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1.417 ! pvalchev 19: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 22: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
! 23: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
! 24: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
! 25: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
! 26: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
! 27: questions about the significance and rationale behind
! 28: the current efforts.
! 29: <p>
! 30: </ul>
! 31:
1.407 henning 32: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
33: <ul>
34: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 35: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
36: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
37: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
38: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
39: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
40: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
41: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
42: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
43: <p>
44:
45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 46: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
47: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
48: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
49: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
50: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
51: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
52: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
53: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
54: of the important changes in 3.6.
55: </p>
56:
57: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 58: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
59: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
60: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
61: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
62: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
63: overflow attacks... because
64: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
65: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
66: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
67: and propolice.
68: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
69: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
70: and that's when the science falls apart."
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 74: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
75: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
76: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
77: Starts with the question:
78: <blockquote>
79: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
80: <br/>
81: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
82: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
83: <br/>
84: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
85: Should we believe them?"
86: </blockquote>
87: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
88: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
89: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
90: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
91: for your mail, web and other online activities.
92: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 96: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
97: Simple Simon</a>,
98: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
99: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
100: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
101: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
102: routing/firewall, and more.
103: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
104: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
105: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
106: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
107: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
108: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
109: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
110: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
111: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
112: </blockquote>
113: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
114: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
115: <p>
116:
117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 118: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
119: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 120: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 121: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 122: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
123: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
124: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 125: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 126: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
127: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
128: in spite of it
129: (registration required, but worth it).
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
133: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
134: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
135: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
136: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
137: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
138: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
139: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 140: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 141: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
142: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
143: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
144: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
145: <p>
146:
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 148: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
149: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
150: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
151: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
152: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
153: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
154: <blockquote>
155: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
156: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
157: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
158: a lot of analysis.
159: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
160: </blockquote>
161: <p>
162: </ul>
163:
1.400 marco 164: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
165: <ul>
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 167: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
168: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
169: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
170: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
171: UNIX-like systems.
172: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
173: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
174: <p>
175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.406 nick 176: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature"
177: >Going further to stop hackers</a>
178: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
179: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
180: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
181: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
182: At one point, the article states:
183: <blockquote>
184: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
185: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
186: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
187: </blockquote>
188: And then quotes Theo as saying:
189: <blockquote>
190: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
191: fewer are reading or auditing code."
192: </blockquote>
193: <p>
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
195: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
196: marks its fifth birthday</a>
197: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
198: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
199: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
200: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
201: required).
202: <p>
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 204: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
205: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
206: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
207: </strong></font><br>
208: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
209: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
210: <p>
211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 212: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
213: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 214: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 215: </strong></font><br>
216: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
217: <p>
218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 219: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
220: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 221: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 222: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 223: 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 224: <p>
225: </ul>
226:
1.396 henning 227: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
228: <ul>
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 230: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 231: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
232: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
233: </strong></font><br>
234: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
235: <p>
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 237: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 238: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
239: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
240: </strong></font><br>
241: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
242: <p>
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 244: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
245: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
246: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
247: </strong></font><br>
248: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
249: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
250: <p>
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 252: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
253: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
254: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
255: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
256: <p>
257: </ul>
258:
1.405 jolan 259: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
260: <ul>
261: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
262: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
263: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
264: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
265: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
266: details on how funds are dispersed.
267: <p>
268: </ul>
269:
1.393 david 270: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
271: <ul>
272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 273: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
274: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
275: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
276: </strong></font><br>
277: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
278: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
279: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
280: on inserting large number of SQL records.
281: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
282: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
283: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 287: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
288: Secure by Default</a>,
289: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
290: </strong></font><br>
291: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
292: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
293: <p>
294:
295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
296: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
297: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
298: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
299: </strong></font><br>
300: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
301: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
302: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
303: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
304: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
305: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
309: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
310: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
311: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
312: </strong></font><br>
313: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
314: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
315: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
316: <p>
317:
318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
319: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
320: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
321: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
322: </strong></font><br>
323: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
324: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
325: <p>
326: </ul>
327:
1.388 mcbride 328: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
329: <ul>
1.394 jolan 330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
332: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
333: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
334: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
335: </strong></font><br>
336: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
337: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
338: available for sparc64.
339: <p>
340:
1.390 beck 341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 342: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
343: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
344: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
345: </strong></font><br>
346: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
347: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
348: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
349: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
350: <p>
351:
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 353: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
354: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 355: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 356: </strong></font><br>
357: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
358: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
359: it does: CARP provides sharing
360: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
361: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
362: detail to get you started using it.
363: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
364: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
365: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
366: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
367: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
368: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
369: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 370: <p>
1.391 ian 371:
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 373: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 374: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
375: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 376: </strong></font><br>
377: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 378: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 379: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 380: <p>
1.388 mcbride 381:
382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
383: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
384: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 385: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 386: </strong></font><br>
387: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
388: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
389: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
390: unencumbered by patents.
391: <p>
392: </ul>
393:
1.378 henning 394: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
395: <ul>
1.384 jose 396:
397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 398: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
399: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
400: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
401: </strong></font><br>
402: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
403: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
404: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
405: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
406: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
407: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
408: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
409: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
410: in the page tables."
411: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
412: <p>
413:
414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 415: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
416: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
417: </strong></font><br>
418: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
419: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
420: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
421: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 422: <p>
1.384 jose 423:
1.378 henning 424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 425: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
426: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 427: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
428: </strong></font><br>
429: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
430: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
431: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
432: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
433: (quote:
434: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
435: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 436: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 437: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
438: the other developers for their work on the system.
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 442: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
443: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
444: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 445: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 446: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
447: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
448: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
449: too.
450: <p>
451:
452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 453: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
454: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 455: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 456: OpenBSD source code using
457: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
458: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
459: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
460: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
461: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
462: <p>
463: </ul>
464:
1.374 jose 465: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
466: <ul>
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 468: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 469: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
470: </strong></font><br>
471: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
472: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
473: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
474: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
475: it."
476: <p>
477:
478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 479: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
480: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
481: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
482: </strong></font><br/>
483: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
484: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
485: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
486: <p>
487: </ul>
488:
1.369 ian 489: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
490: <ul>
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 492: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
493: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
494: </strong></font><br/>
495: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
496: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
497: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
498: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
499: <p>
500:
501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 502: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
503: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
504: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
505: </strong></font><br/>
506: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
507: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
508: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
509: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
510: form factor.
511: <p>
512:
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
514: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
515: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
516: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
517: Features</a>,
518: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
519: </strong></font><br/>
520: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
521: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
522: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
523: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
524: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
525: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
526: <p>
527: This article can also be found online at:
528: <ul>
529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 530: <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 531: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
532: </strong></font>
533: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
534: </ul>
535: <p>
1.392 david 536:
1.371 jose 537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 538: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
539: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 540: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
541: </strong></font><br/>
542: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
543: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
544: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 545: <p>
1.371 jose 546:
547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 548: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 549: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 550: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 551: </strong></font><br/>
552: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
553: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
554: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
555: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
556: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
557: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
558: and its history with OpenBSD.
559: </ul>
560:
1.368 henning 561: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
562: <ul>
563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 564: [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 565: </strong></font><br>
566: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
567: </ul>
568:
1.364 jose 569: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
570: <ul>
571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 572: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
573: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
574: UNIX Review,
575: July, 2003.
576: </strong></font><br>
577: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
578: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
579: who want more information.
580: <p>
581:
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 583: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
584: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
585: Government Computer News,
586: July 22, 2003.
587: </strong></font><br>
588: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
589: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
590: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
591: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
592: <p>
593:
594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
595: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
596: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
597: SANS Institute,
598: July 22, 2003.
599: </strong></font><br>
600: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 601: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 602: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
603: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
604: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
605: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
606: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
607: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
608: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
609: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
610: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
611: <p>
612:
613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 614: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
615: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
616: OnLamp.com,
617: July 17, 2003.
618: </strong></font><br>
619: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
620: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
621: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
622: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
623: have been working on.
624:
625: </ul>
626:
1.356 jose 627: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 628: <ul>
629:
630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 631: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
632: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
633: UNIX Review,
634: June, 2003.
635: </strong></font><br>
636: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
637: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
638: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
639: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 643: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
644: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
645: eWeek,
646: June 23, 2003.
647: </strong></font><br>
648: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
649: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
650: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
651: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
652: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
653: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
654: <p>
655:
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 657: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
658: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
659: Software Development Online,
660: June, 2003.
661: </strong></font><br>
662: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
663: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
664: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
665: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
666: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
667: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
668: current activities.
669: <p>
670:
671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 672: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
673: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 674: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
675: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
676: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
677: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 678: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 679: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
680: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
681: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 682: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 683: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
684: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 685: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 686: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
687: decisions.
688: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
689: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 690: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 691: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 692: <p>
693:
694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 695: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
696: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
697: Page 58, eWeek,
698: June 2, 2003.
699: </strong></font><br>
700: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
701: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
702: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
703: been addressed in -current.
704: <p>
705:
1.356 jose 706: </ul>
707:
708: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
709: <ul>
710:
1.355 jose 711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 712: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
713: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
714: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
715: </strong></font><br>
716: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
717: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
718: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
719: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
720: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
721: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
722: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
723: <p>
724:
725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 726: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
727: Beyond Linux</a>,
728: InfoWorld,
729: May 23, 2003.
730: </strong></font><br>
731: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
732: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
733: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
734: compared to the GPL.
735: <p>
736:
737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 738: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
739: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
740: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 741: May 17, 2003.
742: </strong></font><br>
743: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
744: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
745: the business section and half of another page inside
746: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
747: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
748: in talking about the project's history and goals.
749: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
750: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
751: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
752: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 753: <br>
754: This article can also be found online at:
755: <ul>
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
757: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
758: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
759: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
760: May 17, 2003
761: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 762: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
764: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
765: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
766: Montreal Gazette,
767: May 21, 2003
768: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 769: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 770: <p>
1.346 ian 771:
772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 773: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 774: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 775: May 7, 2003.
776: </strong></font><br>
777: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
778: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
779: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
780: <p>
781:
782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 783: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
784: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
785: OsOpinion,
786: May 6, 2003.
787: </strong></font><br>
788: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
789: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
790: <br>
791: This article can also be found online at:
792: <ul>
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
794: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
795: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
796: NewsFactor Network.
797: </strong></font>
798: </ul>
799: <p>
800:
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 802: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 803: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
804: ITBusiness,
805: May 2, 2003.
806: </strong></font><br>
807: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
808: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
809: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
810: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
811: <p>
812:
813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 814: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
815: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
816: InfoWorld,
817: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 818: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 819: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
820: <br>
821: This article can also be found online at:
822: <ul>
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
824: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
825: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
826: IDG Singapore.
827: </strong></font>
828: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 829: <p>
830:
1.339 jose 831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
832: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
833: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 834: ZDNet,
835: May 1, 2003.
836: </strong></font><br>
837: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 838: someone using parts from previous articles.
839: <br>
1.341 deraadt 840: This article can also be found online at:
841: <ul>
842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
843: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
844: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
845: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 846: </strong></font>
847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
848: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
849: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
850: CNET News.com.
851: </strong></font>
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
853: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
854: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
855: ZDNet UK.
856: </strong></font>
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
858: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
859: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
860: Help Net Security, Croatia.
861: </strong></font>
862: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 863: <p>
1.339 jose 864:
1.341 deraadt 865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 866: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 867: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
868: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
869: May 1, 2003.
870: </strong></font><br>
871: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
872: that have been added
873: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
874: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
875: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 876: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 877: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
878: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
879: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 880: <p>
881:
882: </ul>
883:
1.253 ian 884: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
885: <ul>
1.255 ian 886:
1.260 ian 887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 888: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 889: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
890: TechRepublic,
891: April 28, 2003.
892: </strong></font><br>
893: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
894: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 895: work.<br>
896: Can also be found online at:
897: <ul>
898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
899: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
900: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
901: ZDNet UK.
902: </strong></font>
903: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 904: <p>
905:
906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 907: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
908: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
909: IDG,
910: April 24, 2003.
911: </strong></font><br>
912: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
913: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
914: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
915: Can also be found online at:
916: <ul>
917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
918: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
919: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 920: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 921: </strong></font>
922: </ul>
923: <p>
924:
925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
926: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 927: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 928: Slate,
929: April 24, 2003.
930: </strong></font><br>
931: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
932: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
933: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
934: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
935: <p>
936:
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 938: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
939: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
940: April 24, 2003.
941: </strong></font><br>
942: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
943: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
944: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
945: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
946: <p>
947:
948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 949: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
950: April 24, 2003.
951: </strong></font><br>
952: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
953: the free software community".
954: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
955: other articles.
956: <p>
957:
958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 959: <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 960: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
961: </strong></font><br>
962: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
963: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
964: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
965: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
966: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
967: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
968: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 969: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 970: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
971: <br/>
972: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
973: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
974: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
975: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 976: <br>
977: Can also be found online at:
978: <ul>
979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
980: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
981: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
982: Common Dreams NewsCenter
983: </strong></font>
984: </ul>
1.324 ian 985: <p>
986:
987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
988: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
989: Wired, April 24, 2003.
990: </strong></font><br>
991: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
992: article above.
993: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
994: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
995: wasting them."
1.332 ian 996: <br>
997: Can also be found online at:
998: <ul>
999: <li>
1000: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1001: </strong></font>
1002: </ul>
1.324 ian 1003: <p>
1004:
1005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1006: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1007: </strong></font><br>
1008: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1009: <p>
1010:
1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1012: <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.
1013: </strong></font><br>
1014: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1015: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1016: <p>
1017:
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1019: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1020: April 23, 2003.
1021: </strong></font><br>
1022: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1026: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1027: April 22, 2003.
1028: </strong></font><br>
1029: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1030: <p>
1031:
1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1033: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1034: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1035: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1036: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1037: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1038: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1039: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1040: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1041: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1042: Can also be found online at:
1043: <ul>
1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1045: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1046: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1047: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1048: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1050: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1051: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1052: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1053: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1054: </ul>
1055: <p>
1056:
1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1058: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1059: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1060: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1061: </strong></font><br>
1062: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1063: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1064: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1065: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1066: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1067: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1068: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1069: <p>
1070:
1071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1072: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1073: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1074: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1075: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1076: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1077: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1078: at UPenn and DARPA.
1079: <p>
1080:
1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1082: [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,
1083: France
1.315 deraadt 1084: April 18, 2003.
1085: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1086: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1087: <p>
1088:
1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1090: [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 1091: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1092: </strong></font><br>
1093: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1094: <p>
1095:
1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1097: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1098: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1099: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1100: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1101: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1102: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1103: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1104: <p>
1105:
1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1107: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1108: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1109: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1110: </strong></font><br>
1111: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1112: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1113: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1114: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1115: <p>
1116:
1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1118: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1119: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1120: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1121: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1122: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1123: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1124: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1125: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1126: Can also be found online at:
1127: <ul>
1128: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1129: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1130: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1131: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1132: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1133: <p>
1134:
1135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1136: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1137: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1138: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1139: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1140: </strong></font><br>
1141: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1142: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1143: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1144: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1145: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1146:
1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1148: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1149: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1150: New York Times.
1151: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1152:
1.273 deraadt 1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1154: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1155: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1156: ABC News.
1157: </strong></font>
1158:
1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1160: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1161: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1162: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1163: </strong></font>
1164:
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1166: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1167: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1168: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1169: </strong></font>
1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1172: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1173: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1174: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1175: </strong></font>
1176:
1177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1178: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1179: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1180: Times Daily, AL.
1181: </strong></font>
1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1184: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1185: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1186: Boston.com, MA.
1187: </strong></font>
1188:
1189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1190: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1191: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1192: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1193: </strong></font>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1196: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1197: [Article was pulled]</a>
1198: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1199: </strong></font>
1200:
1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1202: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1203: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1204: Infoshop News.
1205: </strong></font>
1206:
1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1208: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1209: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1210: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1211: </strong></font>
1212:
1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1214: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1215: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1216: Raleigh News, NC.
1217: </strong></font>
1218:
1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1220: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1221: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1222: Napa News, CA.
1223: </strong></font>
1224:
1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1226: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1227: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1228: NEPA News, PA.
1229: </strong></font>
1230:
1231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1232: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1233: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1234: Wired News.
1235: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1236: <br>
1237: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1238: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1239: [JAPANESE]
1240: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1241: Wired News Japan</a>
1242: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1243:
1.271 deraadt 1244: </ul>
1245: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1246: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1247: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1248: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1249: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1250: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1251: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1252: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1253: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1254: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1255: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1256: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1257: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1258: <p>
1259: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1260:
1261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1262: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1263: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1264: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1265: </strong></font>
1266:
1267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1268: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1269: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1270: Miami Herald, FL.
1271: </strong></font>
1272:
1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1274: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1275: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1276: </strong></font>
1277:
1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1279: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1280: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1281: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1282: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1283:
1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1285: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1286: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1287: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1288: ABC News.
1289: </strong></font>
1290:
1.276 deraadt 1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1292: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1293: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1294: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1295: </strong></font>
1296:
1.286 dhartmei 1297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1298: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1299: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1300: Wilmington Star, NC.
1301: </strong></font>
1302:
1.300 jose 1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1304: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1305: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1306: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1307: </strong></font>
1308:
1.309 jose 1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1310: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1311: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1312: Globe Technology.
1313: </strong></font>
1314:
1.263 deraadt 1315: </ul>
1.262 beck 1316: <p>
1317:
1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1319: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1320: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1321: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1322: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1323: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1324: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1325: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1326: <p>
1327:
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1329: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1330: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1331: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1332: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1333: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1334: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1335: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1336: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1337: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1338: and simply restates other press reports.
1339: <p>
1340:
1341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1342: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1343: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1344: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1345: </strong></font><br>
1346: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1347: <p>
1348:
1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1350: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1351: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1352: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1353: </strong></font><br>
1354: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1355: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1356: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1357: <p>
1358:
1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1360: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1361: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1362: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1363: April 17, 2003.
1364: </strong></font><br>
1365: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1366: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1367: Tech Anthems</a>
1368: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1369: 4 so far.
1370: <p>
1371:
1372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1373: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1374: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1375: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1376: </strong></font><br>
1377: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1378: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1379: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1380: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1381: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1382: Goes on to say:
1383: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1384: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1385: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1386: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1387: This article is also found online at:
1388: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1390: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1391: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1392: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1393: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1395: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1396: ZDnet</a>,
1397: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1398: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1400: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1401: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1402: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1403: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1404: </ul>
1.260 ian 1405: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1406:
1.260 ian 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1408: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1409: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1410: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1411: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1412: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1413: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1414: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1415: without notice or justification.
1416: <p>
1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1419: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1420: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1421: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1422: </strong></font><br>
1423: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1424: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1425: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1426: effective today, without any warning..."
1427: <p>
1.257 ian 1428:
1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1430: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1431: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1432: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1433: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1434: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1435: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1436: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1437: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1438: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1439: <p>
1440:
1441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1442: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1443: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1444: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1445: </strong></font><br>
1446: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1447: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1448: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1449: quoting two of them:
1450: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1451: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1452: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1453: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1454: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1455: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1456: <p>
1457:
1.255 ian 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1459: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1460: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1461: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1462: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1463: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1464: <p>
1465:
1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1467: [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 1468: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1469: </strong></font><br>
1470: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1471: <p>
1472:
1473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1474: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1475: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1476: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1477: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1478: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1479: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1480: security experts for more than three decades."
1481: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1482: <p>
1.261 ian 1483:
1.254 drahn 1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1485: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1486: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1487: </strong></font><br>
1488: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1489: <p>
1490:
1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1492: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1493: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1494: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1495: </strong></font><br>
1496: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1497: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1498: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1499: <p>
1500:
1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1502: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1503: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1504: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1505: </strong></font><br>
1506: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1507: from US DARPA.
1508: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1509: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1510: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1511: the BSD license.
1512: <p>
1513: </ul>
1514:
1.251 ian 1515: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1516: <ul>
1517:
1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1519: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1520: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1521: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1522: </strong></font><br>
1523:
1524: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1525: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1526: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1527: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1528: <p>
1529:
1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1531: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1532: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1533: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1534: </strong></font><br>
1535: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1536: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1537: Mentions
1538: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1539: and
1540: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1541: programs.
1542: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1543: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1544: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1545: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1546: <p>
1.325 ian 1547: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1548: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1551: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1552: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1553: </strong></font><br>
1554: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1555: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1556: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1557: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1558: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1559: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1560: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1561: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1562: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1563: put into service."
1564: <p>
1565: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1566: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1567: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1568: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1569: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1570: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1571: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1572: computers with security features."
1573: <p>
1.329 ian 1574:
1575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1576: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1577: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1578: Slate,
1579: March 3, 2003.
1580: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1581: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1582: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1583: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1584: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1585: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1586: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1587: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1588: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1589: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1590: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1591: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1592: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1593: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1594: of more secure open-source solutions like
1595: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1596: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1597: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1598: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1599: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1600: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1601: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1602: the Beltway."
1603: <p>
1.251 ian 1604: </ul>
1605:
1.249 jufi 1606: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1607: <ul>
1608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1609: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1610: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1611: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1612: </strong></font><br>
1613: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1614: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1615: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1616: <p>
1.334 ian 1617:
1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1619: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1620: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1621: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1622: </strong></font><br>
1623: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1624: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1625: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1626: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1627: "... the hypothetical question ...
1628: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1629: <br>
1630: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1631: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1632: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1633: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1634: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1635: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1636: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1637: support network security.
1638: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1639: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1640: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1641: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1642: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1643: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1644: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1645: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1646: <br>
1647: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1648: <p>
1649:
1.249 jufi 1650: </ul>
1651:
1.246 jufi 1652: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1653: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1654:
1.247 jufi 1655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1656: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1657: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1658: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1659: </strong></font><br>
1660: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1661: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1662: <p>
1663:
1.247 jufi 1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1665: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1666: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1667: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1668: </strong></font><br>
1669: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1670: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1671: <p>
1672:
1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1674: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1675: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1676: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1677: </strong></font><br>
1678: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1679: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1680: <p>
1.247 jufi 1681: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1682:
1.244 jufi 1683: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1684: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1685:
1.247 jufi 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1687: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1688: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1689: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1690: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1691: </strong></font><br>
1692: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1693: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1694: md5 digests.
1695: <p>
1696:
1.247 jufi 1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1698: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1699: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1700: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1701: </strong></font><br>
1702: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1703: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1704: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1705: right the first time."
1706: <p>
1.247 jufi 1707: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1708:
1709:
1710: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1711: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1712:
1.247 jufi 1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1714: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1715: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1716: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1717: </strong></font><br>
1718: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1719: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1720: part 6</a>.
1721: <p>
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1724: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1725: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1726: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1727: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1728: </strong></font><br>
1729: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1730: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1731: <p>
1.301 jose 1732:
1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1734: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1735: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1736: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1737: </strong></font><br>
1738:
1739: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1740: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1741: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1742: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1743: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1744: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1745: <i>Here's the
1746: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1747: <p>
1.247 jufi 1748: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1749:
1750: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1751: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1752:
1.247 jufi 1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1754: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1755: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1756: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1757: </strong></font><br>
1758: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1759: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1760: <p>
1761:
1.247 jufi 1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1763: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1764: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1765: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1766: </strong></font><br>
1767: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1768: this time using pf.
1769: <p>
1.247 jufi 1770: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1771:
1772: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1773: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1774:
1.247 jufi 1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1776: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1777: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1778: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1779: </strong></font><br>
1780: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1781: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1782: their rotation.
1783: <p>
1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1786: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1787: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1788: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1789: </strong></font><br>
1790: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1791: <p>
1.247 jufi 1792: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1793:
1.239 jufi 1794: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1795: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1796:
1.247 jufi 1797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1798: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1799: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1800: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1801: </strong></font><br>
1802: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1803: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1804: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1805: <p>
1806:
1.247 jufi 1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1808: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1809: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1810: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1811: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1812: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1813: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1814: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1815: <p>
1.247 jufi 1816: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1817:
1.235 lebel 1818: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1819: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1820:
1.239 jufi 1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1823: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1824: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1825: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1826: </strong></font><br>
1827: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1828: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1829: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1830: <p>
1.301 jose 1831:
1.247 jufi 1832: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1833:
1.228 horacio 1834: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1835: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1836:
1.247 jufi 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1838: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1839: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1840: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1841: </strong></font><br>
1842: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1843: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1844: <p>
1845:
1.247 jufi 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1847: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1848: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1849: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1850: </strong></font><br>
1851: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1852: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1853: <p>
1854:
1.247 jufi 1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1856: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1857: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1858: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1859: </strong></font><br>
1860: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1861: on the desktop of his parents.
1862: <p>
1863:
1.247 jufi 1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1865: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1866: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1867: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1868: </strong></font><br>
1869: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1870: using IPFilter.
1871:
1872: <p>
1873:
1.247 jufi 1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1875: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1876: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1877: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1878: </strong></font><br>
1879: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1880: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1881: perspectives of the four OS.
1882: <br>
1883: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1884: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1885: <p>
1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1888: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1889: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1890: software and security</a>,
1891: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1892: </strong></font><br>
1893:
1894: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1895: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1896: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1897: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1898: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1899: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1900: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1901: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1902: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1903: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1904: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1905: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1906: <p>
1.247 jufi 1907: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1908:
1.225 horacio 1909: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1910: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1911:
1.247 jufi 1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1913: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1914: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1915: Interview</a>,
1916: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1917: </strong></font><br>
1918:
1919: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1920: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1921: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1922: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1923: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1924: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1925: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1926: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1927: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1928: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1929: of choice.
1930: <p>
1.247 jufi 1931: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1932:
1933: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1934: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1937: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1938: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1939: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1940: </strong></font><br>
1941:
1942: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1943: <p>
1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1946: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1947: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1948: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1949: </strong></font><br>
1950:
1951: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1952: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1953: <p>
1.247 jufi 1954: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1955:
1.218 horacio 1956: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1957: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1958:
1.247 jufi 1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1960: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1961: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1962: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1963: </strong></font><br>
1964:
1965: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1966: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1967: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1968: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1969: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1970: subjects. Worth a read.
1971: <p>
1972:
1973:
1.247 jufi 1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1975: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1976: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1977: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1978: </strong></font><br>
1979:
1980: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1981: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1982: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1983: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1984: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1985: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1986: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1987: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1988: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1989: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1990: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1991: on other operating systems.<br>
1992: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1993: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1994: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1995: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1996: <p>
1997:
1.247 jufi 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1999: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2000: Operating System 2010</a>,
2001: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2002: </strong></font><br>
2003:
2004: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2005: covering the level of software integration into the core
2006: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2007: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2008: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2009: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2010: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2011: <p>
2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2014: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2015: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2016: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2017: </strong></font><br>
2018:
2019: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2020: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2021: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2022: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2023: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2024: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2025: <p>
1.247 jufi 2026: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2027:
1.210 jufi 2028: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2029: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2030:
1.247 jufi 2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2032: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2033: Already a Contender</a>,
2034: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2035: </strong></font><br>
2036:
2037: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2038: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2039: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2040: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2041: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2042: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2043: <p>
2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2046: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2047: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2048: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2049: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2050:
1.224 horacio 2051: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2052: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2053: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2054: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2055: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2056: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2057: <p>
1.247 jufi 2058: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2059:
2060: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2061: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2064: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2065: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2066: Division</a>,
2067: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2068: </strong></font><br>
2069:
2070: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2071: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2072: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2073: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2074: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2075: investment</em>.<br>
2076: The implementation details can be seen on their
2077: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2078: <p>
2079:
1.247 jufi 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2081: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2082: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2083: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2084: </strong></font><br>
2085:
2086: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2087: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2088: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2089: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2090: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2091: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2092: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2093: <p>
2094:
2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2096: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2097: Thinking about Security</a>,
2098: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2099: </strong></font><br>
2100:
2101: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2102: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2103: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2104: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2105: to time.<br>
2106: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2107: system and just the most secure system.
2108: <p>
2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2111: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2112: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2113: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2114: </strong></font><br>
2115:
2116: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2117: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2118: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2119: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2120: choice:<br>
2121: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2122: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2123: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2124: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2125: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2126: network security devices and as such must be well
2127: armored."</em><br>
2128: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2129: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2130: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2131: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2132: <br>
2133: Bravo!
2134: <p>
1.247 jufi 2135: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2136:
1.207 ian 2137: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2138: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2139:
1.247 jufi 2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2141: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2142: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2143: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2144:
1.207 ian 2145: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2146: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2147: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2148: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2149: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2150: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2151: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2152: <p>
1.247 jufi 2153: </ul>
1.207 ian 2154:
1.194 jufi 2155: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2156: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2159: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2160: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2161: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2162: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2163:
1.240 miod 2164: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2165: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2166: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2167: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2168: <p>
2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2171: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2172: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2173: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2174:
2175: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2176: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2177: <p>
2178:
2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2180: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2181: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2182: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2183:
2184: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2185: <p>
2186:
2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2188: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2189: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2190: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2191: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2192:
1.240 miod 2193: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2194: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2195: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2196: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2197: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2198: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2199: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2200: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2201: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2202: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2203: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2204: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2205: <p>
2206:
1.247 jufi 2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2208: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2209: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2210: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2211: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2212:
1.194 jufi 2213: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2214: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2215: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2216: <br>
2217: The new
2218: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2219: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2220: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2221: <p>
1.247 jufi 2222: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2223:
1.190 horacio 2224: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2225: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2228:
2229: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2230: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2231:
1.301 jose 2232:
1.191 jufi 2233: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2234: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2235:
2236: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2237: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2238:
1.212 horacio 2239: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2240: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2241: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2242:
1.211 horacio 2243: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2244: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2245: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2248: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2249:
1.247 jufi 2250: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2251: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2252:
1.212 horacio 2253: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2254: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2255: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2256:
2257: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2258: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2259:
2260: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2261: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2262:
1.301 jose 2263: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2264: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2265:
1.191 jufi 2266: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2267: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2268:
2269: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2270: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2271:
1.192 jufi 2272: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2273: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2274: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2275:
1.193 deraadt 2276: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2277: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2278: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2281: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2282:
1.247 jufi 2283: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2284: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2285: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2286:
1.213 horacio 2287: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2288: 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 2289: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2290:
1.190 horacio 2291: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2292: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2293: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2294: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2295: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2296: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2297: <p>
1.190 horacio 2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2300: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2301: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2302: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2303: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2304:
1.195 jufi 2305: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2306: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2307: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2308: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2309: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2310: <p>
2311:
1.247 jufi 2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2313: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2314: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2315: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2316: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2317:
1.191 jufi 2318: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2319: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2320: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2321: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2322: <p>
2323:
2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2325: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2326: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2327: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2328:
2329: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2330: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2331: <p>
1.247 jufi 2332: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2333:
1.191 jufi 2334:
1.186 jufi 2335: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2336: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2339: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2340: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2341: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2342: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2343:
1.188 jufi 2344: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2345: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2346: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2347: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2348: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2349: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2350: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2351: <p>
2352:
1.301 jose 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2354: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2355: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2356: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2357:
2358: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2359: <p>
1.191 jufi 2360:
1.247 jufi 2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2362: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2363: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2364: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2365: </strong></font><br>
2366:
2367: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2368: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2369: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2370: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2371: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2372: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2373: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2374: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2375: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2376: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2377: familiar?
2378: <p>
1.247 jufi 2379: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2380:
1.178 louis 2381: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2382: <ul>
1.178 louis 2383:
1.247 jufi 2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2385: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2386: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2387: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2388: </strong></font><br>
2389:
2390: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2391: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2392: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2393: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2394: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2395: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2396: <p>
2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2399: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2400: Open source under the hood</a>,
2401: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2402: </strong></font><br>
2403:
2404: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2405: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2406: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2407: <p>
2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2410: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2411: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2412: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2413: </strong></font><br>
2414:
2415: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2416: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2417: <p>
1.247 jufi 2418: </ul>
1.179 louis 2419:
1.174 louis 2420:
1.175 louis 2421: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2422: <ul>
1.175 louis 2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2425: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2426: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2427: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2428: </strong></font><br>
2429:
2430: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2431: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2432: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2433: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2434: <p>
2435:
1.247 jufi 2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2437: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2438: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2439: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2440: </strong></font><br>
2441:
2442: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2443: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2444: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2445: <p>
1.247 jufi 2446: </ul>
1.175 louis 2447:
1.176 louis 2448:
1.172 mickey 2449: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2450: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2453: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2454: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2455: </strong></font><br>
2456:
2457: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2458: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2459: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2460: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2461: <p>
2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2464: <a
1.269 deraadt 2465: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2466: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2467: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2468: </strong></font><br>
2469:
2470: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2471: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2472: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2473: <p>
2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2476: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2477: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2478: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2479: </strong></font><br>
2480:
2481: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2482: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2483: <p>
2484:
1.247 jufi 2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2486: <a
1.269 deraadt 2487: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2488: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2489: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2490: </strong></font><br>
2491:
2492: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2493: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2494: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2495: our own Theo de Raadt.
2496: <p>
2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2499: <a
1.269 deraadt 2500: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2501: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2502: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2503: </strong></font><br>
2504:
2505: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2506: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2507: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2508: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2509: shut down.]
2510: <p>
2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2513: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2514: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2515: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2516: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2517: </strong></font><br>
2518:
2519: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2520: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2521: <p>
1.247 jufi 2522: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2523:
1.161 louis 2524: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2525: <ul>
1.161 louis 2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2528: <a
1.269 deraadt 2529: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2530: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2531: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2532: </strong></font><br>
2533:
2534: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2535: by John Wolley
2536: <p>
2537:
1.247 jufi 2538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2539: <a
1.269 deraadt 2540: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2541: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2542: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2543: </strong></font><br>
2544:
2545: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2546: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2547: OpenBSD).
2548: <p>
2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2551: <a
1.247 jufi 2552: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2553: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2554: </strong></font><br>
2555:
2556: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2557: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2558: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2559: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2560: and hindsight.
2561: <p>
2562:
1.247 jufi 2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2564: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2565: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2566: </strong></font><br>
2567:
2568: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2569: <p>
2570:
1.247 jufi 2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2572: <a
1.168 provos 2573: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2574: December 7, 2000
2575: </strong></font><br>
2576:
2577: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2578: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2579: us explain.
2580: <p>
2581:
1.247 jufi 2582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2583: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2584: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2585: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2586: December 6, 2000
2587: </strong></font><br>
2588:
2589: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2590: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2591: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2592: <p>
2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2595: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2596: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2597: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2598: </strong></font><br>
2599:
2600: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2601: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2602: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2603: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2604: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2605: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2606: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2607: <p>
2608:
2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2610: <a
1.226 horacio 2611: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2612: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2613: </strong></font><br>
2614:
2615: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2616: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2617: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2618: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2619: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2620: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2621: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2622: <p>
1.162 millert 2623:
1.247 jufi 2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2625: <a
1.161 louis 2626: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2627: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2628: </strong></font><br>
2629:
2630: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2631: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2632: <p>
2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2635: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2636: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2637: </strong></font><br>
2638:
2639: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2640: <p>
2641:
2642:
1.247 jufi 2643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2644: <a
1.226 horacio 2645: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2646: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2647: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2648: </strong></font><br>
2649:
2650: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2651: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2652: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2653: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2654: <p>
1.247 jufi 2655: </ul>
1.169 louis 2656:
1.158 louis 2657: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2658: <ul>
1.147 louis 2659:
1.247 jufi 2660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2661: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2662: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2663: </strong></font><br>
2664:
2665: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2666: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2667: <p>
2668:
1.247 jufi 2669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2670: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2671: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2672: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2673: </strong></font><br>
2674: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2675: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2676: <p>
2677:
1.247 jufi 2678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2679: <a
2680: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2681: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2682: </strong></font><br>
2683:
2684: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2685: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2686: <p>
2687:
1.247 jufi 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2689: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2690: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2691: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2692:
1.213 horacio 2693: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2694: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2695: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2696: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2697: <p>
1.215 horacio 2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2700: <a
2701: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2702: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2703: </strong></font><br>
2704:
2705: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2706: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2707: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2708: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2709: much of the attitude too).
2710: <p>
1.161 louis 2711:
1.247 jufi 2712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2713: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2714: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2715: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2716:
1.157 louis 2717: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2718: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2719: <p>
1.247 jufi 2720: </ul>
1.157 louis 2721:
2722: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2723: <ul>
1.157 louis 2724:
1.247 jufi 2725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2726: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2727: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2728: </strong></font><br>
2729:
2730: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2731: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2732: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2733: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2734: <p>
2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2737: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2738: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2739: </strong></font><br>
2740:
2741: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2742: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2743: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2744: it because they love coding...
2745: <p>
2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2748: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2749: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2750: </strong></font><br>
2751:
2752: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2753: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2754: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2755: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2756: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2757: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2758: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2759: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2760: <p>
2761:
1.247 jufi 2762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2763: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2764: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2765: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2766: </strong></font><br>
2767:
2768: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2769: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2770: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2771: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2772: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2773: the pizza.
2774: <p>
2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2777: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2778: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2779: </strong></font><br>
2780:
2781: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2782: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2783: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2784: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2785: problems.
2786: <p>
2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2789: <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 2790: </strong></font><br>
2791:
1.222 miod 2792: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2793: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2794: - whether they like it or not.
2795: <p>
2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2798: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2799: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2800: </strong></font><br>
2801:
2802: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2803: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2804: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2805: <p>
1.148 aaron 2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2808: <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 2809: </strong></font><br>
2810:
2811: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2812: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2813: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2814: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2815: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2816: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2817: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2818: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2819: <p>
2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2822: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2823: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2824: </strong></font><br>
2825:
2826: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2827: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 2828: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 2829: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2830: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2831: <p>
1.247 jufi 2832: </ul>
1.147 louis 2833:
1.138 louis 2834: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2835: <ul>
1.138 louis 2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2838: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2839: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2840: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2841: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2842: </strong></font><br>
2843:
1.227 horacio 2844: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2845: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2846: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2847: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2848: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2849: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2850: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2851: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2852: <p>
2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2855: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2856: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2857: </strong></font><br>
2858:
2859: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2860: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2861: groups, and even Linux.
2862: <p>
2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2865: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2866: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2867: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2868: </strong></font><br>
2869:
2870: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2871: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2872: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2873: library after installing the OS.
2874: <p>
2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2877: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2878: Sys Admin, September 2000
2879: </strong></font><br>
2880:
2881: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2882: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2883: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2884: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2885: (<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>,
2886: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2887: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2888: <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 2889: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2890: out of the system.
2891: <p>
2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2894: <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
2895: </strong></font><br>
2896:
2897: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 2898: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 2899: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2900: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2901: the IP filtering and address translation.
2902: <p>
1.301 jose 2903:
2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2905: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2906: </strong></font><br>
2907:
2908: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2909: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2910: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2911: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2912: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2913: <p>
1.247 jufi 2914: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2915:
1.131 louis 2916: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2917: <ul>
1.131 louis 2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2920: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2921: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2922: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2923: </strong></font><br>
2924:
2925: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2926: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2927: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2928: <p>
2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2931: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2932: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2933: </strong></font><br>
2934:
2935: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2936: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2937: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2938: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2939: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2940: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2941: note of"</i>.
2942: <p>
2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2945: <a
1.247 jufi 2946: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2947: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2948: </strong></font><br>
2949:
2950: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2951: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2952: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2953: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2954: <p>
2955:
1.247 jufi 2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2957: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2958: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2959: </strong></font><br>
2960:
2961: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2962: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2963: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2964: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2965: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2966: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2967: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2968: <p>
2969:
1.247 jufi 2970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2971: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2972: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2973: 2000
2974: </strong></font><br>
2975:
2976: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2977: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2978: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2979: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2980: against current industry practices.
2981: <p>
2982:
1.247 jufi 2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2984: <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
2985: </strong></font><br>
2986:
2987: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2988: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2989: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2990: <p>
2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2993: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2994: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2995: </strong></font><br>
2996:
2997: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2998: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2999: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3000: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3001: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3002: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3003: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3004: <p>
3005:
1.247 jufi 3006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3007: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3008: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3009: </strong></font><br>
3010:
3011: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3012: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3013: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3014: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3015: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3016: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3017: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3018: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3019: <p>
1.247 jufi 3020: </ul>
1.131 louis 3021:
1.118 louis 3022: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3023: <ul>
1.118 louis 3024:
1.247 jufi 3025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3026: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3027: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3028: </strong></font><br>
3029:
3030: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3031: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3032: about time. The article mentions that
3033: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3034: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3035: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3036: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3037: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3038: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3039: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3040: <p>
3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3043: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3044: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3045: </strong></font><br>
3046:
3047: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3048: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3049: of OpenSSH.
3050: <p>
3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3053: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3054: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3058: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3059: bridging.
3060: <p>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3063: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3064: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3065: </strong></font><br>
3066:
1.121 deraadt 3067: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3068: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3069: <p>
3070:
1.247 jufi 3071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3072: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3073: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3074: </strong></font><br>
3075:
3076: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3077: <p>
3078:
1.247 jufi 3079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3080: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3081: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3082: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3083: </strong></font><br>
3084:
1.120 deraadt 3085: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3086: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3087: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3088: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3089: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3090: <p>
3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3093: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3094: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3095: </strong></font><br>
3096:
1.222 miod 3097: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3098: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3099: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3100: protocols and their quirks.
3101: <p>
3102:
1.247 jufi 3103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3104: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3105: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3106: </strong></font><br>
3107:
3108: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3109: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3110: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3111: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3112: <p>
3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3115: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3116: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3117: </strong></font><br>
3118:
3119: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3120: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3121: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3122: <p>
3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3125: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3126: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3127: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3128: </strong></font><br>
3129:
3130: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3131: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3132: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3133: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3134: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3135: <p>
1.247 jufi 3136: </ul>
1.118 louis 3137:
1.104 louis 3138: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3139: <ul>
1.104 louis 3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3142: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3143: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3144: </strong></font><br>
3145:
3146: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3147: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3148: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3149: be a bit dry.
3150: <p>
3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3153: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3154: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3155: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3156: </strong></font><br>
3157: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3158: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3159: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3160: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3161: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3162: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3163: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3164: <p>
3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3167: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3168: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3169: 2000
1.128 louis 3170: </strong></font><br>
3171:
3172: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3173: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3174: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3175: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3176: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3177: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3178: <p>
3179:
1.247 jufi 3180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3181: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3182: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3183: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3184:
3185: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3186: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3187: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3188: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3189: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3190: <p>
1.110 louis 3191:
1.247 jufi 3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3193: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3194: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3195: </strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3198: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3199: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3200: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3201: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3202: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3203: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3204: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3205: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3206: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3207: <p>
3208:
1.247 jufi 3209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3210: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3211: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3212:
3213: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3214: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3215: <p>
1.108 louis 3216:
1.247 jufi 3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3218: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3219: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3220: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3221:
3222: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3223: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3224: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3225: <p>
1.106 louis 3226:
1.247 jufi 3227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3228: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3229: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3230: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3231:
3232: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3233: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3234: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3235: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3236: <p>
1.107 louis 3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3239: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3240: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3241: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3242:
3243: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3244: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3245: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3246: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3247: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3248: <p>
1.105 louis 3249:
1.247 jufi 3250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3251: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3252: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3253: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3254:
1.113 naddy 3255: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3256: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3257: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3258: <p>
1.104 louis 3259:
1.247 jufi 3260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3261: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3262: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3263: </strong></font><br>
3264:
3265: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3266: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3267: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3268: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3269: <p>
1.301 jose 3270:
3271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3272: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3273: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3274: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3275:
3276: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3277: hardware-supported cryptography.
3278: <p>
1.247 jufi 3279: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3280:
1.85 louis 3281: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3282: <ul>
1.85 louis 3283:
1.247 jufi 3284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3285: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3286: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3287: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3288:
3289: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3290: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3291: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3292: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3293: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3294: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3295: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3296: <p>
1.99 louis 3297:
1.247 jufi 3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3299: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3300: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3301: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3302:
3303: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3304: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3305: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3306: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3307: <p>
1.100 louis 3308:
1.247 jufi 3309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3310: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3311: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3312: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3313:
3314: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3315: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3316: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3317: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3318: <p>
1.95 louis 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3321: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3322: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3323: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3324:
3325: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3326: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3327: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3328: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3329: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3330: <p>
1.92 louis 3331:
1.247 jufi 3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3333: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3334: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3335: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3336:
3337: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3338: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3339: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3340: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3341: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3342: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3343: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3344: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3345: <p>
1.91 louis 3346:
1.247 jufi 3347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3348: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3349: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3350: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3351:
3352: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3353: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3354: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3355: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3356: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3357: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3358: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3359: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3360: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3361: <p>
1.90 louis 3362:
1.247 jufi 3363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3364: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3365: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3366: </strong></font><br>
3367: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3368: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3369: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3370: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3371: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3372: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3373: <p>
3374:
1.247 jufi 3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3376: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3377: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3378: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3379:
1.113 naddy 3380: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3381: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3382: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3383: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3384: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3385: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3386: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3387: <p>
1.87 louis 3388:
1.247 jufi 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3390: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3391: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3392: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3393:
3394: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3395: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3396: <p>
1.85 louis 3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3399: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3400: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3401: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3402:
3403: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3404: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3405: <p>
3406:
3407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3408: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3409: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3410: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3411:
3412: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3413: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3414: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3415: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3416: <p>
1.89 louis 3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3419: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3420: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3421: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3422:
3423: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3424: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3425: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3426: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3427: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3428: </ul>
1.85 louis 3429:
1.78 deraadt 3430: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3431: <ul>
1.74 louis 3432:
1.247 jufi 3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3434: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3435: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3436: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3437: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3438:
3439: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3440: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3441: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3442: <p>
1.83 louis 3443:
1.247 jufi 3444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3445: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3446: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3447: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3448:
3449: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3450: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3451: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3452: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3453: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3454: <p>
1.93 louis 3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3457: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3458: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3459: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3460: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3461:
1.83 louis 3462: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3463: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3464: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3465: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3466: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3467: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3468: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3469: <p>
1.82 aaron 3470:
1.247 jufi 3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3472: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3473: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3474: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3475:
1.83 louis 3476: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3477: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3478: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3479: <p>
1.80 louis 3480:
1.247 jufi 3481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3482: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3483: Bad Press</a>,
3484: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3485: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3486:
3487: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3488: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3489: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3490: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3491: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3492: <p>
1.247 jufi 3493: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3494:
3495: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3496: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3497:
1.247 jufi 3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3499: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3500: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3501: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3502: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3503:
3504: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3505: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3506: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3507: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3508: <p>
1.74 louis 3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3511: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3512: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3513: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3514:
1.219 horacio 3515: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3516: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3517: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3518: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3519: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3520: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3521: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3522: <p>
1.88 louis 3523:
1.247 jufi 3524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3525: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3526: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3527: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3528:
3529: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3530: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3531: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3532: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3533: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3534: <p>
1.81 louis 3535:
1.247 jufi 3536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3537: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3538: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3539: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3540:
3541: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3542: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3543: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3544: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3545: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3546: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3547: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3548: <p>
1.90 louis 3549:
1.247 jufi 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3551: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3552: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3553: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3554:
3555: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3556: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3557: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3558: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3559: <p>
1.247 jufi 3560: </ul>
1.71 louis 3561:
1.69 deraadt 3562: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3563: <ul>
1.70 louis 3564:
1.247 jufi 3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3566: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3567: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3568: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3569:
3570: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3571: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3572: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3573: <p>
1.70 louis 3574:
1.247 jufi 3575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3576: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3577: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3578: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3579:
3580: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3581: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3582: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3583: <p>
1.68 louis 3584:
1.247 jufi 3585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3586: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3587: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3588: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3589: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3590:
1.111 jufi 3591: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3592: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3593: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3594: "secure by default" installation.
3595: <p>
1.64 louis 3596:
1.247 jufi 3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3598: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3599: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3600: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3601:
1.113 naddy 3602: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3603: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3604: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3605: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3606: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3607: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3608: <p>
1.66 louis 3609:
1.247 jufi 3610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3611: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3612: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3613: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3614:
3615: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3616: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3617: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3618: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3619: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3620: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3621: <p>
1.83 louis 3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3624: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3625: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3626: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3627:
3628: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3629: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3630: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3631: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3632: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3633: <p>
1.64 louis 3634:
1.247 jufi 3635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3636: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3637: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3638: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3639:
3640: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3641: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3642: <p>
1.301 jose 3643:
3644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3645: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3646: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3647: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3648: </strong></font><br>
3649:
3650: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3651: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3652: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3653: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3654: Giving way to
3655: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3656: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3657: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3658: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3659: <p>
1.247 jufi 3660: </ul>
1.65 louis 3661:
1.69 deraadt 3662: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3663: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3664:
1.247 jufi 3665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3666: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3667: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3668: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3669:
3670: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3671: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3672: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3673: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3674: <p>
1.88 louis 3675:
1.247 jufi 3676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3677: <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 3678: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3679:
3680: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3681: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3682: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3683: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3684: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3685: <p>
1.60 louis 3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3688: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3689: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3690: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3691: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3692:
3693: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3694: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3695: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3696: <p>
1.58 louis 3697:
1.247 jufi 3698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3699: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3700: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3701:
3702: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3703: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3704: <p>
1.53 louis 3705:
1.247 jufi 3706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3707: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3708: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3709: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3710:
3711: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3712: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3713: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3714: <p>
1.99 louis 3715:
1.247 jufi 3716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3717: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3718: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3719:
3720: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3721: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3722: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3723: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3724: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3727: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3728: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3729: </strong></font><br>
3730:
3731: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3732: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3733: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3734: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3735: <p>
3736:
1.247 jufi 3737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3738: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3739: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3740: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3741:
3742: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3743: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3744: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3745:
1.247 jufi 3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3747: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3748: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3749:
3750: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3751: in
1.247 jufi 3752: <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 3753: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3754: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3755: <p>
1.53 louis 3756:
1.247 jufi 3757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3758: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3759: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3760: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3761: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3762:
1.58 louis 3763: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3764: <p>
1.301 jose 3765:
3766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3767: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3768: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3769: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3770: Informacyjny, January 2000
3771: </strong></font><br>
3772:
3773: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3774: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3775: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3776: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3777: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3778: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3779: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3780: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3781: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3782: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3783: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3784: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3785: <p>
3786:
3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3788: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3789: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3790: </strong></font><br>
3791:
3792: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3793: <p>
3794: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3795:
1.69 deraadt 3796: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3797: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3798:
1.247 jufi 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3800: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3801: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3802: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3803: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3804:
1.58 louis 3805: Kurt Seifried
3806: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3807: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3808: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3809: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3812: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3813: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3814: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3815:
3816: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3817: <p>
1.96 louis 3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3820: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3821: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3822: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3823: </strong></font><br>
3824:
3825: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3826: <p>
3827:
3828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3829: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3830: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3831: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3832:
3833: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3834: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3835: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3836: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3837: <p>
1.247 jufi 3838: </ul>
1.86 louis 3839:
1.69 deraadt 3840: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3841: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3842:
1.247 jufi 3843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3844: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3845: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3846: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3847:
3848: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3849: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3850: <p>
1.61 louis 3851:
1.247 jufi 3852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3853: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3854: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3855: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3856: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3857:
3858: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3859: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3860: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3861: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3862: right -- or at least strives to".
3863: <p>
1.48 louis 3864:
1.247 jufi 3865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3866: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3867: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3868: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3869: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3870: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3871: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3872: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3873: <p>
1.61 louis 3874:
1.247 jufi 3875: <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 3876: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3877: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3878:
3879: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3880: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3881: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3882: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3883: <p>
1.46 louis 3884:
1.247 jufi 3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3886: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3887: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3888: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3889:
3890: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3891: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3892: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3893:
1.247 jufi 3894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3895: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3896: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3897: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3898:
3899: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3900: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3901: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3902: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3903: <p>
1.247 jufi 3904: </ul>
1.70 louis 3905:
1.69 deraadt 3906: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3907: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3908:
1.247 jufi 3909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3910: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3911: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3912: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3913: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3914:
3915: Kurt Seifried
3916: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3917: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3918: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3919: <p>
1.44 philen 3920:
1.247 jufi 3921: <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 3922: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3923: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3924:
3925: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3926: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3927:
1.247 jufi 3928: <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 3929: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3930: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3931:
3932: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3933: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3934:
1.247 jufi 3935: <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 3936: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3938:
3939: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3940: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3941: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3942: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3943: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3944:
1.247 jufi 3945: <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 3946: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3947: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3948:
1.36 louis 3949: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3950: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3953: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3954: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3955: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3956:
3957: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3958: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3959: </ul>
1.38 louis 3960:
1.69 deraadt 3961: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3962: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3963:
1.247 jufi 3964: <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 3965: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3966: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3967:
3968: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3969: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3970: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3971:
1.113 naddy 3972: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3973: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3974: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3975: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3976:
3977: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3978: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3979: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3980: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3981: <blockquote>
3982: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3983: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3984: <br>
3985: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3986: </code>
3987: </blockquote>
3988: <p>
3989:
1.247 jufi 3990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3991: <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 3992: <p>
3993:
3994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3995: <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 3996: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3997:
3998: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3999: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4000: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4001: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4002:
1.247 jufi 4003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4004: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4005: Sept. 28, 1999
4006: </strong></font><br>
4007:
4008: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4009: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4010: translating and reprinting articles from
4011: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4012: <p>
4013:
4014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4015: <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 4016: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4017:
4018: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4019: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4020: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4021: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4022: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4023: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4024: <p>
1.19 louis 4025:
1.113 naddy 4026: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4027: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4028: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4029:
4030: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4031: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4032: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4033: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4034: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4035: <p>
1.16 louis 4036:
1.247 jufi 4037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4038: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4039: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4040: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4041:
1.57 louis 4042: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4043: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4044: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4045: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4046:
1.247 jufi 4047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4048: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4049: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4050: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4051:
1.113 naddy 4052: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4053:
1.247 jufi 4054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4055: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4056: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4057: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4058:
1.23 louis 4059: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4060: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4061: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4062: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4063: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4064: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4065:
1.247 jufi 4066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4067: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4068: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4069: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4070:
1.199 pvalchev 4071: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4072: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4073: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4074: installation.
1.113 naddy 4075: <p>
1.47 louis 4076:
1.247 jufi 4077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4078: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4079: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4080: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4081:
1.301 jose 4082: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4083: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4084: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4085: </ul>
1.57 louis 4086:
1.69 deraadt 4087: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4088: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4089:
1.247 jufi 4090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4091: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4092: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4093: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4094:
4095: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4096: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4097: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4098: <p>
1.12 louis 4099:
1.247 jufi 4100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4101: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4102: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4103: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4104:
4105: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4106: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4107: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4108: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4109: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4110: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4111: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4112: <p>
1.247 jufi 4113: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4114:
1.69 deraadt 4115: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4116: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4119: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4120: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4121:
4122: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4123: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4124: available."
1.113 naddy 4125: <p>
1.301 jose 4126:
4127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4128: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4129: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4130: </strong></font><br>
4131:
4132: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4133: <p>
1.247 jufi 4134: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4135:
1.69 deraadt 4136: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4137: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4138:
1.247 jufi 4139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4140: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4141: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4142:
4143: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4144: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4145: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4146: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4147: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4148: <p>
1.33 louis 4149:
1.247 jufi 4150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4151: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4152: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4153: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4154:
1.113 naddy 4155: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4156: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4157: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4158: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4159: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4160: <p>
1.247 jufi 4161: </ul>
1.57 louis 4162:
1.69 deraadt 4163: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4164: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4165:
1.247 jufi 4166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4167: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4168: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4169: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4170:
4171: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4172: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4173: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4174:
1.247 jufi 4175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4176: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4177: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4178: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4179: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4180:
4181: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4182: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4183:
1.247 jufi 4184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4185: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4186:
1.113 naddy 4187: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4188:
1.247 jufi 4189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4190: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4191: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4192: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4193:
4194: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4195: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4196: </ul>
1.23 louis 4197:
1.69 deraadt 4198: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4199: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4200:
1.247 jufi 4201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4202: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4203: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4204:
4205: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4206: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4207: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4208:
1.247 jufi 4209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4210: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4211: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4212: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4213:
4214: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4215: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4216: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4217: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4218: </ul>
1.57 louis 4219:
1.69 deraadt 4220: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4221: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4222:
1.247 jufi 4223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4224: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4225: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4226: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4227:
4228: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4229: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4230: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4231: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4232: <p>
1.15 louis 4233:
1.247 jufi 4234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4235: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4236: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4237: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4238:
4239: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4240: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4241: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4242: columns."
1.113 naddy 4243: <p>
1.247 jufi 4244: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4245:
1.69 deraadt 4246: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4247: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4248:
1.247 jufi 4249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4250: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4251: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4252: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4253:
4254: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4255: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4256:
1.113 naddy 4257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4258: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4259: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4260:
4261: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4262: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4263: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4264: </ul>
1.57 louis 4265:
1.69 deraadt 4266: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4267: <ul>
1.301 jose 4268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4269: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4270: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4271: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4272:
4273: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4274: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4275: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4276: <p>
4277:
4278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4279: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4280: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4281: Nov 13, 1998 and
4282: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4283: Datateknik</a>,
4284: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4285:
1.380 saad 4286: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4287: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4288: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4289: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4290: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4291:
1.113 naddy 4292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4293: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4294: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4295: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4296:
1.222 miod 4297: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4298: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4299: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4300: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4301: <p>
1.247 jufi 4302: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4303:
1.69 deraadt 4304: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4305: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4306:
1.247 jufi 4307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4308: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4309: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4310:
1.69 deraadt 4311: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4312: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4313: <p>
1.247 jufi 4314: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4315:
1.69 deraadt 4316: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4317: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4318:
1.247 jufi 4319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4320: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4321: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4322: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4323:
1.383 jcs 4324: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4325: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4326: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4327:
1.247 jufi 4328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4329: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4330: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4331: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4332: <p>
1.247 jufi 4333: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4334:
1.69 deraadt 4335: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4336: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4337:
1.247 jufi 4338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4339: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4340: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4341: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4342: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4343: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4344:
4345: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4346: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4347: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4348: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4349: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4350: <p>
1.247 jufi 4351: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4352:
4353: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4354: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4355:
1.247 jufi 4356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4357: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4358: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4359:
1.69 deraadt 4360: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4361: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4362: <p>
1.112 naddy 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4365: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4366:
1.292 camield 4367: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4368: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4369: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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