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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.407 ! henning 19: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
! 23: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
! 24: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
! 25: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
! 26: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
! 27: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
! 28: <blockquote>
! 29: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
! 30: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
! 31: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
! 32: a lot of analysis.
! 33: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
! 34: </blockquote>
! 35: <p>
! 36: </ul>
! 37:
1.400 marco 38: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
39: <ul>
40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 ! henning 41: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
! 42: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
! 43: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
! 44: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
! 45: UNIX-like systems.
! 46: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
! 47: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
! 48: <p>
! 49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.406 nick 50: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature"
51: >Going further to stop hackers</a>
52: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
53: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
54: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
55: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
56: At one point, the article states:
57: <blockquote>
58: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
59: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
60: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
61: </blockquote>
62: And then quotes Theo as saying:
63: <blockquote>
64: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
65: fewer are reading or auditing code."
66: </blockquote>
67: <p>
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
69: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
70: marks its fifth birthday</a>
71: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
72: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
73: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
74: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
75: required).
76: <p>
77: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 78: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
79: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
80: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
81: </strong></font><br>
82: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
83: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
84: <p>
85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 86: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
87: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 88: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 89: </strong></font><br>
90: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
91: <p>
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 93: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
94: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 95: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 96: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 97: 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 98: <p>
99: </ul>
100:
1.396 henning 101: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
102: <ul>
103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 104: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 105: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
106: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
107: </strong></font><br>
108: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
109: <p>
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 111: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 112: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
113: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
114: </strong></font><br>
115: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
116: <p>
117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 118: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
119: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
120: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
123: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
124: <p>
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 126: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
127: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
128: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
129: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
130: <p>
131: </ul>
132:
1.405 jolan 133: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
134: <ul>
135: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
136: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
137: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
138: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
139: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
140: details on how funds are dispersed.
141: <p>
142: </ul>
143:
1.393 david 144: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
145: <ul>
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 147: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
148: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
149: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
150: </strong></font><br>
151: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
152: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
153: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
154: on inserting large number of SQL records.
155: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
156: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
157: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 161: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
162: Secure by Default</a>,
163: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
164: </strong></font><br>
165: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
166: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
170: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
171: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
172: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
173: </strong></font><br>
174: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
175: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
176: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
177: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
178: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
179: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
180: <p>
181:
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
183: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
184: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
185: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
186: </strong></font><br>
187: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
188: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
189: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
190: <p>
191:
192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
193: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
194: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
195: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
196: </strong></font><br>
197: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
198: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
199: <p>
200: </ul>
201:
1.388 mcbride 202: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
203: <ul>
1.394 jolan 204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
206: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
207: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
208: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
209: </strong></font><br>
210: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
211: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
212: available for sparc64.
213: <p>
214:
1.390 beck 215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 216: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
217: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
218: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
219: </strong></font><br>
220: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
221: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
222: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
223: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
224: <p>
225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 227: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
228: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 229: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 230: </strong></font><br>
231: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
232: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
233: it does: CARP provides sharing
234: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
235: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
236: detail to get you started using it.
237: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
238: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
239: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
240: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
241: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
242: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
243: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 244: <p>
1.391 ian 245:
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 247: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 248: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
249: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 250: </strong></font><br>
251: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 252: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 253: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 254: <p>
1.388 mcbride 255:
256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
257: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
258: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 259: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 260: </strong></font><br>
261: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
262: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
263: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
264: unencumbered by patents.
265: <p>
266: </ul>
267:
1.378 henning 268: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
269: <ul>
1.384 jose 270:
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 272: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
273: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
274: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
275: </strong></font><br>
276: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
277: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
278: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
279: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
280: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
281: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
282: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
283: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
284: in the page tables."
285: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 289: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
290: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
291: </strong></font><br>
292: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
293: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
294: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
295: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 296: <p>
1.384 jose 297:
1.378 henning 298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 299: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
300: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 301: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
302: </strong></font><br>
303: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
304: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
305: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
306: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
307: (quote:
308: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
309: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 310: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 311: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
312: the other developers for their work on the system.
313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 316: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
317: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
318: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 319: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 320: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
321: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
322: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
323: too.
324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 327: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
328: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 329: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 330: OpenBSD source code using
331: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
332: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
333: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
334: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
335: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
336: <p>
337: </ul>
338:
1.374 jose 339: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
340: <ul>
341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 342: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 343: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
344: </strong></font><br>
345: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
346: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
347: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
348: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
349: it."
350: <p>
351:
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 353: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
354: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
355: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
356: </strong></font><br/>
357: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
358: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
359: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
360: <p>
361: </ul>
362:
1.369 ian 363: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
364: <ul>
365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 366: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
367: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
368: </strong></font><br/>
369: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
370: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
371: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
372: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 376: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
377: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
378: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
379: </strong></font><br/>
380: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
381: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
382: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
383: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
384: form factor.
385: <p>
386:
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
388: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
389: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
390: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
391: Features</a>,
392: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
393: </strong></font><br/>
394: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
395: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
396: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
397: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
398: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
399: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
400: <p>
401: This article can also be found online at:
402: <ul>
403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 404: <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 405: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
406: </strong></font>
407: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
408: </ul>
409: <p>
1.392 david 410:
1.371 jose 411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 412: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
413: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 414: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
415: </strong></font><br/>
416: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
417: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
418: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 419: <p>
1.371 jose 420:
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 422: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 423: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 424: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 425: </strong></font><br/>
426: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
427: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
428: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
429: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
430: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
431: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
432: and its history with OpenBSD.
433: </ul>
434:
1.368 henning 435: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
436: <ul>
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 438: [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 439: </strong></font><br>
440: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
441: </ul>
442:
1.364 jose 443: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
444: <ul>
445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 446: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
447: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
448: UNIX Review,
449: July, 2003.
450: </strong></font><br>
451: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
452: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
453: who want more information.
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 457: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
458: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
459: Government Computer News,
460: July 22, 2003.
461: </strong></font><br>
462: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
463: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
464: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
465: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
469: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
470: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
471: SANS Institute,
472: July 22, 2003.
473: </strong></font><br>
474: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 475: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 476: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
477: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
478: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
479: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
480: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
481: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
482: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
483: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
484: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
485: <p>
486:
487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 488: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
489: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
490: OnLamp.com,
491: July 17, 2003.
492: </strong></font><br>
493: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
494: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
495: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
496: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
497: have been working on.
498:
499: </ul>
500:
1.356 jose 501: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 502: <ul>
503:
504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 505: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
506: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
507: UNIX Review,
508: June, 2003.
509: </strong></font><br>
510: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
511: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
512: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
513: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
514: <p>
515:
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 517: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
518: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
519: eWeek,
520: June 23, 2003.
521: </strong></font><br>
522: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
523: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
524: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
525: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
526: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
527: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 531: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
532: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
533: Software Development Online,
534: June, 2003.
535: </strong></font><br>
536: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
537: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
538: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
539: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
540: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
541: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
542: current activities.
543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 546: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
547: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 548: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
549: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
550: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
551: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
552: year's hackathon didn't hava a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
553: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
554: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
555: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 556: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 557: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
558: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
559: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo desribes his role in OpenBSD
560: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
561: decisions.
562: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
563: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
564: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focusses on the
565: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 566: <p>
567:
568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 569: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
570: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
571: Page 58, eWeek,
572: June 2, 2003.
573: </strong></font><br>
574: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
575: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
576: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
577: been addressed in -current.
578: <p>
579:
1.356 jose 580: </ul>
581:
582: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
583: <ul>
584:
1.355 jose 585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 586: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
587: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
588: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
589: </strong></font><br>
590: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
591: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
592: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
593: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
594: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
595: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
596: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
597: <p>
598:
599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 600: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
601: Beyond Linux</a>,
602: InfoWorld,
603: May 23, 2003.
604: </strong></font><br>
605: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
606: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
607: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
608: compared to the GPL.
609: <p>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 612: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
613: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
614: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 615: May 17, 2003.
616: </strong></font><br>
617: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
618: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
619: the business section and half of another page inside
620: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
621: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
622: in talking about the project's history and goals.
623: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
624: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
625: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
626: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 627: <br>
628: This article can also be found online at:
629: <ul>
630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
631: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
632: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
633: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
634: May 17, 2003
635: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 636: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
638: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
639: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
640: Montreal Gazette,
641: May 21, 2003
642: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 643: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 644: <p>
1.346 ian 645:
646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 647: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 648: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 649: May 7, 2003.
650: </strong></font><br>
651: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
652: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
653: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
654: <p>
655:
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 657: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
658: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
659: OsOpinion,
660: May 6, 2003.
661: </strong></font><br>
662: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
663: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
664: <br>
665: This article can also be found online at:
666: <ul>
667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
668: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
669: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
670: NewsFactor Network.
671: </strong></font>
672: </ul>
673: <p>
674:
675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 676: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 677: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
678: ITBusiness,
679: May 2, 2003.
680: </strong></font><br>
681: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
682: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
683: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
684: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 688: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
689: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
690: InfoWorld,
691: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 692: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 693: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
694: <br>
695: This article can also be found online at:
696: <ul>
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
698: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
699: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
700: IDG Singapore.
701: </strong></font>
702: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 703: <p>
704:
1.339 jose 705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
706: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
707: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 708: ZDNet,
709: May 1, 2003.
710: </strong></font><br>
711: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 712: someone using parts from previous articles.
713: <br>
1.341 deraadt 714: This article can also be found online at:
715: <ul>
716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
717: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
718: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
719: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 720: </strong></font>
721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
722: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
723: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
724: CNET News.com.
725: </strong></font>
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
727: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
728: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
729: ZDNet UK.
730: </strong></font>
731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
732: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
733: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
734: Help Net Security, Croatia.
735: </strong></font>
736: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 737: <p>
1.339 jose 738:
1.341 deraadt 739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 740: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 741: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
742: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
743: May 1, 2003.
744: </strong></font><br>
745: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
746: that have been added
747: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
748: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
749: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 750: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 751: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
752: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
753: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 754: <p>
755:
756: </ul>
757:
1.253 ian 758: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
759: <ul>
1.255 ian 760:
1.260 ian 761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 762: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 763: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
764: TechRepublic,
765: April 28, 2003.
766: </strong></font><br>
767: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
768: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 769: work.<br>
770: Can also be found online at:
771: <ul>
772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
773: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
774: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
775: ZDNet UK.
776: </strong></font>
777: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 778: <p>
779:
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 781: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
782: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
783: IDG,
784: April 24, 2003.
785: </strong></font><br>
786: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
787: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
788: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
789: Can also be found online at:
790: <ul>
791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
792: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
793: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 794: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 795: </strong></font>
796: </ul>
797: <p>
798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
800: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 801: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 802: Slate,
803: April 24, 2003.
804: </strong></font><br>
805: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
806: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
807: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
808: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
809: <p>
810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 812: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
813: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
814: April 24, 2003.
815: </strong></font><br>
816: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
817: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
818: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
819: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 823: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
824: April 24, 2003.
825: </strong></font><br>
826: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
827: the free software community".
828: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
829: other articles.
830: <p>
831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 833: <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 834: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
835: </strong></font><br>
836: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
837: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
838: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
839: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
840: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
841: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
842: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
843: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
844: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
845: <br/>
846: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
847: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
848: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
849: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 850: <br>
851: Can also be found online at:
852: <ul>
853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
854: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
855: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
856: Common Dreams NewsCenter
857: </strong></font>
858: </ul>
1.324 ian 859: <p>
860:
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
862: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
863: Wired, April 24, 2003.
864: </strong></font><br>
865: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
866: article above.
867: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
868: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
869: wasting them."
1.332 ian 870: <br>
871: Can also be found online at:
872: <ul>
873: <li>
874: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
875: </strong></font>
876: </ul>
1.324 ian 877: <p>
878:
879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 880: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
881: </strong></font><br>
882: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
883: <p>
884:
885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 886: <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.
887: </strong></font><br>
888: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
889: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
890: <p>
891:
892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 893: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
894: April 23, 2003.
895: </strong></font><br>
896: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
897: <p>
898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 900: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 901: April 22, 2003.
902: </strong></font><br>
903: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
904: <p>
905:
906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 907: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
908: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
909: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 910: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 911: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
912: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
913: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
914: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
915: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
916: Can also be found online at:
917: <ul>
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
919: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 920: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
921: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 922: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
924: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 925: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
926: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 927: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 928: </ul>
929: <p>
930:
931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 932: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
933: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 934: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 935: </strong></font><br>
936: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 937: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
938: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
939: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
940: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
941: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
942: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 943: <p>
944:
945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 946: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
947: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 948: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
949: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 950: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
951: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
952: at UPenn and DARPA.
953: <p>
954:
955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 956: [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,
957: France
1.315 deraadt 958: April 18, 2003.
959: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 960: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 961: <p>
962:
963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 964: [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 965: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 966: </strong></font><br>
967: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
968: <p>
969:
970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 971: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
972: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
973: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 974: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 975: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
976: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
977: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
978: <p>
979:
980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 981: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
982: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 983: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 984: </strong></font><br>
985: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
986: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
987: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 988: American century.
1.267 deraadt 989: <p>
990:
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 992: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
993: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 994: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 995: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 996: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
997: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
998: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
999: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1000: Can also be found online at:
1001: <ul>
1002: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1003: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1004: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1005: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1006: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1007: <p>
1008:
1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1010: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1011: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1012: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1013: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1014: </strong></font><br>
1015: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1016: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1017: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1018: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1019: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1020:
1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1022: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1023: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1024: New York Times.
1025: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1026:
1.273 deraadt 1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1028: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1029: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1030: ABC News.
1031: </strong></font>
1032:
1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1034: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1035: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1036: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1037: </strong></font>
1038:
1039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1040: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1041: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1042: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1043: </strong></font>
1044:
1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1046: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1047: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1048: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1049: </strong></font>
1050:
1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1052: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1053: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1054: Times Daily, AL.
1055: </strong></font>
1056:
1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1058: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1059: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1060: Boston.com, MA.
1061: </strong></font>
1062:
1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1064: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1065: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1066: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1067: </strong></font>
1068:
1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1070: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1071: [Article was pulled]</a>
1072: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1073: </strong></font>
1074:
1075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1076: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1077: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1078: Infoshop News.
1079: </strong></font>
1080:
1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1082: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1083: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1084: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1085: </strong></font>
1086:
1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1088: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1089: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1090: Raleigh News, NC.
1091: </strong></font>
1092:
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1094: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1095: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1096: Napa News, CA.
1097: </strong></font>
1098:
1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1100: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1101: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1102: NEPA News, PA.
1103: </strong></font>
1104:
1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1106: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1107: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1108: Wired News.
1109: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1110: <br>
1111: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1112: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1113: [JAPANESE]
1114: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1115: Wired News Japan</a>
1116: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1117:
1.271 deraadt 1118: </ul>
1119: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1120: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1121: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1122: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1123: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1124: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1125: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1126: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1127: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1128: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1129: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1130: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1131: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1132: <p>
1133: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1134:
1135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1136: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1137: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1138: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1139: </strong></font>
1140:
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1142: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1143: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1144: Miami Herald, FL.
1145: </strong></font>
1146:
1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1148: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1149: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1150: </strong></font>
1151:
1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1153: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1154: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1155: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1156: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1157:
1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1159: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1160: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1161: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1162: ABC News.
1163: </strong></font>
1164:
1.276 deraadt 1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1166: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1167: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1168: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1169: </strong></font>
1170:
1.286 dhartmei 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1172: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1173: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1174: Wilmington Star, NC.
1175: </strong></font>
1176:
1.300 jose 1177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1178: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1179: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1180: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1181: </strong></font>
1182:
1.309 jose 1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1184: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1185: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1186: Globe Technology.
1187: </strong></font>
1188:
1.263 deraadt 1189: </ul>
1.262 beck 1190: <p>
1191:
1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1193: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1194: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1195: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1196: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1197: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1198: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1199: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1200: <p>
1201:
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1203: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1204: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1205: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1206: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1207: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1208: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1209: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1210: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1211: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1212: and simply restates other press reports.
1213: <p>
1214:
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1216: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1217: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1218: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1219: </strong></font><br>
1220: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1221: <p>
1222:
1223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1224: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1225: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1226: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1227: </strong></font><br>
1228: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1229: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1230: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1234: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1235: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1236: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1237: April 17, 2003.
1238: </strong></font><br>
1239: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1240: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1241: Tech Anthems</a>
1242: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1243: 4 so far.
1244: <p>
1245:
1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1247: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1248: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1249: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1250: </strong></font><br>
1251: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1252: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1253: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1254: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1255: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1256: Goes on to say:
1257: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1258: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1259: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1260: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1261: This article is also found online at:
1262: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1264: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1265: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1266: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1267: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1269: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1270: ZDnet</a>,
1271: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1272: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1274: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1275: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1276: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1277: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1278: </ul>
1.260 ian 1279: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1280:
1.260 ian 1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1282: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1283: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1284: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1285: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1286: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1287: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1288: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1289: without notice or justification.
1290: <p>
1291:
1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1293: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1294: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1295: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1296: </strong></font><br>
1297: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1298: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1299: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1300: effective today, without any warning..."
1301: <p>
1.257 ian 1302:
1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1304: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1305: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1306: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1307: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1308: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1309: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1310: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1311: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1312: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1313: <p>
1314:
1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1316: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1317: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1318: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1319: </strong></font><br>
1320: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1321: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1322: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1323: quoting two of them:
1324: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1325: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1326: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1327: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1328: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1329: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1330: <p>
1331:
1.255 ian 1332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1333: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1334: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1335: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1336: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1337: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1338: <p>
1339:
1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1341: [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 1342: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1343: </strong></font><br>
1344: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1345: <p>
1346:
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1348: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1349: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1350: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1351: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1352: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1353: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1354: security experts for more than three decades."
1355: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1356: <p>
1.261 ian 1357:
1.254 drahn 1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1359: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1360: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1361: </strong></font><br>
1362: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1363: <p>
1364:
1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1366: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1367: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1368: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1369: </strong></font><br>
1370: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1371: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1372: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1373: <p>
1374:
1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1376: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1377: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1378: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1379: </strong></font><br>
1380: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1381: from US DARPA.
1382: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1383: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1384: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1385: the BSD license.
1386: <p>
1387: </ul>
1388:
1.251 ian 1389: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1390: <ul>
1391:
1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1393: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1394: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1395: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1399: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1400: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1401: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1402: <p>
1403:
1404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1405: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1406: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1407: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1408: </strong></font><br>
1409: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1410: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1411: Mentions
1412: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1413: and
1414: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1415: programs.
1416: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1417: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1418: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1419: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1420: <p>
1.325 ian 1421: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1422: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1423:
1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1425: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1426: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1427: </strong></font><br>
1428: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1429: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1430: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1431: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1432: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1433: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1434: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1435: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1436: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1437: put into service."
1438: <p>
1439: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1440: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1441: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1442: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1443: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1444: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1445: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1446: computers with security features."
1447: <p>
1.329 ian 1448:
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1450: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1451: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1452: Slate,
1453: March 3, 2003.
1454: </strong></font><br>
1455: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
1456: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1457: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1458: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1459: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1460: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1461: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1462: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1463: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1464: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1465: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1466: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1467: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1468: of more secure open-source solutions like
1469: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1470: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1471: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1472: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1473: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1474: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1475: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1476: the Beltway."
1477: <p>
1.251 ian 1478: </ul>
1479:
1.249 jufi 1480: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1481: <ul>
1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1483: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1484: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1485: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1486: </strong></font><br>
1487: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1488: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1489: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1490: <p>
1.334 ian 1491:
1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1493: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1494: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1495: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1496: </strong></font><br>
1497: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1498: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1499: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1500: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1501: "... the hypothetical question ...
1502: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1503: <br>
1504: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1505: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1506: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1507: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1508: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1509: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1510: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1511: support network security.
1512: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1513: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1514: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1515: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1516: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1517: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1518: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1519: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1520: <br>
1521: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1522: <p>
1523:
1.249 jufi 1524: </ul>
1525:
1.246 jufi 1526: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1527: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1528:
1.247 jufi 1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1530: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1531: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1532: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1533: </strong></font><br>
1534: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1535: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1536: <p>
1537:
1.247 jufi 1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1539: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1540: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1541: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1542: </strong></font><br>
1543: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1544: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1545: <p>
1546:
1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1548: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1549: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1550: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1551: </strong></font><br>
1552: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1553: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1554: <p>
1.247 jufi 1555: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1556:
1.244 jufi 1557: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1558: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1559:
1.247 jufi 1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1561: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1562: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1563: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1564: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1565: </strong></font><br>
1566: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1567: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1568: md5 digests.
1569: <p>
1570:
1.247 jufi 1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1572: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1573: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1574: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1575: </strong></font><br>
1576: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1577: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1578: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1579: right the first time."
1580: <p>
1.247 jufi 1581: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1582:
1583:
1584: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1585: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1586:
1.247 jufi 1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1588: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1589: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1590: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1591: </strong></font><br>
1592: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1593: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1594: part 6</a>.
1595: <p>
1596:
1.247 jufi 1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1598: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1599: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1600: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1601: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1602: </strong></font><br>
1603: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1604: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1605: <p>
1.301 jose 1606:
1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1608: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1609: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1610: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1611: </strong></font><br>
1612:
1613: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1614: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1615: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1616: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1617: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1618: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1619: <i>Here's the
1620: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1621: <p>
1.247 jufi 1622: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1623:
1624: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1625: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1628: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1629: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1630: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1631: </strong></font><br>
1632: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1633: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1637: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1638: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1639: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1640: </strong></font><br>
1641: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1642: this time using pf.
1643: <p>
1.247 jufi 1644: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1645:
1646: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1647: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1648:
1.247 jufi 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1650: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1651: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1652: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1653: </strong></font><br>
1654: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1655: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1656: their rotation.
1657: <p>
1658:
1.247 jufi 1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1660: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1661: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1662: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1663: </strong></font><br>
1664: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1665: <p>
1.247 jufi 1666: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1667:
1.239 jufi 1668: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1669: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1670:
1.247 jufi 1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1672: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1673: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1674: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1675: </strong></font><br>
1676: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1677: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1678: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1679: <p>
1680:
1.247 jufi 1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1682: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1683: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1684: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1685: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1686: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1687: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1688: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1689: <p>
1.247 jufi 1690: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1691:
1.235 lebel 1692: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1693: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1694:
1.239 jufi 1695:
1.247 jufi 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1697: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1698: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1699: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1700: </strong></font><br>
1701: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1702: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1703: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1704: <p>
1.301 jose 1705:
1.247 jufi 1706: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1707:
1.228 horacio 1708: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1709: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1710:
1.247 jufi 1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1712: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1713: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1714: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1715: </strong></font><br>
1716: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1717: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1718: <p>
1719:
1.247 jufi 1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1721: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1722: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1723: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1724: </strong></font><br>
1725: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1726: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1727: <p>
1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1730: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1731: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1732: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1733: </strong></font><br>
1734: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1735: on the desktop of his parents.
1736: <p>
1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1739: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1740: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1741: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1742: </strong></font><br>
1743: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1744: using IPFilter.
1745:
1746: <p>
1747:
1.247 jufi 1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1749: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1750: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1751: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1752: </strong></font><br>
1753: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1754: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1755: perspectives of the four OS.
1756: <br>
1757: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1758: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1759: <p>
1760:
1.247 jufi 1761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1762: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1763: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1764: software and security</a>,
1765: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1766: </strong></font><br>
1767:
1768: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1769: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1770: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1771: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1772: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1773: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1774: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1775: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1776: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1777: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1778: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1779: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1780: <p>
1.247 jufi 1781: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1782:
1.225 horacio 1783: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1784: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1785:
1.247 jufi 1786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1787: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1788: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1789: Interview</a>,
1790: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1791: </strong></font><br>
1792:
1793: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1794: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1795: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1796: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1797: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1798: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1799: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1800: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1801: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1802: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1803: of choice.
1804: <p>
1.247 jufi 1805: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1806:
1807: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1808: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1809:
1.247 jufi 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1811: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1812: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1813: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1816: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1817: <p>
1818:
1.247 jufi 1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1820: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1821: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1822: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1823: </strong></font><br>
1824:
1825: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1826: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1827: <p>
1.247 jufi 1828: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1829:
1.218 horacio 1830: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1831: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1834: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1835: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1836: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1837: </strong></font><br>
1838:
1839: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1840: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1841: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1842: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1843: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1844: subjects. Worth a read.
1845: <p>
1846:
1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1849: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1850: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1851: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1855: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1856: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1857: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1858: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1859: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1860: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1861: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1862: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1863: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1864: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1865: on other operating systems.<br>
1866: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1867: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1868: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1869: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1870: <p>
1871:
1.247 jufi 1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1873: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1874: Operating System 2010</a>,
1875: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1876: </strong></font><br>
1877:
1878: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1879: covering the level of software integration into the core
1880: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1881: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1882: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1883: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1884: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1885: <p>
1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1888: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1889: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1890: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1891: </strong></font><br>
1892:
1893: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1894: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1895: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1896: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1897: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1898: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1899: <p>
1.247 jufi 1900: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1901:
1.210 jufi 1902: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1903: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1904:
1.247 jufi 1905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1906: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1907: Already a Contender</a>,
1908: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1909: </strong></font><br>
1910:
1911: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1912: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1913: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1914: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1915: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1916: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1917: <p>
1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1920: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1921: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1922: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1923: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1924:
1.224 horacio 1925: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1926: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1927: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1928: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1929: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1930: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1931: <p>
1.247 jufi 1932: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1933:
1934: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1935: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1936:
1.247 jufi 1937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1938: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1939: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1940: Division</a>,
1941: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1942: </strong></font><br>
1943:
1944: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1945: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1946: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1947: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1948: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1949: investment</em>.<br>
1950: The implementation details can be seen on their
1951: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1955: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1956: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1957: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1958: </strong></font><br>
1959:
1960: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1961: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1962: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1963: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1964: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1965: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1966: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1967: <p>
1968:
1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1970: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1971: Thinking about Security</a>,
1972: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1973: </strong></font><br>
1974:
1975: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1976: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1977: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1978: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1979: to time.<br>
1980: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1981: system and just the most secure system.
1982: <p>
1983:
1.247 jufi 1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1985: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1986: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1987: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1988: </strong></font><br>
1989:
1990: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1991: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1992: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1993: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1994: choice:<br>
1995: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1996: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1997: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1998: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1999: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2000: network security devices and as such must be well
2001: armored."</em><br>
2002: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2003: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2004: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2005: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2006: <br>
2007: Bravo!
2008: <p>
1.247 jufi 2009: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2010:
1.207 ian 2011: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2012: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2013:
1.247 jufi 2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2015: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2016: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2017: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2018:
1.207 ian 2019: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2020: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2021: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2022: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2023: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2024: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2025: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2026: <p>
1.247 jufi 2027: </ul>
1.207 ian 2028:
1.194 jufi 2029: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2030: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2031:
1.247 jufi 2032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2033: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2034: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2035: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2036: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2037:
1.240 miod 2038: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2039: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2040: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2041: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2042: <p>
2043:
1.247 jufi 2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2045: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2046: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2047: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2048:
2049: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2050: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2051: <p>
2052:
2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2054: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2055: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2056: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2057:
2058: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2059: <p>
2060:
2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2062: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2063: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2064: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2065: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2066:
1.240 miod 2067: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2068: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2069: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2070: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
2071: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2072: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2073: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2074: <br>
2075: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
2076: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2077: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2078: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2079: <p>
2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2082: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2083: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2084: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2085: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2086:
1.194 jufi 2087: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2088: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2089: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2090: <br>
2091: The new
2092: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2093: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2094: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2095: <p>
1.247 jufi 2096: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2097:
1.190 horacio 2098: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2099: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2100:
1.247 jufi 2101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2102:
2103: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2104: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2105:
1.301 jose 2106:
1.191 jufi 2107: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2108: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2109:
2110: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2111: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2112:
1.212 horacio 2113: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2114: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2115: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2116:
1.211 horacio 2117: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2118: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2119: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2120:
1.247 jufi 2121: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2122: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2125: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2126:
1.212 horacio 2127: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2128: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2129: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2130:
2131: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2132: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2133:
2134: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2135: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2136:
1.301 jose 2137: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2138: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2139:
1.191 jufi 2140: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2141: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2142:
2143: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2144: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2145:
1.192 jufi 2146: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2147: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2148: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2149:
1.193 deraadt 2150: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2151: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2152: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2153:
1.247 jufi 2154: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2155: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2158: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2159: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2160:
1.213 horacio 2161: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2162: 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 2163: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2164:
1.190 horacio 2165: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2166: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2167: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2168: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2169: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2170: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2171: <p>
1.190 horacio 2172:
1.247 jufi 2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2174: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2175: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2176: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2177: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2178:
1.195 jufi 2179: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2180: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2181: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2182: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2183: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2184: <p>
2185:
1.247 jufi 2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2187: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2188: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2189: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2190: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2191:
1.191 jufi 2192: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2193: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2194: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2195: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2196: <p>
2197:
2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2199: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2200: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2201: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2204: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2205: <p>
1.247 jufi 2206: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2207:
1.191 jufi 2208:
1.186 jufi 2209: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2210: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2211:
1.247 jufi 2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2213: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2214: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2215: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2216: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2217:
1.188 jufi 2218: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2219: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2220: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2221: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2222: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2223: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2224: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2225: <p>
2226:
1.301 jose 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2228: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2229: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2230: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2231:
2232: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2233: <p>
1.191 jufi 2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2236: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2237: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2238: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2239: </strong></font><br>
2240:
2241: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2242: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2243: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2244: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2245: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2246: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2247: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2248: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2249: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2250: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2251: familiar?
2252: <p>
1.247 jufi 2253: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2254:
1.178 louis 2255: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2256: <ul>
1.178 louis 2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2259: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2260: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2261: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2262: </strong></font><br>
2263:
2264: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2265: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2266: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2267: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2268: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2269: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2270: <p>
2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2273: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2274: Open source under the hood</a>,
2275: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2276: </strong></font><br>
2277:
2278: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2279: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2280: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2281: <p>
2282:
1.247 jufi 2283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2284: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2285: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2286: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2287: </strong></font><br>
2288:
2289: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2290: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2291: <p>
1.247 jufi 2292: </ul>
1.179 louis 2293:
1.174 louis 2294:
1.175 louis 2295: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2296: <ul>
1.175 louis 2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2299: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2300: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2301: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2302: </strong></font><br>
2303:
2304: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2305: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2306: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2307: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2308: <p>
2309:
1.247 jufi 2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2311: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2312: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2313: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2314: </strong></font><br>
2315:
2316: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2317: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2318: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2319: <p>
1.247 jufi 2320: </ul>
1.175 louis 2321:
1.176 louis 2322:
1.172 mickey 2323: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2324: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2325:
1.247 jufi 2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2327: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2328: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2329: </strong></font><br>
2330:
2331: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2332: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2333: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2334: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2335: <p>
2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2338: <a
1.269 deraadt 2339: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2340: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2341: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343:
2344: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2345: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2346: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2347: <p>
2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2350: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2351: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2352: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2353: </strong></font><br>
2354:
2355: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2356: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2357: <p>
2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2360: <a
1.269 deraadt 2361: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2362: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2363: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2364: </strong></font><br>
2365:
2366: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2367: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2368: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2369: our own Theo de Raadt.
2370: <p>
2371:
1.247 jufi 2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2373: <a
1.269 deraadt 2374: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2375: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2376: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2377: </strong></font><br>
2378:
2379: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2380: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2381: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2382: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2383: shut down.]
2384: <p>
2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2387: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2388: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2389: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2390: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2391: </strong></font><br>
2392:
2393: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2394: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2395: <p>
1.247 jufi 2396: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2397:
1.161 louis 2398: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2399: <ul>
1.161 louis 2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2402: <a
1.269 deraadt 2403: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2404: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2405: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2406: </strong></font><br>
2407:
2408: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2409: by John Wolley
2410: <p>
2411:
1.247 jufi 2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2413: <a
1.269 deraadt 2414: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2415: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2416: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2417: </strong></font><br>
2418:
2419: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2420: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2421: OpenBSD).
2422: <p>
2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2425: <a
1.247 jufi 2426: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2427: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2428: </strong></font><br>
2429:
2430: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2431: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2432: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2433: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2434: and hindsight.
2435: <p>
2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2438: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2439: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2440: </strong></font><br>
2441:
2442: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2443: <p>
2444:
1.247 jufi 2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2446: <a
1.168 provos 2447: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2448: December 7, 2000
2449: </strong></font><br>
2450:
2451: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2452: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2453: us explain.
2454: <p>
2455:
1.247 jufi 2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2457: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2458: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2459: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2460: December 6, 2000
2461: </strong></font><br>
2462:
2463: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2464: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2465: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2466: <p>
2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2469: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2470: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2471: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2472: </strong></font><br>
2473:
2474: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2475: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2476: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2477: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2478: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2479: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2480: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2481: <p>
2482:
2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2484: <a
1.226 horacio 2485: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2486: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2487: </strong></font><br>
2488:
2489: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2490: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2491: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2492: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2493: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2494: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2495: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2496: <p>
1.162 millert 2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2499: <a
1.161 louis 2500: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2501: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2502: </strong></font><br>
2503:
2504: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2505: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2506: <p>
2507:
1.247 jufi 2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2509: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2510: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2511: </strong></font><br>
2512:
2513: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2514: <p>
2515:
2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2518: <a
1.226 horacio 2519: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2520: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2521: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2522: </strong></font><br>
2523:
2524: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2525: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2526: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2527: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2528: <p>
1.247 jufi 2529: </ul>
1.169 louis 2530:
1.158 louis 2531: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2532: <ul>
1.147 louis 2533:
1.247 jufi 2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2535: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2536: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2537: </strong></font><br>
2538:
2539: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2540: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2541: <p>
2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2544: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2545: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2546: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2547: </strong></font><br>
2548: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2549: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2550: <p>
2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2553: <a
2554: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2555: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2556: </strong></font><br>
2557:
2558: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2559: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2560: <p>
2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2563: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2564: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2565: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2566:
1.213 horacio 2567: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2568: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2569: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2570: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2571: <p>
1.215 horacio 2572:
1.247 jufi 2573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2574: <a
2575: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2576: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2577: </strong></font><br>
2578:
2579: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2580: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2581: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2582: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2583: much of the attitude too).
2584: <p>
1.161 louis 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2587: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2588: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2589: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2590:
1.157 louis 2591: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2592: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2593: <p>
1.247 jufi 2594: </ul>
1.157 louis 2595:
2596: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2597: <ul>
1.157 louis 2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2600: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2601: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2602: </strong></font><br>
2603:
2604: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2605: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2606: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2607: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2608: <p>
2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2611: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2612: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2613: </strong></font><br>
2614:
2615: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2616: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2617: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2618: it because they love coding...
2619: <p>
2620:
1.247 jufi 2621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2622: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2623: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2624: </strong></font><br>
2625:
2626: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2627: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2628: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2629: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2630: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2631: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2632: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2633: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2634: <p>
2635:
1.247 jufi 2636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2637: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2638: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2639: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2640: </strong></font><br>
2641:
2642: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2643: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2644: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2645: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2646: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2647: the pizza.
2648: <p>
2649:
1.247 jufi 2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2651: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2652: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2653: </strong></font><br>
2654:
2655: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2656: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2657: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2658: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2659: problems.
2660: <p>
2661:
1.247 jufi 2662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2663: <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 2664: </strong></font><br>
2665:
1.222 miod 2666: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2667: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2668: - whether they like it or not.
2669: <p>
2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2672: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2673: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2674: </strong></font><br>
2675:
2676: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2677: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2678: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2679: <p>
1.148 aaron 2680:
1.247 jufi 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2682: <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 2683: </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2686: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2687: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2688: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2689: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2690: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2691: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2692: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2693: <p>
2694:
1.247 jufi 2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2696: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2697: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2701: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2702: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2703: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2704: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2705: <p>
1.247 jufi 2706: </ul>
1.147 louis 2707:
1.138 louis 2708: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2709: <ul>
1.138 louis 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2712: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2713: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2714: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2715: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2716: </strong></font><br>
2717:
1.227 horacio 2718: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2719: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2720: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2721: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2722: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2723: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2724: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2725: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2726: <p>
2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2729: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2730: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2731: </strong></font><br>
2732:
2733: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2734: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2735: groups, and even Linux.
2736: <p>
2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2739: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2740: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2741: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2742: </strong></font><br>
2743:
2744: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2745: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2746: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2747: library after installing the OS.
2748: <p>
2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2751: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2752: Sys Admin, September 2000
2753: </strong></font><br>
2754:
2755: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2756: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2757: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2758: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2759: (<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>,
2760: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2761: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2762: <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 2763: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2764: out of the system.
2765: <p>
2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2768: <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
2769: </strong></font><br>
2770:
2771: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2772: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2773: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2774: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2775: the IP filtering and address translation.
2776: <p>
1.301 jose 2777:
2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2779: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2780: </strong></font><br>
2781:
2782: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2783: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2784: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2785: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2786: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2787: <p>
1.247 jufi 2788: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2789:
1.131 louis 2790: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2791: <ul>
1.131 louis 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2794: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2795: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2796: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2797: </strong></font><br>
2798:
2799: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2800: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2801: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2802: <p>
2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2805: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2806: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2807: </strong></font><br>
2808:
2809: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2810: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2811: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2812: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2813: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2814: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2815: note of"</i>.
2816: <p>
2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2819: <a
1.247 jufi 2820: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2821: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2822: </strong></font><br>
2823:
2824: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2825: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2826: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2827: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2828: <p>
2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2831: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2832: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2833: </strong></font><br>
2834:
2835: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2836: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2837: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2838: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2839: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2840: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2841: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2842: <p>
2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2845: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2846: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2847: 2000
2848: </strong></font><br>
2849:
2850: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2851: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2852: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2853: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2854: against current industry practices.
2855: <p>
2856:
1.247 jufi 2857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2858: <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
2859: </strong></font><br>
2860:
2861: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2862: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2863: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2864: <p>
2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2867: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2868: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2869: </strong></font><br>
2870:
2871: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2872: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2873: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2874: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2875: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2876: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2877: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2878: <p>
2879:
1.247 jufi 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2881: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2882: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2883: </strong></font><br>
2884:
2885: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2886: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2887: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2888: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2889: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2890: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2891: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2892: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2893: <p>
1.247 jufi 2894: </ul>
1.131 louis 2895:
1.118 louis 2896: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2897: <ul>
1.118 louis 2898:
1.247 jufi 2899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2900: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2901: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2902: </strong></font><br>
2903:
2904: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2905: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2906: about time. The article mentions that
2907: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2908: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2909: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2910: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2911: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2912: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2913: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2914: <p>
2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2917: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2918: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2919: </strong></font><br>
2920:
2921: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2922: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2923: of OpenSSH.
2924: <p>
2925:
1.247 jufi 2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2927: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2928: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2929: </strong></font><br>
2930:
2931: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2932: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2933: bridging.
2934: <p>
2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2937: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2938: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2939: </strong></font><br>
2940:
1.121 deraadt 2941: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2942: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2943: <p>
2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2946: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2947: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2948: </strong></font><br>
2949:
2950: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2951: <p>
2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2954: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2955: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2956: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2957: </strong></font><br>
2958:
1.120 deraadt 2959: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2960: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2961: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2962: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2963: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2964: <p>
2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2967: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2968: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
1.222 miod 2971: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2972: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2973: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2974: protocols and their quirks.
2975: <p>
2976:
1.247 jufi 2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2978: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2979: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2980: </strong></font><br>
2981:
2982: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2983: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2984: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2985: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2986: <p>
2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2989: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2990: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2991: </strong></font><br>
2992:
2993: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2994: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2995: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2996: <p>
2997:
1.247 jufi 2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2999: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3000: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3001: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3002: </strong></font><br>
3003:
3004: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3005: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3006: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3007: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3008: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3009: <p>
1.247 jufi 3010: </ul>
1.118 louis 3011:
1.104 louis 3012: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3013: <ul>
1.104 louis 3014:
1.247 jufi 3015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3016: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3017: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3018: </strong></font><br>
3019:
3020: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3021: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3022: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3023: be a bit dry.
3024: <p>
3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3027: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3028: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3029: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3030: </strong></font><br>
3031: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3032: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3033: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3034: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3035: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3036: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3037: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3038: <p>
3039:
1.247 jufi 3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3041: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3042: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3043: 2000
1.128 louis 3044: </strong></font><br>
3045:
3046: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3047: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3048: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3049: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3050: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3051: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3052: <p>
3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3055: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3056: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3057: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3058:
3059: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3060: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3061: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3062: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3063: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3064: <p>
1.110 louis 3065:
1.247 jufi 3066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3067: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3068: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3069: </strong></font><br>
3070:
3071: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3072: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3073: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3074: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3075: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3076: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3077: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3078: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3079: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3080: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3081: <p>
3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3084: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3085: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3086:
3087: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3088: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3089: <p>
1.108 louis 3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3092: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3093: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3094: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3095:
3096: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3097: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3098: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3099: <p>
1.106 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3102: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3103: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3105:
3106: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3107: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3108: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3109: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3110: <p>
1.107 louis 3111:
1.247 jufi 3112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3113: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3114: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3115: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3116:
3117: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3118: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3119: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3120: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3121: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3122: <p>
1.105 louis 3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3125: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3126: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3128:
1.113 naddy 3129: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3130: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3131: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3132: <p>
1.104 louis 3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3135: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3136: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3137: </strong></font><br>
3138:
3139: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3140: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3141: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3142: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3143: <p>
1.301 jose 3144:
3145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3146: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3147: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3148: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3149:
3150: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3151: hardware-supported cryptography.
3152: <p>
1.247 jufi 3153: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3154:
1.85 louis 3155: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3156: <ul>
1.85 louis 3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3159: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3160: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3161: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3162:
3163: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3164: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3165: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3166: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3167: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3168: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3169: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3170: <p>
1.99 louis 3171:
1.247 jufi 3172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3173: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3174: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3175: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3176:
3177: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3178: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3179: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3180: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3181: <p>
1.100 louis 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3184: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3185: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3186: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3187:
3188: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3189: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3190: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3191: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3192: <p>
1.95 louis 3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3195: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3196: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3197: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3198:
3199: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3200: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3201: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3202: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3203: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3204: <p>
1.92 louis 3205:
1.247 jufi 3206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3207: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3208: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3209: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3210:
3211: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3212: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3213: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3214: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3215: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3216: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3217: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3218: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3219: <p>
1.91 louis 3220:
1.247 jufi 3221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3222: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3223: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3224: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3225:
3226: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3227: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3228: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3229: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3230: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3231: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3232: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3233: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3234: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3235: <p>
1.90 louis 3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3238: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3239: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3240: </strong></font><br>
3241: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3242: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3243: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3244: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3245: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3246: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3247: <p>
3248:
1.247 jufi 3249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3250: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3251: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3252: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3253:
1.113 naddy 3254: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3255: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3256: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3257: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3258: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3259: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3260: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3261: <p>
1.87 louis 3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3264: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3265: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3266: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3267:
3268: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3269: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3270: <p>
1.85 louis 3271:
1.247 jufi 3272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3273: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3274: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3275: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3276:
3277: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3278: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3279: <p>
3280:
3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3282: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3283: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3284: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3285:
3286: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3287: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3288: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3289: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3290: <p>
1.89 louis 3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3293: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3294: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3295: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3296:
3297: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3298: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3299: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3300: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3301: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3302: </ul>
1.85 louis 3303:
1.78 deraadt 3304: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3305: <ul>
1.74 louis 3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3308: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3309: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3310: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3311: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3312:
3313: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3314: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3315: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3316: <p>
1.83 louis 3317:
1.247 jufi 3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3319: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3320: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3321: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3322:
3323: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3324: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3325: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3326: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3327: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3328: <p>
1.93 louis 3329:
1.247 jufi 3330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3331: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3332: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3333: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3334: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3335:
1.83 louis 3336: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3337: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3338: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3339: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3340: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3341: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3342: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3343: <p>
1.82 aaron 3344:
1.247 jufi 3345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3346: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3347: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3348: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3349:
1.83 louis 3350: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3351: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3352: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3353: <p>
1.80 louis 3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3356: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3357: Bad Press</a>,
3358: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3359: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3360:
3361: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3362: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3363: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3364: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3365: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3366: <p>
1.247 jufi 3367: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3368:
3369: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3370: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3371:
1.247 jufi 3372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3373: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3374: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3375: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3376: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3377:
3378: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3379: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3380: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3381: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3382: <p>
1.74 louis 3383:
1.247 jufi 3384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3385: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3386: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3387: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3388:
1.219 horacio 3389: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3390: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3391: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3392: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3393: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3394: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3395: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3396: <p>
1.88 louis 3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3399: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3400: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3401: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3402:
3403: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3404: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3405: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3406: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3407: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3408: <p>
1.81 louis 3409:
1.247 jufi 3410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3411: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3412: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3413: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3414:
3415: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3416: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3417: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3418: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3419: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3420: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3421: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3422: <p>
1.90 louis 3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3425: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3426: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3427: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3428:
3429: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3430: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3431: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3432: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3433: <p>
1.247 jufi 3434: </ul>
1.71 louis 3435:
1.69 deraadt 3436: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3437: <ul>
1.70 louis 3438:
1.247 jufi 3439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3440: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3441: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3442: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3443:
3444: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3445: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3446: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3447: <p>
1.70 louis 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3450: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3451: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3452: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3453:
3454: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3455: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3456: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3457: <p>
1.68 louis 3458:
1.247 jufi 3459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3460: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3461: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3462: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3463: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3464:
1.111 jufi 3465: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3466: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3467: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3468: "secure by default" installation.
3469: <p>
1.64 louis 3470:
1.247 jufi 3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3472: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3473: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3474: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3475:
1.113 naddy 3476: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3477: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3478: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3479: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3480: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3481: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3482: <p>
1.66 louis 3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3485: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3486: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3487: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3488:
3489: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3490: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3491: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3492: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3493: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3494: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3495: <p>
1.83 louis 3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3498: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3499: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3500: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3501:
3502: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3503: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3504: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3505: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3506: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3507: <p>
1.64 louis 3508:
1.247 jufi 3509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3510: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3511: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3512: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3513:
3514: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3515: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3516: <p>
1.301 jose 3517:
3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3519: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3520: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3521: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3522: </strong></font><br>
3523:
3524: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3525: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3526: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3527: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3528: Giving way to
3529: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3530: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3531: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3532: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3533: <p>
1.247 jufi 3534: </ul>
1.65 louis 3535:
1.69 deraadt 3536: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3537: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3540: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3541: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3542: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3543:
3544: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3545: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3546: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3547: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3548: <p>
1.88 louis 3549:
1.247 jufi 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3551: <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 3552: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3553:
3554: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3555: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3556: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3557: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3558: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3559: <p>
1.60 louis 3560:
1.247 jufi 3561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3562: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3563: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3564: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3565: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3566:
3567: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3568: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3569: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3570: <p>
1.58 louis 3571:
1.247 jufi 3572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3573: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3574: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3575:
3576: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3577: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3578: <p>
1.53 louis 3579:
1.247 jufi 3580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3581: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3582: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3583: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3584:
3585: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3586: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3587: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3588: <p>
1.99 louis 3589:
1.247 jufi 3590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3591: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3592: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3593:
3594: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3595: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3596: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3597: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3598: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3599:
1.247 jufi 3600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3601: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3602: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3603: </strong></font><br>
3604:
3605: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3606: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3607: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3608: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3609: <p>
3610:
1.247 jufi 3611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3612: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3613: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3614: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3615:
3616: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3617: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3618: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3619:
1.247 jufi 3620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3621: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3622: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3623:
3624: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3625: in
1.247 jufi 3626: <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 3627: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3628: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3629: <p>
1.53 louis 3630:
1.247 jufi 3631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3632: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3633: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3634: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3635: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3636:
1.58 louis 3637: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3638: <p>
1.301 jose 3639:
3640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3641: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3642: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3643: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3644: Informacyjny, January 2000
3645: </strong></font><br>
3646:
3647: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3648: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3649: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3650: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3651: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3652: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3653: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3654: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3655: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3656: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3657: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3658: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3659: <p>
3660:
3661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3662: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3663: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3664: </strong></font><br>
3665:
3666: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3667: <p>
3668: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3669:
1.69 deraadt 3670: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3671: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3672:
1.247 jufi 3673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3674: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3675: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3676: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3677: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3678:
1.58 louis 3679: Kurt Seifried
3680: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3681: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3682: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3683: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3686: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3687: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3688: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3689:
3690: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3691: <p>
1.96 louis 3692:
1.247 jufi 3693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3694: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3695: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3696: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3697: </strong></font><br>
3698:
3699: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3700: <p>
3701:
3702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3703: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3704: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3705: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3706:
3707: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3708: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3709: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3710: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3711: <p>
1.247 jufi 3712: </ul>
1.86 louis 3713:
1.69 deraadt 3714: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3715: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3716:
1.247 jufi 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3718: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3719: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3720: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3721:
3722: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3723: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3724: <p>
1.61 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3727: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3728: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3729: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3730: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3731:
3732: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3733: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3734: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3735: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3736: right -- or at least strives to".
3737: <p>
1.48 louis 3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3740: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3741: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3742: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3743: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3744: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3745: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3746: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3747: <p>
1.61 louis 3748:
1.247 jufi 3749: <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 3750: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3751: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3752:
3753: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3754: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3755: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3756: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3757: <p>
1.46 louis 3758:
1.247 jufi 3759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3760: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3761: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3762: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3763:
3764: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3765: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3766: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3767:
1.247 jufi 3768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3769: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3770: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3771: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3772:
3773: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3774: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3775: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3776: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3777: <p>
1.247 jufi 3778: </ul>
1.70 louis 3779:
1.69 deraadt 3780: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3781: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3782:
1.247 jufi 3783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3784: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3785: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3786: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3787: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3788:
3789: Kurt Seifried
3790: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3791: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3792: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3793: <p>
1.44 philen 3794:
1.247 jufi 3795: <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 3796: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3797: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3798:
3799: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3800: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3801:
1.247 jufi 3802: <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 3803: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3804: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3805:
3806: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3807: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3808:
1.247 jufi 3809: <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 3810: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3811: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3812:
3813: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3814: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3815: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3816: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3817: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <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 3820: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3821: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3822:
1.36 louis 3823: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3824: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3825:
1.247 jufi 3826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3827: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3828: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3829: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3830:
3831: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3832: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3833: </ul>
1.38 louis 3834:
1.69 deraadt 3835: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3836: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3837:
1.247 jufi 3838: <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 3839: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3840: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3841:
3842: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3843: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3844: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3845:
1.113 naddy 3846: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3847: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3848: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3849: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3850:
3851: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3852: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3853: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3854: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3855: <blockquote>
3856: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3857: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3858: <br>
3859: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3860: </code>
3861: </blockquote>
3862: <p>
3863:
1.247 jufi 3864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3865: <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 3866: <p>
3867:
3868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3869: <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 3870: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3871:
3872: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3873: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3874: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3875: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3878: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3879: Sept. 28, 1999
3880: </strong></font><br>
3881:
3882: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3883: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3884: translating and reprinting articles from
3885: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3886: <p>
3887:
3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3889: <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 3890: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3891:
3892: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3893: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3894: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3895: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3896: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3897: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3898: <p>
1.19 louis 3899:
1.113 naddy 3900: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3901: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3902: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3903:
3904: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3905: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3906: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3907: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3908: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3909: <p>
1.16 louis 3910:
1.247 jufi 3911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3912: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3913: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3914: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3915:
1.57 louis 3916: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3917: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3918: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3919: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3920:
1.247 jufi 3921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3922: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3923: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3924: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3925:
1.113 naddy 3926: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3927:
1.247 jufi 3928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3929: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3930: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3931: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3932:
1.23 louis 3933: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3934: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3935: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3936: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3937: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3938: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3939:
1.247 jufi 3940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3941: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3942: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3943: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3944:
1.199 pvalchev 3945: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3946: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3947: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3948: installation.
1.113 naddy 3949: <p>
1.47 louis 3950:
1.247 jufi 3951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3952: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3953: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3954: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3955:
1.301 jose 3956: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3957: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3958: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3959: </ul>
1.57 louis 3960:
1.69 deraadt 3961: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3962: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3963:
1.247 jufi 3964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3965: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3966: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3967: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3968:
3969: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3970: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3971: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3972: <p>
1.12 louis 3973:
1.247 jufi 3974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3975: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3976: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3977: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3978:
3979: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3980: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3981: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3982: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3983: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3984: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3985: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3986: <p>
1.247 jufi 3987: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3988:
1.69 deraadt 3989: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3990: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3991:
1.247 jufi 3992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3993: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3994: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3995:
3996: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3997: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3998: available."
1.113 naddy 3999: <p>
1.301 jose 4000:
4001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4002: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4003: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4004: </strong></font><br>
4005:
4006: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4007: <p>
1.247 jufi 4008: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4009:
1.69 deraadt 4010: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4011: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4012:
1.247 jufi 4013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4014: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4015: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4016:
4017: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4018: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4019: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4020: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4021: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4022: <p>
1.33 louis 4023:
1.247 jufi 4024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4025: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4026: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4027: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4028:
1.113 naddy 4029: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4030: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4031: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4032: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4033: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4034: <p>
1.247 jufi 4035: </ul>
1.57 louis 4036:
1.69 deraadt 4037: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4038: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4039:
1.247 jufi 4040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4041: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4042: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4043: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4044:
4045: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4046: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4047: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4048:
1.247 jufi 4049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4050: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4051: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4052: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4053: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4054:
4055: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4056: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4057:
1.247 jufi 4058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4059: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4060:
1.113 naddy 4061: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4062:
1.247 jufi 4063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4064: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4065: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4066: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4067:
4068: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4069: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4070: </ul>
1.23 louis 4071:
1.69 deraadt 4072: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4073: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4074:
1.247 jufi 4075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4076: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4077: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4078:
4079: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4080: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4081: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4082:
1.247 jufi 4083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4084: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4085: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4086: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4087:
4088: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4089: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4090: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4091: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4092: </ul>
1.57 louis 4093:
1.69 deraadt 4094: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4095: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4096:
1.247 jufi 4097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4098: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4099: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4100: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4101:
4102: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4103: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4104: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4105: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4106: <p>
1.15 louis 4107:
1.247 jufi 4108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4109: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4110: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4111: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4112:
4113: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4114: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4115: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4116: columns."
1.113 naddy 4117: <p>
1.247 jufi 4118: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4119:
1.69 deraadt 4120: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4121: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4122:
1.247 jufi 4123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4124: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4125: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4126: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4127:
4128: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4129: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4130:
1.113 naddy 4131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4132: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4133: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4134:
4135: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4136: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4137: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4138: </ul>
1.57 louis 4139:
1.69 deraadt 4140: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4141: <ul>
1.301 jose 4142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4143: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4144: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4145: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4146:
4147: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4148: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4149: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4150: <p>
4151:
4152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4153: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4154: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4155: Nov 13, 1998 and
4156: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4157: Datateknik</a>,
4158: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4159:
1.380 saad 4160: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4161: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4162: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4163: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4164: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4165:
1.113 naddy 4166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4167: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4168: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4169: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4170:
1.222 miod 4171: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4172: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4173: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4174: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4175: <p>
1.247 jufi 4176: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4177:
1.69 deraadt 4178: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4179: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4180:
1.247 jufi 4181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4182: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4183: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4184:
1.69 deraadt 4185: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4186: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4187: <p>
1.247 jufi 4188: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4189:
1.69 deraadt 4190: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4191: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4192:
1.247 jufi 4193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4194: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4195: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4196: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4197:
1.383 jcs 4198: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4199: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4200: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4201:
1.247 jufi 4202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4203: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4204: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4205: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4206: <p>
1.247 jufi 4207: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4208:
1.69 deraadt 4209: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4210: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4211:
1.247 jufi 4212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4213: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4214: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4215: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4216: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4217: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4218:
4219: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4220: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4221: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4222: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4223: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4224: <p>
1.247 jufi 4225: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4226:
4227: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4228: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4229:
1.247 jufi 4230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4231: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4232: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4233:
1.69 deraadt 4234: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4235: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4236: <p>
1.112 naddy 4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4239: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4240:
1.292 camield 4241: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4242: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4243: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.407 ! henning 4244: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.406 2004/09/30 02:14:27 nick Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4245:
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