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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.400 marco 19: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 22: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
23: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 ! saad 24: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 25: </strong></font><br>
26: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
27: <p>
28: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 29: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
30: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 ! saad 31: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 32: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 33: 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 34: <p>
35: </ul>
36:
1.396 henning 37: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
38: <ul>
39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.398 henning 40: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
41: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
42: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
43: </strong></font><br>
44: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
45: <p>
46: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.399 henning 47: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
48: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
49: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
50: </strong></font><br>
51: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
52: <p>
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 54: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
55: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
56: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
57: </strong></font><br>
58: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
59: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
60: <p>
61: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 62: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
63: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
64: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
65: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
66: <p>
67: </ul>
68:
1.393 david 69: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
70: <ul>
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 72: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
73: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
74: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
75: </strong></font><br>
76: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
77: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
78: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
79: on inserting large number of SQL records.
80: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
81: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
82: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
83: <p>
84:
85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 86: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
87: Secure by Default</a>,
88: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
89: </strong></font><br>
90: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
91: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
95: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
96: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
97: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
98: </strong></font><br>
99: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
100: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
101: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
102: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
103: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
104: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
108: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
109: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
110: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
111: </strong></font><br>
112: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
113: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
114: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
118: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
119: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
120: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
123: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
124: <p>
125: </ul>
126:
1.388 mcbride 127: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
128: <ul>
1.394 jolan 129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
131: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
132: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
133: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
134: </strong></font><br>
135: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
136: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
137: available for sparc64.
138: <p>
139:
1.390 beck 140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 141: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
142: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
143: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
144: </strong></font><br>
145: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
146: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
147: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
148: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
149: <p>
150:
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 152: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
153: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 154: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 155: </strong></font><br>
156: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
157: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
158: it does: CARP provides sharing
159: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
160: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
161: detail to get you started using it.
162: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
163: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
164: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
165: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
166: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
167: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
168: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 169: <p>
1.391 ian 170:
171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 172: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 173: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
174: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 175: </strong></font><br>
176: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 177: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 178: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 179: <p>
1.388 mcbride 180:
181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
182: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
183: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 184: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 185: </strong></font><br>
186: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
187: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
188: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
189: unencumbered by patents.
190: <p>
191: </ul>
192:
1.378 henning 193: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
194: <ul>
1.384 jose 195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 197: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
198: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
199: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
200: </strong></font><br>
201: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
202: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
203: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
204: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
205: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
206: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
207: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
208: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
209: in the page tables."
210: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
211: <p>
212:
213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 214: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
215: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
216: </strong></font><br>
217: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
218: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
219: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
220: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 221: <p>
1.384 jose 222:
1.378 henning 223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 224: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
225: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 226: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
227: </strong></font><br>
228: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
229: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
230: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
231: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
232: (quote:
233: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
234: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 235: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 236: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
237: the other developers for their work on the system.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 241: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
242: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
243: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 244: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 245: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
246: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
247: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
248: too.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 252: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
253: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 254: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 255: OpenBSD source code using
256: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
257: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
258: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
259: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
260: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
261: <p>
262: </ul>
263:
1.374 jose 264: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
265: <ul>
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 267: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 268: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
269: </strong></font><br>
270: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
271: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
272: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
273: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
274: it."
275: <p>
276:
277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 278: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
279: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
280: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
281: </strong></font><br/>
282: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
283: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
284: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
285: <p>
286: </ul>
287:
1.369 ian 288: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
289: <ul>
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 291: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
292: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
293: </strong></font><br/>
294: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
295: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
296: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
297: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 301: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
302: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
303: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
304: </strong></font><br/>
305: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
306: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
307: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
308: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
309: form factor.
310: <p>
311:
312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
313: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
314: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
315: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
316: Features</a>,
317: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
318: </strong></font><br/>
319: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
320: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
321: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
322: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
323: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
324: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
325: <p>
326: This article can also be found online at:
327: <ul>
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 329: <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 330: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
331: </strong></font>
332: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
333: </ul>
334: <p>
1.392 david 335:
1.371 jose 336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 337: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
338: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 339: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
340: </strong></font><br/>
341: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
342: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
343: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 344: <p>
1.371 jose 345:
346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 347: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 348: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 349: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 350: </strong></font><br/>
351: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
352: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
353: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
354: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
355: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
356: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
357: and its history with OpenBSD.
358: </ul>
359:
1.368 henning 360: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
361: <ul>
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 363: [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 364: </strong></font><br>
365: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
366: </ul>
367:
1.364 jose 368: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
369: <ul>
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 371: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
372: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
373: UNIX Review,
374: July, 2003.
375: </strong></font><br>
376: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
377: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
378: who want more information.
379: <p>
380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 382: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
383: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
384: Government Computer News,
385: July 22, 2003.
386: </strong></font><br>
387: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
388: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
389: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
390: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
391: <p>
392:
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
394: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
395: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
396: SANS Institute,
397: July 22, 2003.
398: </strong></font><br>
399: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 400: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 401: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
402: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
403: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
404: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
405: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
406: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
407: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
408: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
409: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
410: <p>
411:
412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 413: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
414: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
415: OnLamp.com,
416: July 17, 2003.
417: </strong></font><br>
418: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
419: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
420: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
421: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
422: have been working on.
423:
424: </ul>
425:
1.356 jose 426: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 427: <ul>
428:
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 430: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
431: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
432: UNIX Review,
433: June, 2003.
434: </strong></font><br>
435: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
436: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
437: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
438: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 442: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
443: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
444: eWeek,
445: June 23, 2003.
446: </strong></font><br>
447: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
448: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
449: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
450: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
451: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
452: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
453: <p>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 456: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
457: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
458: Software Development Online,
459: June, 2003.
460: </strong></font><br>
461: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
462: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
463: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
464: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
465: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
466: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
467: current activities.
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 471: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
472: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 473: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
474: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
475: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
476: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
477: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
478: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
479: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
480: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 481: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 482: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
483: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
484: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
485: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
486: decisions.
487: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
488: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
489: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
490: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 491: <p>
492:
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 494: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
495: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
496: Page 58, eWeek,
497: June 2, 2003.
498: </strong></font><br>
499: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
500: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
501: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
502: been addressed in -current.
503: <p>
504:
1.356 jose 505: </ul>
506:
507: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
508: <ul>
509:
1.355 jose 510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 511: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
512: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
513: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
514: </strong></font><br>
515: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
516: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
517: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
518: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
519: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
520: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
521: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
522: <p>
523:
524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 525: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
526: Beyond Linux</a>,
527: InfoWorld,
528: May 23, 2003.
529: </strong></font><br>
530: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
531: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
532: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
533: compared to the GPL.
534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 537: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
538: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
539: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 540: May 17, 2003.
541: </strong></font><br>
542: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
543: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
544: the business section and half of another page inside
545: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
546: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
547: in talking about the project's history and goals.
548: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
549: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
550: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
551: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 552: <br>
553: This article can also be found online at:
554: <ul>
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
556: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
557: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
558: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
559: May 17, 2003
560: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 561: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
563: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
564: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
565: Montreal Gazette,
566: May 21, 2003
567: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 568: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 569: <p>
1.346 ian 570:
571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 572: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 573: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 574: May 7, 2003.
575: </strong></font><br>
576: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
577: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
578: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
579: <p>
580:
581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 582: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
583: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
584: OsOpinion,
585: May 6, 2003.
586: </strong></font><br>
587: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
588: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
589: <br>
590: This article can also be found online at:
591: <ul>
592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
593: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
594: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
595: NewsFactor Network.
596: </strong></font>
597: </ul>
598: <p>
599:
600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 601: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 602: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
603: ITBusiness,
604: May 2, 2003.
605: </strong></font><br>
606: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
607: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
608: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
609: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
610: <p>
611:
612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 613: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
614: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
615: InfoWorld,
616: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 617: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 618: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
619: <br>
620: This article can also be found online at:
621: <ul>
622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
623: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
624: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
625: IDG Singapore.
626: </strong></font>
627: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 628: <p>
629:
1.339 jose 630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
631: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
632: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 633: ZDNet,
634: May 1, 2003.
635: </strong></font><br>
636: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 637: someone using parts from previous articles.
638: <br>
1.341 deraadt 639: This article can also be found online at:
640: <ul>
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
642: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
643: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
644: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 645: </strong></font>
646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
647: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
648: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
649: CNET News.com.
650: </strong></font>
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
652: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
653: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
654: ZDNet UK.
655: </strong></font>
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
657: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
658: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
659: Help Net Security, Croatia.
660: </strong></font>
661: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 662: <p>
1.339 jose 663:
1.341 deraadt 664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 665: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 666: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
667: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
668: May 1, 2003.
669: </strong></font><br>
670: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
671: that have been added
672: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
673: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
674: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 675: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 676: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
677: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
678: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 679: <p>
680:
681: </ul>
682:
1.253 ian 683: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
684: <ul>
1.255 ian 685:
1.260 ian 686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 687: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 688: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
689: TechRepublic,
690: April 28, 2003.
691: </strong></font><br>
692: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
693: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 694: work.<br>
695: Can also be found online at:
696: <ul>
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
698: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
699: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
700: ZDNet UK.
701: </strong></font>
702: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 703: <p>
704:
705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 706: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
707: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
708: IDG,
709: April 24, 2003.
710: </strong></font><br>
711: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
712: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
713: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
714: Can also be found online at:
715: <ul>
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
717: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
718: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 719: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 720: </strong></font>
721: </ul>
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
725: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 726: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 727: Slate,
728: April 24, 2003.
729: </strong></font><br>
730: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
731: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
732: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
733: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
734: <p>
735:
736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 737: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
738: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
739: April 24, 2003.
740: </strong></font><br>
741: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
742: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
743: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
744: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
745: <p>
746:
747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 748: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
749: April 24, 2003.
750: </strong></font><br>
751: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
752: the free software community".
753: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
754: other articles.
755: <p>
756:
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 758: <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 759: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
760: </strong></font><br>
761: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
762: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
763: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
764: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
765: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
766: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
767: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
768: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
769: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
770: <br/>
771: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
772: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
773: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
774: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 775: <br>
776: Can also be found online at:
777: <ul>
778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
779: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
780: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
781: Common Dreams NewsCenter
782: </strong></font>
783: </ul>
1.324 ian 784: <p>
785:
786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
787: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
788: Wired, April 24, 2003.
789: </strong></font><br>
790: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
791: article above.
792: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
793: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
794: wasting them."
1.332 ian 795: <br>
796: Can also be found online at:
797: <ul>
798: <li>
799: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
800: </strong></font>
801: </ul>
1.324 ian 802: <p>
803:
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 805: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
806: </strong></font><br>
807: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
808: <p>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 811: <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.
812: </strong></font><br>
813: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
814: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
815: <p>
816:
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 818: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
819: April 23, 2003.
820: </strong></font><br>
821: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
822: <p>
823:
824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 825: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 826: April 22, 2003.
827: </strong></font><br>
828: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
829: <p>
830:
831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 832: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
833: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
834: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 835: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 836: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
837: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
838: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
839: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
840: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
841: Can also be found online at:
842: <ul>
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
844: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 845: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
846: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 847: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
849: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 850: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
851: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 852: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 853: </ul>
854: <p>
855:
856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 857: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
858: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 859: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 860: </strong></font><br>
861: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 862: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
863: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
864: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
865: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
866: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
867: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 871: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
872: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 873: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
874: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 875: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
876: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
877: at UPenn and DARPA.
878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 881: [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,
882: France
1.315 deraadt 883: April 18, 2003.
884: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 885: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 886: <p>
887:
888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 889: [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 890: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 891: </strong></font><br>
892: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
893: <p>
894:
895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 896: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
897: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
898: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 899: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 900: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
901: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
902: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
903: <p>
904:
905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 906: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
907: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 908: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 909: </strong></font><br>
910: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
911: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
912: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 913: American century.
1.267 deraadt 914: <p>
915:
916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 917: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
918: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 919: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 920: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 921: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
922: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
923: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
924: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
925: Can also be found online at:
926: <ul>
927: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
928: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 929: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 930: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 931: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 932: <p>
933:
934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 935: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 936: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 937: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 938: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 939: </strong></font><br>
940: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 941: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
942: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
943: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
944: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 945:
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
947: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
948: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
949: New York Times.
950: </strong></font>(free registration required)
951:
1.273 deraadt 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
953: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 954: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 955: ABC News.
956: </strong></font>
957:
958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 959: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 960: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 961: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 962: </strong></font>
963:
964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 965: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 966: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 967: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 968: </strong></font>
969:
970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 971: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
972: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 973: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 974: </strong></font>
975:
976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 977: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 978: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 979: Times Daily, AL.
980: </strong></font>
981:
982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
983: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
984: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
985: Boston.com, MA.
986: </strong></font>
987:
988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 989: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 990: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 991: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
992: </strong></font>
993:
994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 995: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
996: [Article was pulled]</a>
997: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 998: </strong></font>
999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1001: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1002: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1003: Infoshop News.
1004: </strong></font>
1005:
1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1007: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1008: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1009: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1010: </strong></font>
1011:
1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1013: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1014: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1015: Raleigh News, NC.
1016: </strong></font>
1017:
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1019: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1020: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1021: Napa News, CA.
1022: </strong></font>
1023:
1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1025: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1026: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1027: NEPA News, PA.
1028: </strong></font>
1029:
1030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1031: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1032: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1033: Wired News.
1034: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1035: <br>
1036: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1037: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1038: [JAPANESE]
1039: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1040: Wired News Japan</a>
1041: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1042:
1.271 deraadt 1043: </ul>
1044: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1045: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1046: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1047: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1048: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1049: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1050: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1051: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1052: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1053: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1054: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1055: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1056: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1057: <p>
1058: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1059:
1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1061: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1062: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1063: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1064: </strong></font>
1065:
1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1067: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1068: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1069: Miami Herald, FL.
1070: </strong></font>
1071:
1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1073: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1074: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1075: </strong></font>
1076:
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1078: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1079: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1080: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1081: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1082:
1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1084: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1085: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1086: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1087: ABC News.
1088: </strong></font>
1089:
1.276 deraadt 1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1091: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1092: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1093: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1094: </strong></font>
1095:
1.286 dhartmei 1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1097: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1098: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1099: Wilmington Star, NC.
1100: </strong></font>
1101:
1.300 jose 1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1103: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1104: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1105: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1106: </strong></font>
1107:
1.309 jose 1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1109: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1110: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1111: Globe Technology.
1112: </strong></font>
1113:
1.263 deraadt 1114: </ul>
1.262 beck 1115: <p>
1116:
1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1118: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1119: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1120: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1121: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1122: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1123: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1124: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1125: <p>
1126:
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1128: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1129: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1130: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1131: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1132: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1133: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1134: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1135: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1136: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1137: and simply restates other press reports.
1138: <p>
1139:
1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1141: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1142: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1143: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1144: </strong></font><br>
1145: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1146: <p>
1147:
1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1149: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1150: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1151: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1152: </strong></font><br>
1153: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1154: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1155: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1156: <p>
1157:
1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1159: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1160: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1161: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1162: April 17, 2003.
1163: </strong></font><br>
1164: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1165: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1166: Tech Anthems</a>
1167: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1168: 4 so far.
1169: <p>
1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1172: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1173: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1174: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1175: </strong></font><br>
1176: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1177: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1178: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1179: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1180: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1181: Goes on to say:
1182: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1183: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1184: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1185: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1186: This article is also found online at:
1187: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1189: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1190: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1191: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1192: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1194: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1195: ZDnet</a>,
1196: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1197: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1199: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1200: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1201: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1202: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1203: </ul>
1.260 ian 1204: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1205:
1.260 ian 1206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1207: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1208: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1209: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1210: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1211: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1212: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1213: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1214: without notice or justification.
1215: <p>
1216:
1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1218: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1219: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1220: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1221: </strong></font><br>
1222: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1223: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1224: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1225: effective today, without any warning..."
1226: <p>
1.257 ian 1227:
1228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1229: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1230: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1231: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1232: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1233: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1234: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1235: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1236: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1237: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1238: <p>
1239:
1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1241: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1242: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1243: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1244: </strong></font><br>
1245: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1246: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1247: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1248: quoting two of them:
1249: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1250: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1251: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1252: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1253: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1254: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1255: <p>
1256:
1.255 ian 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1258: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1259: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1260: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1261: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1262: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1266: [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 1267: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1268: </strong></font><br>
1269: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1270: <p>
1271:
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1273: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1274: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1275: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1276: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1277: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1278: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1279: security experts for more than three decades."
1280: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1281: <p>
1.261 ian 1282:
1.254 drahn 1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1284: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1285: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1286: </strong></font><br>
1287: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1288: <p>
1289:
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1291: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1292: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1293: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1294: </strong></font><br>
1295: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1296: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1297: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1298: <p>
1299:
1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1301: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1302: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1303: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1304: </strong></font><br>
1305: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1306: from US DARPA.
1307: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1308: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1309: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1310: the BSD license.
1311: <p>
1312: </ul>
1313:
1.251 ian 1314: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1315: <ul>
1316:
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1318: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1319: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1320: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1321: </strong></font><br>
1322:
1323: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1324: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1325: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1326: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1327: <p>
1328:
1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1330: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1331: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1332: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1333: </strong></font><br>
1334: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1335: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1336: Mentions
1337: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1338: and
1339: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1340: programs.
1341: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1342: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1343: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1344: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1345: <p>
1.325 ian 1346: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1347: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1348:
1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1350: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1351: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1352: </strong></font><br>
1353: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1354: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1355: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1356: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1357: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1358: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1359: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1360: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1361: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1362: put into service."
1363: <p>
1364: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1365: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1366: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1367: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1368: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1369: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1370: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1371: computers with security features."
1372: <p>
1.329 ian 1373:
1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1375: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1376: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1377: Slate,
1378: March 3, 2003.
1379: </strong></font><br>
1380: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1381: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1382: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1383: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1384: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1385: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1386: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1387: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1388: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1389: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1390: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1391: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1392: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1393: of more secure open-source solutions like
1394: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1395: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1396: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1397: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1398: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1399: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1400: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1401: the Beltway."
1402: <p>
1.251 ian 1403: </ul>
1404:
1.249 jufi 1405: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1406: <ul>
1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1408: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1409: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1410: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1411: </strong></font><br>
1412: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1413: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1414: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1415: <p>
1.334 ian 1416:
1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1418: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1419: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1420: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1423: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1424: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1425: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1426: "... the hypothetical question ...
1427: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1428: <br>
1429: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1430: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1431: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1432: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1433: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1434: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1435: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1436: support network security.
1437: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1438: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1439: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1440: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1441: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1442: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1443: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1444: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1445: <br>
1446: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1447: <p>
1448:
1.249 jufi 1449: </ul>
1450:
1.246 jufi 1451: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1452: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1455: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1456: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1457: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1458: </strong></font><br>
1459: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1460: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1461: <p>
1462:
1.247 jufi 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1464: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1465: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1466: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1467: </strong></font><br>
1468: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1469: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1470: <p>
1471:
1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1473: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1474: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1475: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1476: </strong></font><br>
1477: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1478: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1479: <p>
1.247 jufi 1480: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1481:
1.244 jufi 1482: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1483: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1484:
1.247 jufi 1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1486: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1487: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1488: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1489: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1490: </strong></font><br>
1491: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1492: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1493: md5 digests.
1494: <p>
1495:
1.247 jufi 1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1497: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1498: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1499: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1500: </strong></font><br>
1501: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1502: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1503: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1504: right the first time."
1505: <p>
1.247 jufi 1506: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1507:
1508:
1509: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1510: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1511:
1.247 jufi 1512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1513: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1514: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1515: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1516: </strong></font><br>
1517: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1518: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1519: part 6</a>.
1520: <p>
1521:
1.247 jufi 1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1523: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1524: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1525: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1526: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1527: </strong></font><br>
1528: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1529: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1530: <p>
1.301 jose 1531:
1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1533: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1534: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1535: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1536: </strong></font><br>
1537:
1538: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1539: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1540: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1541: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1542: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1543: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1544: <i>Here's the
1545: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1546: <p>
1.247 jufi 1547: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1548:
1549: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1550: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1553: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1554: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1555: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1556: </strong></font><br>
1557: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1559: <p>
1560:
1.247 jufi 1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1562: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1563: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1564: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1565: </strong></font><br>
1566: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1567: this time using pf.
1568: <p>
1.247 jufi 1569: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1570:
1571: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1572: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1573:
1.247 jufi 1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1575: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1576: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1577: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1578: </strong></font><br>
1579: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1580: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1581: their rotation.
1582: <p>
1583:
1.247 jufi 1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1585: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1586: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1587: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1588: </strong></font><br>
1589: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1590: <p>
1.247 jufi 1591: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1592:
1.239 jufi 1593: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1594: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1595:
1.247 jufi 1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1597: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1598: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1599: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1600: </strong></font><br>
1601: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1602: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1603: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1604: <p>
1605:
1.247 jufi 1606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1607: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1608: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1609: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1610: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1611: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1612: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1613: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1614: <p>
1.247 jufi 1615: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1616:
1.235 lebel 1617: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1618: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1619:
1.239 jufi 1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1622: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1623: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1624: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1625: </strong></font><br>
1626: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1627: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1628: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1629: <p>
1.301 jose 1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1632:
1.228 horacio 1633: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1634: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1637: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1638: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1639: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1640: </strong></font><br>
1641: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1642: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1643: <p>
1644:
1.247 jufi 1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1646: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1647: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1648: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1649: </strong></font><br>
1650: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1651: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1652: <p>
1653:
1.247 jufi 1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1655: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1656: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1657: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1658: </strong></font><br>
1659: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1660: on the desktop of his parents.
1661: <p>
1662:
1.247 jufi 1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1664: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1665: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1666: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1667: </strong></font><br>
1668: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1669: using IPFilter.
1670:
1671: <p>
1672:
1.247 jufi 1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1674: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1675: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1676: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1677: </strong></font><br>
1678: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1679: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1680: perspectives of the four OS.
1681: <br>
1682: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1683: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1684: <p>
1685:
1.247 jufi 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1687: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1688: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1689: software and security</a>,
1690: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1691: </strong></font><br>
1692:
1693: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1694: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1695: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1696: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1697: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1698: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1699: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1700: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1701: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1702: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1703: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1704: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1705: <p>
1.247 jufi 1706: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1707:
1.225 horacio 1708: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1709: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1710:
1.247 jufi 1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1712: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1713: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1714: Interview</a>,
1715: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1716: </strong></font><br>
1717:
1718: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1719: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1720: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1721: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1722: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1723: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1724: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1725: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1726: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1727: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1728: of choice.
1729: <p>
1.247 jufi 1730: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1731:
1732: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1733: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1734:
1.247 jufi 1735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1736: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1737: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1738: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1739: </strong></font><br>
1740:
1741: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1742: <p>
1743:
1.247 jufi 1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1745: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1746: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1747: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1748: </strong></font><br>
1749:
1750: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1751: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1752: <p>
1.247 jufi 1753: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1754:
1.218 horacio 1755: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1756: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1757:
1.247 jufi 1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1759: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1760: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1761: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1762: </strong></font><br>
1763:
1764: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1765: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1766: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1767: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1768: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1769: subjects. Worth a read.
1770: <p>
1771:
1772:
1.247 jufi 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1774: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1775: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1776: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1777: </strong></font><br>
1778:
1779: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1780: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1781: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1782: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1783: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1784: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1785: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1786: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1787: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1788: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1789: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1790: on other operating systems.<br>
1791: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1792: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1793: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1794: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1795: <p>
1796:
1.247 jufi 1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1798: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1799: Operating System 2010</a>,
1800: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1801: </strong></font><br>
1802:
1803: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1804: covering the level of software integration into the core
1805: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1806: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1807: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1808: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1809: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1810: <p>
1811:
1.247 jufi 1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1813: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1814: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1815: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1816: </strong></font><br>
1817:
1818: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1819: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1820: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1821: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1822: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1823: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1824: <p>
1.247 jufi 1825: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1826:
1.210 jufi 1827: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1828: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1829:
1.247 jufi 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1831: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1832: Already a Contender</a>,
1833: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1834: </strong></font><br>
1835:
1836: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1837: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1838: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1839: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1840: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1841: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1842: <p>
1843:
1.247 jufi 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1845: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1846: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1847: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1848: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1849:
1.224 horacio 1850: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1851: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1852: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1853: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1854: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1855: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1856: <p>
1.247 jufi 1857: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1858:
1859: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1860: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1863: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1864: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1865: Division</a>,
1866: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1867: </strong></font><br>
1868:
1869: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1870: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1871: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1872: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1873: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1874: investment</em>.<br>
1875: The implementation details can be seen on their
1876: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1877: <p>
1878:
1.247 jufi 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1880: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1881: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1882: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1883: </strong></font><br>
1884:
1885: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1886: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1887: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1888: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1889: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1890: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1891: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1892: <p>
1893:
1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1895: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1896: Thinking about Security</a>,
1897: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1898: </strong></font><br>
1899:
1900: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1901: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1902: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1903: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1904: to time.<br>
1905: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1906: system and just the most secure system.
1907: <p>
1908:
1.247 jufi 1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1910: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1911: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1912: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1913: </strong></font><br>
1914:
1915: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1916: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1917: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1918: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1919: choice:<br>
1920: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1921: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1922: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1923: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1924: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1925: network security devices and as such must be well
1926: armored."</em><br>
1927: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1928: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1929: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1930: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1931: <br>
1932: Bravo!
1933: <p>
1.247 jufi 1934: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1935:
1.207 ian 1936: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1937: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1938:
1.247 jufi 1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1940: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1941: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1942: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1943:
1.207 ian 1944: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1945: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1946: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1947: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1948: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1949: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1950: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1951: <p>
1.247 jufi 1952: </ul>
1.207 ian 1953:
1.194 jufi 1954: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1955: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1956:
1.247 jufi 1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1958: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1959: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1960: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1961: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1962:
1.240 miod 1963: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1964: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1965: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1966: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1967: <p>
1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1970: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1971: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1972: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1973:
1974: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1975: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1976: <p>
1977:
1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1979: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1980: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1981: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1982:
1983: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1984: <p>
1985:
1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1987: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1988: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1989: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1990: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1991:
1.240 miod 1992: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1993: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1994: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1995: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1996: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1997: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1998: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1999: <br>
2000: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
2001: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2002: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2003: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2004: <p>
2005:
1.247 jufi 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2007: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2008: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2009: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2010: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2011:
1.194 jufi 2012: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2013: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2014: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2015: <br>
2016: The new
2017: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2018: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2019: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2020: <p>
1.247 jufi 2021: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2022:
1.190 horacio 2023: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2024: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2027:
2028: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2029: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2030:
1.301 jose 2031:
1.191 jufi 2032: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2033: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2034:
2035: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2036: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2037:
1.212 horacio 2038: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2039: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2040: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2041:
1.211 horacio 2042: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2043: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2044: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2045:
1.247 jufi 2046: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2047: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2048:
1.247 jufi 2049: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2050: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2051:
1.212 horacio 2052: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2053: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2054: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2055:
2056: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2057: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2058:
2059: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2060: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2061:
1.301 jose 2062: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2063: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2064:
1.191 jufi 2065: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2066: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2067:
2068: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2069: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2070:
1.192 jufi 2071: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2072: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2073: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2074:
1.193 deraadt 2075: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2076: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2077: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2078:
1.247 jufi 2079: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2080: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2081:
1.247 jufi 2082: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2083: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2084: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2085:
1.213 horacio 2086: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2087: 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 2088: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2089:
1.190 horacio 2090: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2091: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2092: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2093: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2094: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2095: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2096: <p>
1.190 horacio 2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2099: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2100: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2101: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2102: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2103:
1.195 jufi 2104: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2105: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2106: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2107: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2108: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2109: <p>
2110:
1.247 jufi 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2112: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2113: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2114: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2115: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2116:
1.191 jufi 2117: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2118: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2119: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2120: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2121: <p>
2122:
2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2124: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2125: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2126: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2127:
2128: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2129: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2130: <p>
1.247 jufi 2131: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2132:
1.191 jufi 2133:
1.186 jufi 2134: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2135: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2136:
1.247 jufi 2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2138: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2139: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2140: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2141: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2142:
1.188 jufi 2143: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2144: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2145: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2146: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2147: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2148: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2149: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2150: <p>
2151:
1.301 jose 2152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2153: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2154: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2155: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2156:
2157: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2158: <p>
1.191 jufi 2159:
1.247 jufi 2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2161: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2162: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2163: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2164: </strong></font><br>
2165:
2166: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2167: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2168: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2169: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2170: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2171: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2172: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2173: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2174: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2175: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2176: familiar?
2177: <p>
1.247 jufi 2178: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2179:
1.178 louis 2180: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2181: <ul>
1.178 louis 2182:
1.247 jufi 2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2184: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2185: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2186: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2187: </strong></font><br>
2188:
2189: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2190: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2191: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2192: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2193: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2194: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2195: <p>
2196:
1.247 jufi 2197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2198: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2199: Open source under the hood</a>,
2200: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2201: </strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2204: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2205: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2206: <p>
2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2209: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2210: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2211: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2212: </strong></font><br>
2213:
2214: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2215: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2216: <p>
1.247 jufi 2217: </ul>
1.179 louis 2218:
1.174 louis 2219:
1.175 louis 2220: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2221: <ul>
1.175 louis 2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2224: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2225: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2226: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2227: </strong></font><br>
2228:
2229: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2230: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2231: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2232: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2233: <p>
2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2236: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2237: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2238: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2239: </strong></font><br>
2240:
2241: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2242: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2243: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2244: <p>
1.247 jufi 2245: </ul>
1.175 louis 2246:
1.176 louis 2247:
1.172 mickey 2248: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2249: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2252: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2253: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2254: </strong></font><br>
2255:
2256: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2257: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2258: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2259: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2260: <p>
2261:
1.247 jufi 2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2263: <a
1.269 deraadt 2264: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2265: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2266: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2267: </strong></font><br>
2268:
2269: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2270: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2271: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2272: <p>
2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2275: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2276: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2277: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2278: </strong></font><br>
2279:
2280: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2281: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2282: <p>
2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2285: <a
1.269 deraadt 2286: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2287: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2288: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2289: </strong></font><br>
2290:
2291: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2292: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2293: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2294: our own Theo de Raadt.
2295: <p>
2296:
1.247 jufi 2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2298: <a
1.269 deraadt 2299: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2300: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2301: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2302: </strong></font><br>
2303:
2304: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2305: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2306: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2307: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2308: shut down.]
2309: <p>
2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2312: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2313: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2314: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2315: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2316: </strong></font><br>
2317:
2318: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2319: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2320: <p>
1.247 jufi 2321: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2322:
1.161 louis 2323: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2324: <ul>
1.161 louis 2325:
1.247 jufi 2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2327: <a
1.269 deraadt 2328: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2329: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2330: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2331: </strong></font><br>
2332:
2333: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2334: by John Wolley
2335: <p>
2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2338: <a
1.269 deraadt 2339: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2340: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2341: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343:
2344: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2345: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2346: OpenBSD).
2347: <p>
2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2350: <a
1.247 jufi 2351: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2352: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2353: </strong></font><br>
2354:
2355: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2356: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2357: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2358: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2359: and hindsight.
2360: <p>
2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2363: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2364: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2365: </strong></font><br>
2366:
2367: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2368: <p>
2369:
1.247 jufi 2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2371: <a
1.168 provos 2372: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2373: December 7, 2000
2374: </strong></font><br>
2375:
2376: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2377: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2378: us explain.
2379: <p>
2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2382: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2383: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2384: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2385: December 6, 2000
2386: </strong></font><br>
2387:
2388: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2389: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2390: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2391: <p>
2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2394: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2395: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2396: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2397: </strong></font><br>
2398:
2399: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2400: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2401: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2402: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2403: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2404: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2405: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2406: <p>
2407:
2408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2409: <a
1.226 horacio 2410: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2411: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2412: </strong></font><br>
2413:
2414: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2415: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2416: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2417: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2418: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2419: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2420: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2421: <p>
1.162 millert 2422:
1.247 jufi 2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2424: <a
1.161 louis 2425: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2426: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2427: </strong></font><br>
2428:
2429: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2430: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2431: <p>
2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2434: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2435: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2436: </strong></font><br>
2437:
2438: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2439: <p>
2440:
2441:
1.247 jufi 2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2443: <a
1.226 horacio 2444: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2445: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2446: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2447: </strong></font><br>
2448:
2449: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2450: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2451: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2452: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2453: <p>
1.247 jufi 2454: </ul>
1.169 louis 2455:
1.158 louis 2456: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2457: <ul>
1.147 louis 2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2460: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2461: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2462: </strong></font><br>
2463:
2464: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2465: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2466: <p>
2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2469: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2470: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2471: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2472: </strong></font><br>
2473: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2474: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2475: <p>
2476:
1.247 jufi 2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2478: <a
2479: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2480: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2481: </strong></font><br>
2482:
2483: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2484: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2485: <p>
2486:
1.247 jufi 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2488: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2489: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2490: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2491:
1.213 horacio 2492: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2493: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2494: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2495: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2496: <p>
1.215 horacio 2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2499: <a
2500: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2501: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2502: </strong></font><br>
2503:
2504: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2505: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2506: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2507: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2508: much of the attitude too).
2509: <p>
1.161 louis 2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2512: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2513: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2514: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2515:
1.157 louis 2516: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2517: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2518: <p>
1.247 jufi 2519: </ul>
1.157 louis 2520:
2521: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2522: <ul>
1.157 louis 2523:
1.247 jufi 2524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2525: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2526: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2527: </strong></font><br>
2528:
2529: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2530: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2531: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2532: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2533: <p>
2534:
1.247 jufi 2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2536: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2537: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2538: </strong></font><br>
2539:
2540: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2541: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2542: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2543: it because they love coding...
2544: <p>
2545:
1.247 jufi 2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2547: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2548: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2549: </strong></font><br>
2550:
2551: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2552: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2553: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2554: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2555: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2556: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2557: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2558: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2559: <p>
2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2562: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2563: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2564: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2565: </strong></font><br>
2566:
2567: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2568: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2569: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2570: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2571: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2572: the pizza.
2573: <p>
2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2576: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2577: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2578: </strong></font><br>
2579:
2580: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2581: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2582: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2583: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2584: problems.
2585: <p>
2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2588: <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 2589: </strong></font><br>
2590:
1.222 miod 2591: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2592: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2593: - whether they like it or not.
2594: <p>
2595:
1.247 jufi 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2597: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2598: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2599: </strong></font><br>
2600:
2601: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2602: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2603: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2604: <p>
1.148 aaron 2605:
1.247 jufi 2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2607: <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 2608: </strong></font><br>
2609:
2610: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2611: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2612: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2613: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2614: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2615: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2616: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2617: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2618: <p>
2619:
1.247 jufi 2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2621: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2622: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2623: </strong></font><br>
2624:
2625: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2626: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2627: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2628: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2629: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2630: <p>
1.247 jufi 2631: </ul>
1.147 louis 2632:
1.138 louis 2633: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2634: <ul>
1.138 louis 2635:
1.247 jufi 2636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2637: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2638: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2639: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2640: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2641: </strong></font><br>
2642:
1.227 horacio 2643: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2644: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2645: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2646: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2647: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2648: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2649: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2650: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2651: <p>
2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2654: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2655: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2656: </strong></font><br>
2657:
2658: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2659: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2660: groups, and even Linux.
2661: <p>
2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2664: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2665: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2666: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2667: </strong></font><br>
2668:
2669: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2670: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2671: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2672: library after installing the OS.
2673: <p>
2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2676: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2677: Sys Admin, September 2000
2678: </strong></font><br>
2679:
2680: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2681: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2682: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2683: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2684: (<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>,
2685: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2686: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2687: <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 2688: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2689: out of the system.
2690: <p>
2691:
1.247 jufi 2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2693: <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
2694: </strong></font><br>
2695:
2696: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2697: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2698: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2699: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2700: the IP filtering and address translation.
2701: <p>
1.301 jose 2702:
2703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2704: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2705: </strong></font><br>
2706:
2707: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2708: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2709: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2710: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2711: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2712: <p>
1.247 jufi 2713: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2714:
1.131 louis 2715: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2716: <ul>
1.131 louis 2717:
1.247 jufi 2718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2719: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2720: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2721: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2722: </strong></font><br>
2723:
2724: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2725: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2726: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2727: <p>
2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2730: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2731: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2732: </strong></font><br>
2733:
2734: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2735: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2736: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2737: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2738: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2739: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2740: note of"</i>.
2741: <p>
2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2744: <a
1.247 jufi 2745: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2746: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2747: </strong></font><br>
2748:
2749: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2750: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2751: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2752: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2753: <p>
2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2756: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2757: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2758: </strong></font><br>
2759:
2760: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2761: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2762: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2763: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2764: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2765: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2766: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2767: <p>
2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2770: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2771: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2772: 2000
2773: </strong></font><br>
2774:
2775: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2776: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2777: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2778: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2779: against current industry practices.
2780: <p>
2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2783: <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
2784: </strong></font><br>
2785:
2786: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2787: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2788: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2789: <p>
2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2792: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2793: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2794: </strong></font><br>
2795:
2796: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2797: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2798: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2799: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2800: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2801: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2802: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2803: <p>
2804:
1.247 jufi 2805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2806: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2807: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2808: </strong></font><br>
2809:
2810: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2811: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2812: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2813: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2814: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2815: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2816: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2817: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2818: <p>
1.247 jufi 2819: </ul>
1.131 louis 2820:
1.118 louis 2821: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2822: <ul>
1.118 louis 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2825: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2826: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2827: </strong></font><br>
2828:
2829: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2830: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2831: about time. The article mentions that
2832: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2833: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2834: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2835: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2836: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2837: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2838: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2839: <p>
2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2842: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2843: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2844: </strong></font><br>
2845:
2846: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2847: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2848: of OpenSSH.
2849: <p>
2850:
1.247 jufi 2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2852: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2853: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2854: </strong></font><br>
2855:
2856: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2857: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2858: bridging.
2859: <p>
2860:
1.247 jufi 2861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2862: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2863: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
1.121 deraadt 2866: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2867: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2868: <p>
2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2871: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2872: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2873: </strong></font><br>
2874:
2875: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2876: <p>
2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2879: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2880: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2881: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2882: </strong></font><br>
2883:
1.120 deraadt 2884: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2885: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2886: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2887: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2888: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2889: <p>
2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2892: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2893: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2894: </strong></font><br>
2895:
1.222 miod 2896: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2897: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2898: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2899: protocols and their quirks.
2900: <p>
2901:
1.247 jufi 2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2903: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2904: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2905: </strong></font><br>
2906:
2907: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2908: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2909: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2910: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2911: <p>
2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2914: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2915: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2916: </strong></font><br>
2917:
2918: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2919: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2920: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2921: <p>
2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2924: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2925: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2926: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2927: </strong></font><br>
2928:
2929: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2930: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2931: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2932: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2933: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2934: <p>
1.247 jufi 2935: </ul>
1.118 louis 2936:
1.104 louis 2937: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2938: <ul>
1.104 louis 2939:
1.247 jufi 2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2941: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2942: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2943: </strong></font><br>
2944:
2945: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2946: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2947: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2948: be a bit dry.
2949: <p>
2950:
1.247 jufi 2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2952: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2953: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2954: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2955: </strong></font><br>
2956: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2957: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2958: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2959: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2960: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2961: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2962: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2963: <p>
2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2966: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2967: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2968: 2000
1.128 louis 2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
2971: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2972: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2973: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2974: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2975: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2976: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2977: <p>
2978:
1.247 jufi 2979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2980: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2981: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2982: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2983:
2984: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2985: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2986: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2987: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2988: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2989: <p>
1.110 louis 2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2992: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2993: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2994: </strong></font><br>
2995:
2996: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2997: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2998: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2999: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3000: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3001: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3002: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3003: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3004: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3005: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3006: <p>
3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3009: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3010: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3011:
3012: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3013: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3014: <p>
1.108 louis 3015:
1.247 jufi 3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3017: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3018: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3019: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3020:
3021: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3022: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3023: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3024: <p>
1.106 louis 3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3027: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3028: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3029: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3030:
3031: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3032: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3033: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3034: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3035: <p>
1.107 louis 3036:
1.247 jufi 3037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3038: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3039: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3040: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3041:
3042: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3043: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3044: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3045: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3046: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3047: <p>
1.105 louis 3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3050: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3051: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3052: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3053:
1.113 naddy 3054: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3055: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3056: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3057: <p>
1.104 louis 3058:
1.247 jufi 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3060: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3061: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3062: </strong></font><br>
3063:
3064: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3065: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3066: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3067: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3068: <p>
1.301 jose 3069:
3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3071: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3072: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3073: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3074:
3075: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3076: hardware-supported cryptography.
3077: <p>
1.247 jufi 3078: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3079:
1.85 louis 3080: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3081: <ul>
1.85 louis 3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3084: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3085: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3086: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3087:
3088: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3089: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3090: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3091: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3092: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3093: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3094: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3095: <p>
1.99 louis 3096:
1.247 jufi 3097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3098: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3099: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3100: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3101:
3102: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3103: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3104: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3105: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3106: <p>
1.100 louis 3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3109: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3110: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3111: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3112:
3113: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3114: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3115: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3116: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3117: <p>
1.95 louis 3118:
1.247 jufi 3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3120: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3121: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3122: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3123:
3124: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3125: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3126: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3127: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3128: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3129: <p>
1.92 louis 3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3132: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3133: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3134: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3135:
3136: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3137: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3138: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3139: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3140: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3141: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3142: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3143: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3144: <p>
1.91 louis 3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3147: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3148: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3149: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3150:
3151: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3152: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3153: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3154: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3155: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3156: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3157: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3158: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3159: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3160: <p>
1.90 louis 3161:
1.247 jufi 3162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3163: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3164: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3165: </strong></font><br>
3166: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3167: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3168: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3169: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3170: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3171: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3172: <p>
3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3175: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3176: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3177: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3178:
1.113 naddy 3179: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3180: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3181: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3182: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3183: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3184: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3185: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3186: <p>
1.87 louis 3187:
1.247 jufi 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3189: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3190: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3191: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3192:
3193: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3194: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3195: <p>
1.85 louis 3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3198: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3199: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3200: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3201:
3202: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3203: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3204: <p>
3205:
3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3207: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3208: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3210:
3211: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3212: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3213: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3214: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3215: <p>
1.89 louis 3216:
1.247 jufi 3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3218: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3219: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3220: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3221:
3222: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3223: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3224: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3225: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3226: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3227: </ul>
1.85 louis 3228:
1.78 deraadt 3229: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3230: <ul>
1.74 louis 3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3233: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3234: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3235: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3236: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3237:
3238: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3239: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3240: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3241: <p>
1.83 louis 3242:
1.247 jufi 3243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3244: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3245: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3246: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3247:
3248: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3249: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3250: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3251: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3252: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3253: <p>
1.93 louis 3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3256: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3257: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3258: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3259: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3260:
1.83 louis 3261: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3262: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3263: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3264: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3265: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3266: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3267: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3268: <p>
1.82 aaron 3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3271: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3272: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3273: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3274:
1.83 louis 3275: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3276: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3277: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3278: <p>
1.80 louis 3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3281: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3282: Bad Press</a>,
3283: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3284: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3285:
3286: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3287: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3288: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3289: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3290: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3291: <p>
1.247 jufi 3292: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3293:
3294: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3295: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3296:
1.247 jufi 3297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3298: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3299: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3300: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3301: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3302:
3303: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3304: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3305: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3306: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3307: <p>
1.74 louis 3308:
1.247 jufi 3309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3310: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3311: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3312: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3313:
1.219 horacio 3314: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3315: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3316: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3317: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3318: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3319: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3320: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3321: <p>
1.88 louis 3322:
1.247 jufi 3323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3324: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3325: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3326: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3327:
3328: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3329: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3330: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3331: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3332: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3333: <p>
1.81 louis 3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3336: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3337: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3338: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3339:
3340: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3341: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3342: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3343: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3344: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3345: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3346: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3347: <p>
1.90 louis 3348:
1.247 jufi 3349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3350: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3351: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3352: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3353:
3354: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3355: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3356: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3357: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3358: <p>
1.247 jufi 3359: </ul>
1.71 louis 3360:
1.69 deraadt 3361: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3362: <ul>
1.70 louis 3363:
1.247 jufi 3364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3365: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3366: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3367: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3368:
3369: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3370: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3371: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3372: <p>
1.70 louis 3373:
1.247 jufi 3374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3375: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3376: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3377: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3378:
3379: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3380: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3381: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3382: <p>
1.68 louis 3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3385: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3386: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3387: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3388: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3389:
1.111 jufi 3390: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3391: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3392: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3393: "secure by default" installation.
3394: <p>
1.64 louis 3395:
1.247 jufi 3396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3397: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3398: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3399: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3400:
1.113 naddy 3401: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3402: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3403: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3404: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3405: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3406: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3407: <p>
1.66 louis 3408:
1.247 jufi 3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3410: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3411: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3412: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3413:
3414: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3415: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3416: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3417: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3418: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3419: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3420: <p>
1.83 louis 3421:
1.247 jufi 3422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3423: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3424: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3425: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3426:
3427: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3428: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3429: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3430: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3431: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3432: <p>
1.64 louis 3433:
1.247 jufi 3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3435: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3436: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3437: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3438:
3439: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3440: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3441: <p>
1.301 jose 3442:
3443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3444: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3445: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3446: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3447: </strong></font><br>
3448:
3449: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3450: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3451: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3452: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3453: Giving way to
3454: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3455: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3456: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3457: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3458: <p>
1.247 jufi 3459: </ul>
1.65 louis 3460:
1.69 deraadt 3461: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3462: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3463:
1.247 jufi 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3465: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3466: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3467: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3468:
3469: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3470: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3471: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3472: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3473: <p>
1.88 louis 3474:
1.247 jufi 3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3476: <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 3477: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3478:
3479: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3480: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3481: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3482: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3483: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3484: <p>
1.60 louis 3485:
1.247 jufi 3486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3487: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3488: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3489: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3490: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3491:
3492: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3493: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3494: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3495: <p>
1.58 louis 3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3498: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3499: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3500:
3501: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3502: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3503: <p>
1.53 louis 3504:
1.247 jufi 3505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3506: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3507: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3508: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3509:
3510: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3511: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3512: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3513: <p>
1.99 louis 3514:
1.247 jufi 3515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3516: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3517: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3518:
3519: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3520: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3521: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3522: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3523: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3524:
1.247 jufi 3525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3526: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3527: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3528: </strong></font><br>
3529:
3530: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3531: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3532: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3533: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3534: <p>
3535:
1.247 jufi 3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3537: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3538: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3539: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3540:
3541: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3542: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3543: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3546: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3547: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3548:
3549: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3550: in
1.247 jufi 3551: <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 3552: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3553: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3554: <p>
1.53 louis 3555:
1.247 jufi 3556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3557: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3558: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3559: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3560: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3561:
1.58 louis 3562: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3563: <p>
1.301 jose 3564:
3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3566: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3567: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3568: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3569: Informacyjny, January 2000
3570: </strong></font><br>
3571:
3572: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3573: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3574: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3575: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3576: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3577: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3578: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3579: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3580: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3581: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3582: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3583: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3584: <p>
3585:
3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3587: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3588: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3589: </strong></font><br>
3590:
3591: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3592: <p>
3593: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3594:
1.69 deraadt 3595: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3596: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3597:
1.247 jufi 3598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3599: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3600: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3601: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3602: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3603:
1.58 louis 3604: Kurt Seifried
3605: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3606: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3607: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3608: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3609:
1.247 jufi 3610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3611: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3612: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3613: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3614:
3615: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3616: <p>
1.96 louis 3617:
1.247 jufi 3618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3619: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3620: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3621: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3622: </strong></font><br>
3623:
3624: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3625: <p>
3626:
3627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3628: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3629: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3630: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3631:
3632: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3633: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3634: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3635: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3636: <p>
1.247 jufi 3637: </ul>
1.86 louis 3638:
1.69 deraadt 3639: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3640: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3643: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3644: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3645: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3646:
3647: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3648: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3649: <p>
1.61 louis 3650:
1.247 jufi 3651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3652: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3653: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3654: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3655: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3656:
3657: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3658: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3659: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3660: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3661: right -- or at least strives to".
3662: <p>
1.48 louis 3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3665: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3666: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3667: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3668: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3669: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3670: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3671: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3672: <p>
1.61 louis 3673:
1.247 jufi 3674: <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 3675: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3676: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3677:
3678: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3679: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3680: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3681: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3682: <p>
1.46 louis 3683:
1.247 jufi 3684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3685: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3686: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3687: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3688:
3689: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3690: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3691: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3692:
1.247 jufi 3693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3694: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3695: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3696: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3697:
3698: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3699: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3700: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3701: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3702: <p>
1.247 jufi 3703: </ul>
1.70 louis 3704:
1.69 deraadt 3705: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3706: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3709: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3710: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3711: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3712: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3713:
3714: Kurt Seifried
3715: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3716: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3717: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3718: <p>
1.44 philen 3719:
1.247 jufi 3720: <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 3721: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3722: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3723:
3724: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3725: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3726:
1.247 jufi 3727: <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 3728: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3729: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3730:
3731: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3732: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3733:
1.247 jufi 3734: <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 3735: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3736: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3737:
3738: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3739: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3740: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3741: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3742: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3743:
1.247 jufi 3744: <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 3745: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3746: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3747:
1.36 louis 3748: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3749: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3750:
1.247 jufi 3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3752: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3753: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3754: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3755:
3756: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3757: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3758: </ul>
1.38 louis 3759:
1.69 deraadt 3760: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3761: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3762:
1.247 jufi 3763: <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 3764: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3765: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3766:
3767: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3768: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3769: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3770:
1.113 naddy 3771: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3772: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3773: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3774: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3775:
3776: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3777: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3778: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3779: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3780: <blockquote>
3781: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3782: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3783: <br>
3784: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3785: </code>
3786: </blockquote>
3787: <p>
3788:
1.247 jufi 3789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3790: <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 3791: <p>
3792:
3793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3794: <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 3795: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3796:
3797: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3798: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3799: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3800: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3801:
1.247 jufi 3802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3803: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3804: Sept. 28, 1999
3805: </strong></font><br>
3806:
3807: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3808: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3809: translating and reprinting articles from
3810: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3811: <p>
3812:
3813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3814: <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 3815: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3816:
3817: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3818: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3819: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3820: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3821: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3822: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3823: <p>
1.19 louis 3824:
1.113 naddy 3825: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3826: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3827: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3828:
3829: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3830: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3831: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3832: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3833: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3834: <p>
1.16 louis 3835:
1.247 jufi 3836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3837: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3838: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3839: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3840:
1.57 louis 3841: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3842: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3843: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3844: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3847: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3848: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3849: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3850:
1.113 naddy 3851: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3852:
1.247 jufi 3853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3854: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3855: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3856: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3857:
1.23 louis 3858: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3859: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3860: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3861: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3862: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3863: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3864:
1.247 jufi 3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3866: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3867: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3868: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3869:
1.199 pvalchev 3870: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3871: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3872: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3873: installation.
1.113 naddy 3874: <p>
1.47 louis 3875:
1.247 jufi 3876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3877: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3878: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3879: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3880:
1.301 jose 3881: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3882: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3883: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3884: </ul>
1.57 louis 3885:
1.69 deraadt 3886: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3887: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3888:
1.247 jufi 3889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3890: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3891: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3892: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3893:
3894: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3895: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3896: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3897: <p>
1.12 louis 3898:
1.247 jufi 3899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3900: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3901: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3902: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3903:
3904: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3905: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3906: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3907: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3908: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3909: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3910: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3911: <p>
1.247 jufi 3912: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3913:
1.69 deraadt 3914: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3915: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3916:
1.247 jufi 3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3918: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3919: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3920:
3921: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3922: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3923: available."
1.113 naddy 3924: <p>
1.301 jose 3925:
3926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3927: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3928: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3929: </strong></font><br>
3930:
3931: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3932: <p>
1.247 jufi 3933: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3934:
1.69 deraadt 3935: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3936: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3937:
1.247 jufi 3938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3939: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3940: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3941:
3942: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3943: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3944: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3945: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3946: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3947: <p>
1.33 louis 3948:
1.247 jufi 3949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3950: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3951: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3952: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3953:
1.113 naddy 3954: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3955: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3956: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3957: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3958: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3959: <p>
1.247 jufi 3960: </ul>
1.57 louis 3961:
1.69 deraadt 3962: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3963: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3966: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3967: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3968: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3969:
3970: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3971: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3972: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3973:
1.247 jufi 3974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3975: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3976: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3977: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3978: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3979:
3980: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3981: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3984: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3985:
1.113 naddy 3986: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3987:
1.247 jufi 3988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3989: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3990: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3991: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3992:
3993: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3994: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3995: </ul>
1.23 louis 3996:
1.69 deraadt 3997: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3998: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3999:
1.247 jufi 4000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4001: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4002: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4003:
4004: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4005: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4006: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4007:
1.247 jufi 4008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4009: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4010: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4011: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4012:
4013: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4014: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4015: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4016: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4017: </ul>
1.57 louis 4018:
1.69 deraadt 4019: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4020: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4021:
1.247 jufi 4022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4023: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4024: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4025: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4026:
4027: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4028: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4029: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4030: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4031: <p>
1.15 louis 4032:
1.247 jufi 4033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4034: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4035: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4036: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4037:
4038: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4039: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4040: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4041: columns."
1.113 naddy 4042: <p>
1.247 jufi 4043: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4044:
1.69 deraadt 4045: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4046: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4047:
1.247 jufi 4048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4049: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4050: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4051: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4052:
4053: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4054: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4055:
1.113 naddy 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4057: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4058: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4059:
4060: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4061: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4062: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4063: </ul>
1.57 louis 4064:
1.69 deraadt 4065: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4066: <ul>
1.301 jose 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4068: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4069: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4070: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4071:
4072: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4073: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4074: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4075: <p>
4076:
4077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4078: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4079: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4080: Nov 13, 1998 and
4081: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4082: Datateknik</a>,
4083: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4084:
1.380 saad 4085: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4086: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4087: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4088: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4089: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4090:
1.113 naddy 4091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4092: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4093: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4094: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4095:
1.222 miod 4096: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4097: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4098: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4099: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4100: <p>
1.247 jufi 4101: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4102:
1.69 deraadt 4103: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4104: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4105:
1.247 jufi 4106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4107: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4108: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4109:
1.69 deraadt 4110: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4111: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4112: <p>
1.247 jufi 4113: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4114:
1.69 deraadt 4115: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4116: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4119: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4120: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4121: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4122:
1.383 jcs 4123: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4124: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4125: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4126:
1.247 jufi 4127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4128: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4129: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4130: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4131: <p>
1.247 jufi 4132: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4133:
1.69 deraadt 4134: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4135: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4138: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4139: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4140: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4141: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4142: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4143:
4144: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4145: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4146: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4147: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4148: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4149: <p>
1.247 jufi 4150: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4151:
4152: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4153: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4154:
1.247 jufi 4155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4156: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4157: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4158:
1.69 deraadt 4159: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4160: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4161: <p>
1.112 naddy 4162:
1.247 jufi 4163: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4164: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4165:
1.292 camield 4166: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4167: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4168: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.403 ! saad 4169: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.402 2004/09/04 21:59:36 marco Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4170:
4171: </body>
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