3937: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3938: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3939: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3940: <p>
1.33 louis 3941:
1.247 jufi 3942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3943: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3944: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3945: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3946:
1.113 naddy 3947: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3948: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3949: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3950: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3951: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3952: <p>
1.247 jufi 3953: </ul>
1.57 louis 3954:
1.69 deraadt 3955: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3956: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3957:
1.247 jufi 3958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3959: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3960: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3961: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3962:
3963: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3964: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3965: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3966:
1.247 jufi 3967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3968: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3969: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3970: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3971: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3972:
3973: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3974: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3977: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3978:
1.113 naddy 3979: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3980:
1.247 jufi 3981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3982: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3983: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3984: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3985:
3986: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3987: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3988: </ul>
1.23 louis 3989:
1.69 deraadt 3990: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3991: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3992:
1.247 jufi 3993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 3994: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 3995: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3996:
3997: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3998: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3999: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4000:
1.247 jufi 4001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4002: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4003: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4004: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4005:
4006: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4007: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4008: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4009: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4010: </ul>
1.57 louis 4011:
1.69 deraadt 4012: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4013: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4014:
1.247 jufi 4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4016: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4017: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4018: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4019:
4020: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4021: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4022: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4023: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4024: <p>
1.15 louis 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4027: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4028: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4029: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4030:
4031: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4032: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4033: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4034: columns."
1.113 naddy 4035: <p>
1.247 jufi 4036: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4037:
1.69 deraadt 4038: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4039: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4040:
1.247 jufi 4041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4042: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4043: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4044: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4045:
4046: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4047: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4048:
1.113 naddy 4049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4050: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4051: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4052:
4053: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4054: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4055: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4056: </ul>
1.57 louis 4057:
1.69 deraadt 4058: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4059: <ul>
1.301 jose 4060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4061: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4062: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4063: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4064:
4065: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4066: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4067: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4068: <p>
4069:
4070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4071: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4072: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4073: Nov 13, 1998 and
4074: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4075: Datateknik</a>,
4076: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4077:
1.380 saad 4078: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4079: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4080: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4081: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4082: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4083:
1.113 naddy 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4085: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4086: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4087: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4088:
1.222 miod 4089: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4090: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4091: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4092: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4093: <p>
1.247 jufi 4094: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4095:
1.69 deraadt 4096: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4097: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4098:
1.247 jufi 4099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4100: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4101: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4102:
1.69 deraadt 4103: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4104: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4105: <p>
1.247 jufi 4106: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4107:
1.69 deraadt 4108: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4109: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4110:
1.247 jufi 4111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4112: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4113: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4114: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4115:
1.383 jcs 4116: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4117: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4118: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4119:
1.247 jufi 4120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4121: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4122: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4123: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4124: <p>
1.247 jufi 4125: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4126:
1.69 deraadt 4127: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4128: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4129:
1.247 jufi 4130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4131: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4132: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4133: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4134: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4135: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4136:
4137: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4138: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4139: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4140: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4141: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4142: <p>
1.247 jufi 4143: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4144:
4145: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4146: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4147:
1.247 jufi 4148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4149: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4150: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4151:
1.69 deraadt 4152: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4153: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4154: <p>
1.112 naddy 4155:
1.247 jufi 4156: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4157: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4158:
1.292 camield 4159: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4160: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4161: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.401 ! saad 4162: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.400 2004/09/02 18:46:37 marco Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4163:
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