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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>
1.418 ! ian 230: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
! 231: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
! 232: Unix Review, July, 2004
! 233: </strong></font><br>
! 234: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
! 235: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
! 236: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
! 237: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
! 238: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
! 239: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
! 240: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
! 241: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
! 242: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
! 243: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
! 244: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
! 245: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
! 246: and even spelling/wording errors.
! 247: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
! 248: <p>
! 249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 250: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 251: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
252: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
253: </strong></font><br>
254: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
255: <p>
256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 257: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 258: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
259: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
260: </strong></font><br>
261: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
262: <p>
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 264: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
265: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
266: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
267: </strong></font><br>
268: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
269: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
270: <p>
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 272: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
273: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
274: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
275: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
276: <p>
277: </ul>
278:
1.405 jolan 279: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
280: <ul>
281: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
282: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
283: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
284: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
285: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
286: details on how funds are dispersed.
287: <p>
288: </ul>
289:
1.393 david 290: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
291: <ul>
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 293: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
294: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
295: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
296: </strong></font><br>
297: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
298: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
299: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
300: on inserting large number of SQL records.
301: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
302: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
303: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
304: <p>
305:
306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 307: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
308: Secure by Default</a>,
309: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
310: </strong></font><br>
311: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
312: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
316: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
317: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
318: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
319: </strong></font><br>
320: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
321: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
322: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
323: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
324: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
325: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
326: <p>
327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
329: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
330: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
331: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
332: </strong></font><br>
333: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
334: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
335: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
339: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
340: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
341: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
342: </strong></font><br>
343: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
344: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
345: <p>
346: </ul>
347:
1.388 mcbride 348: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
349: <ul>
1.394 jolan 350:
351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
352: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
353: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
354: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
355: </strong></font><br>
356: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
357: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
358: available for sparc64.
359: <p>
360:
1.390 beck 361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 362: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
363: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
364: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
365: </strong></font><br>
366: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
367: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
368: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
369: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
370: <p>
371:
372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 373: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
374: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 375: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 376: </strong></font><br>
377: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
378: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
379: it does: CARP provides sharing
380: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
381: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
382: detail to get you started using it.
383: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
384: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
385: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
386: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
387: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
388: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
389: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 390: <p>
1.391 ian 391:
392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 393: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 394: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
395: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 396: </strong></font><br>
397: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 398: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 399: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 400: <p>
1.388 mcbride 401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
403: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
404: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 405: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 406: </strong></font><br>
407: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
408: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
409: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
410: unencumbered by patents.
411: <p>
412: </ul>
413:
1.378 henning 414: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
415: <ul>
1.384 jose 416:
417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 418: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
419: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
420: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
421: </strong></font><br>
422: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
423: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
424: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
425: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
426: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
427: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
428: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
429: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
430: in the page tables."
431: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
432: <p>
433:
434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 435: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
436: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
437: </strong></font><br>
438: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
439: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
440: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
441: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 442: <p>
1.384 jose 443:
1.378 henning 444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 445: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
446: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 447: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
448: </strong></font><br>
449: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
450: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
451: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
452: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
453: (quote:
454: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
455: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 456: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 457: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
458: the other developers for their work on the system.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 462: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
463: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
464: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 465: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 466: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
467: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
468: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
469: too.
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 473: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
474: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 475: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 476: OpenBSD source code using
477: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
478: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
479: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
480: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
481: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
482: <p>
483: </ul>
484:
1.374 jose 485: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
486: <ul>
487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 488: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 489: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
490: </strong></font><br>
491: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
492: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
493: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
494: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
495: it."
496: <p>
497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 499: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
500: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
501: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
502: </strong></font><br/>
503: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
504: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
505: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
506: <p>
507: </ul>
508:
1.369 ian 509: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
510: <ul>
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 512: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
513: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
514: </strong></font><br/>
515: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
516: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
517: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
518: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 522: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
523: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
524: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
525: </strong></font><br/>
526: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
527: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
528: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
529: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
530: form factor.
531: <p>
532:
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
534: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
535: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
536: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
537: Features</a>,
538: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
539: </strong></font><br/>
540: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
541: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
542: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
543: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
544: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
545: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
546: <p>
547: This article can also be found online at:
548: <ul>
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 550: <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 551: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
552: </strong></font>
553: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
554: </ul>
555: <p>
1.392 david 556:
1.371 jose 557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
559: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 560: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
561: </strong></font><br/>
562: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
563: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
564: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 565: <p>
1.371 jose 566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 568: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 569: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 570: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 571: </strong></font><br/>
572: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
573: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
574: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
575: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
576: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
577: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
578: and its history with OpenBSD.
579: </ul>
580:
1.368 henning 581: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
582: <ul>
583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 584: [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 585: </strong></font><br>
586: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
587: </ul>
588:
1.364 jose 589: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
590: <ul>
591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 592: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
593: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
594: UNIX Review,
595: July, 2003.
596: </strong></font><br>
597: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
598: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
599: who want more information.
600: <p>
601:
602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 603: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
604: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
605: Government Computer News,
606: July 22, 2003.
607: </strong></font><br>
608: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
609: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
610: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
611: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
612: <p>
613:
614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
615: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
616: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
617: SANS Institute,
618: July 22, 2003.
619: </strong></font><br>
620: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 621: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 622: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
623: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
624: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
625: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
626: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
627: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
628: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
629: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
630: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
631: <p>
632:
633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 634: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
635: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
636: OnLamp.com,
637: July 17, 2003.
638: </strong></font><br>
639: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
640: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
641: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
642: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
643: have been working on.
644:
645: </ul>
646:
1.356 jose 647: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 648: <ul>
649:
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 651: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
652: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
653: UNIX Review,
654: June, 2003.
655: </strong></font><br>
656: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
657: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
658: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
659: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
660: <p>
661:
662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 663: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
664: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
665: eWeek,
666: June 23, 2003.
667: </strong></font><br>
668: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
669: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
670: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
671: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
672: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
673: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
674: <p>
675:
676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 677: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
678: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
679: Software Development Online,
680: June, 2003.
681: </strong></font><br>
682: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
683: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
684: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
685: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
686: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
687: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
688: current activities.
689: <p>
690:
691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 692: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
693: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 694: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
695: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
696: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
697: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 698: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 699: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
700: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
701: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 702: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 703: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
704: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 705: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 706: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
707: decisions.
708: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
709: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 710: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 711: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 712: <p>
713:
714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 715: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
716: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
717: Page 58, eWeek,
718: June 2, 2003.
719: </strong></font><br>
720: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
721: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
722: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
723: been addressed in -current.
724: <p>
725:
1.356 jose 726: </ul>
727:
728: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
729: <ul>
730:
1.355 jose 731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 732: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
733: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
734: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
735: </strong></font><br>
736: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
737: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
738: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
739: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
740: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
741: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
742: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
743: <p>
744:
745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 746: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
747: Beyond Linux</a>,
748: InfoWorld,
749: May 23, 2003.
750: </strong></font><br>
751: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
752: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
753: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
754: compared to the GPL.
755: <p>
756:
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 758: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
759: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
760: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 761: May 17, 2003.
762: </strong></font><br>
763: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
764: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
765: the business section and half of another page inside
766: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
767: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
768: in talking about the project's history and goals.
769: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
770: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
771: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
772: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 773: <br>
774: This article can also be found online at:
775: <ul>
776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
777: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
778: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
779: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
780: May 17, 2003
781: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 782: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
784: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
785: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
786: Montreal Gazette,
787: May 21, 2003
788: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 789: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 790: <p>
1.346 ian 791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 793: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 794: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 795: May 7, 2003.
796: </strong></font><br>
797: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
798: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
799: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
800: <p>
801:
802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 803: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
804: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
805: OsOpinion,
806: May 6, 2003.
807: </strong></font><br>
808: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
809: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
810: <br>
811: This article can also be found online at:
812: <ul>
813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
814: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
815: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
816: NewsFactor Network.
817: </strong></font>
818: </ul>
819: <p>
820:
821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 822: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 823: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
824: ITBusiness,
825: May 2, 2003.
826: </strong></font><br>
827: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
828: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
829: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
830: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
831: <p>
832:
833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 834: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
835: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
836: InfoWorld,
837: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 838: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 839: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
840: <br>
841: This article can also be found online at:
842: <ul>
843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
844: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
845: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
846: IDG Singapore.
847: </strong></font>
848: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 849: <p>
850:
1.339 jose 851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
852: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
853: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 854: ZDNet,
855: May 1, 2003.
856: </strong></font><br>
857: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 858: someone using parts from previous articles.
859: <br>
1.341 deraadt 860: This article can also be found online at:
861: <ul>
862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
863: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
864: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
865: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 866: </strong></font>
867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
868: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
869: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
870: CNET News.com.
871: </strong></font>
872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
873: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
874: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
875: ZDNet UK.
876: </strong></font>
877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
878: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
879: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
880: Help Net Security, Croatia.
881: </strong></font>
882: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 883: <p>
1.339 jose 884:
1.341 deraadt 885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 886: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 887: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
888: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
889: May 1, 2003.
890: </strong></font><br>
891: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
892: that have been added
893: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
894: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
895: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 896: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 897: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
898: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
899: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 900: <p>
901:
902: </ul>
903:
1.253 ian 904: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
905: <ul>
1.255 ian 906:
1.260 ian 907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 908: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 909: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
910: TechRepublic,
911: April 28, 2003.
912: </strong></font><br>
913: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
914: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 915: work.<br>
916: Can also be found online at:
917: <ul>
918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
919: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
920: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
921: ZDNet UK.
922: </strong></font>
923: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 924: <p>
925:
926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 927: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
928: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
929: IDG,
930: April 24, 2003.
931: </strong></font><br>
932: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
933: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
934: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
935: Can also be found online at:
936: <ul>
937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
938: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
939: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 940: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 941: </strong></font>
942: </ul>
943: <p>
944:
945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
946: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 947: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 948: Slate,
949: April 24, 2003.
950: </strong></font><br>
951: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
952: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
953: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
954: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
955: <p>
956:
957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 958: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
959: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
960: April 24, 2003.
961: </strong></font><br>
962: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
963: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
964: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
965: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
966: <p>
967:
968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 969: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
970: April 24, 2003.
971: </strong></font><br>
972: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
973: the free software community".
974: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
975: other articles.
976: <p>
977:
978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 979: <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 980: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
981: </strong></font><br>
982: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
983: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
984: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
985: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
986: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
987: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
988: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 989: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 990: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
991: <br/>
992: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
993: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
994: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
995: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 996: <br>
997: Can also be found online at:
998: <ul>
999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1000: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1001: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1002: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1003: </strong></font>
1004: </ul>
1.324 ian 1005: <p>
1006:
1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1008: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1009: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1010: </strong></font><br>
1011: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1012: article above.
1013: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1014: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1015: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1016: <br>
1017: Can also be found online at:
1018: <ul>
1019: <li>
1020: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1021: </strong></font>
1022: </ul>
1.324 ian 1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1026: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1027: </strong></font><br>
1028: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1029: <p>
1030:
1031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1032: <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.
1033: </strong></font><br>
1034: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1035: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1036: <p>
1037:
1038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1039: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1040: April 23, 2003.
1041: </strong></font><br>
1042: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1043: <p>
1044:
1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1046: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1047: April 22, 2003.
1048: </strong></font><br>
1049: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1050: <p>
1051:
1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1053: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1054: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1055: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1056: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1057: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1058: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1059: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1060: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1061: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1062: Can also be found online at:
1063: <ul>
1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1065: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1066: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1067: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1068: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1070: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1071: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1072: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1073: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1074: </ul>
1075: <p>
1076:
1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1078: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1079: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1080: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1081: </strong></font><br>
1082: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1083: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1084: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1085: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1086: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1087: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1088: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1089: <p>
1090:
1091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1092: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1093: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1094: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1095: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1096: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1097: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1098: at UPenn and DARPA.
1099: <p>
1100:
1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1102: [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,
1103: France
1.315 deraadt 1104: April 18, 2003.
1105: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1106: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1107: <p>
1108:
1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1110: [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 1111: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1112: </strong></font><br>
1113: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1114: <p>
1115:
1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1117: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1118: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1119: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1120: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1121: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1122: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1123: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1124: <p>
1125:
1126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1127: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1128: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1129: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1130: </strong></font><br>
1131: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1132: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1133: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1134: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1135: <p>
1136:
1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1138: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1139: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1140: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1141: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1142: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1143: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1144: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1145: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1146: Can also be found online at:
1147: <ul>
1148: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1149: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1150: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1151: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1152: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1153: <p>
1154:
1155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1156: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1157: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1158: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1159: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1160: </strong></font><br>
1161: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1162: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1163: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1164: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1165: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1166:
1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1168: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1169: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1170: New York Times.
1171: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1172:
1.273 deraadt 1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1174: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1175: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1176: ABC News.
1177: </strong></font>
1178:
1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1180: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1181: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1182: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1183: </strong></font>
1184:
1185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1186: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1187: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1188: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1189: </strong></font>
1190:
1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1192: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1193: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1194: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1195: </strong></font>
1196:
1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1198: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1199: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1200: Times Daily, AL.
1201: </strong></font>
1202:
1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1204: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1205: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1206: Boston.com, MA.
1207: </strong></font>
1208:
1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1210: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1211: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1212: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1213: </strong></font>
1214:
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1216: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1217: [Article was pulled]</a>
1218: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1219: </strong></font>
1220:
1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1222: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1223: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1224: Infoshop News.
1225: </strong></font>
1226:
1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1228: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1229: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1230: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1231: </strong></font>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1234: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1235: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1236: Raleigh News, NC.
1237: </strong></font>
1238:
1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1240: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1241: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1242: Napa News, CA.
1243: </strong></font>
1244:
1245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1246: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1247: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1248: NEPA News, PA.
1249: </strong></font>
1250:
1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1252: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1253: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1254: Wired News.
1255: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1256: <br>
1257: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1258: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1259: [JAPANESE]
1260: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1261: Wired News Japan</a>
1262: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1263:
1.271 deraadt 1264: </ul>
1265: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1266: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1267: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1268: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1269: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1270: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1271: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1272: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1273: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1274: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1275: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1276: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1277: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1278: <p>
1279: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1280:
1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1282: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1283: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1284: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1285: </strong></font>
1286:
1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1288: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1289: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1290: Miami Herald, FL.
1291: </strong></font>
1292:
1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1294: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1295: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1296: </strong></font>
1297:
1298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1299: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1300: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1301: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1302: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1303:
1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1305: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1306: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1307: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1308: ABC News.
1309: </strong></font>
1310:
1.276 deraadt 1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1312: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1313: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1314: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1315: </strong></font>
1316:
1.286 dhartmei 1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1318: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1319: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1320: Wilmington Star, NC.
1321: </strong></font>
1322:
1.300 jose 1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1324: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1325: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1326: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1327: </strong></font>
1328:
1.309 jose 1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1330: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1331: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1332: Globe Technology.
1333: </strong></font>
1334:
1.263 deraadt 1335: </ul>
1.262 beck 1336: <p>
1337:
1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1339: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1340: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1341: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1342: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1343: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1344: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1345: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1346: <p>
1347:
1348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1349: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1350: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1351: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1352: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1353: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1354: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1355: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1356: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1357: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1358: and simply restates other press reports.
1359: <p>
1360:
1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1362: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1363: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1364: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1365: </strong></font><br>
1366: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1367: <p>
1368:
1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1370: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1371: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1372: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1373: </strong></font><br>
1374: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1375: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1376: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1377: <p>
1378:
1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1380: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1381: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1382: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1383: April 17, 2003.
1384: </strong></font><br>
1385: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1386: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1387: Tech Anthems</a>
1388: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1389: 4 so far.
1390: <p>
1391:
1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1393: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1394: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1395: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1396: </strong></font><br>
1397: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1398: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1399: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1400: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1401: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1402: Goes on to say:
1403: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1404: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1405: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1406: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1407: This article is also found online at:
1408: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1410: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1411: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1412: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1413: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1415: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1416: ZDnet</a>,
1417: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1418: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1420: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1421: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1422: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1423: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1424: </ul>
1.260 ian 1425: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1426:
1.260 ian 1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1428: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1429: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1430: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1431: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1432: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1433: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1434: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1435: without notice or justification.
1436: <p>
1437:
1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1439: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1440: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1441: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1442: </strong></font><br>
1443: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1444: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1445: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1446: effective today, without any warning..."
1447: <p>
1.257 ian 1448:
1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1450: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1451: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1452: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1453: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1454: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1455: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1456: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1457: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1458: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1459: <p>
1460:
1461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1462: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1463: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1464: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1465: </strong></font><br>
1466: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1467: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1468: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1469: quoting two of them:
1470: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1471: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1472: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1473: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1474: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1475: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1476: <p>
1477:
1.255 ian 1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1479: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1480: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1481: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1482: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1483: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1484: <p>
1485:
1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1487: [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 1488: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1489: </strong></font><br>
1490: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1491: <p>
1492:
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1494: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1495: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1496: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1497: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1498: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1499: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1500: security experts for more than three decades."
1501: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1502: <p>
1.261 ian 1503:
1.254 drahn 1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1505: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1506: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1507: </strong></font><br>
1508: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1509: <p>
1510:
1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1512: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1513: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1514: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1515: </strong></font><br>
1516: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1517: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1518: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1519: <p>
1520:
1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1522: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1523: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1524: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1525: </strong></font><br>
1526: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1527: from US DARPA.
1528: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1529: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1530: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1531: the BSD license.
1532: <p>
1533: </ul>
1534:
1.251 ian 1535: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1536: <ul>
1537:
1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1539: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1540: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1541: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1542: </strong></font><br>
1543:
1544: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1545: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1546: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1547: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1548: <p>
1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1551: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1552: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1553: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1554: </strong></font><br>
1555: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1556: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1557: Mentions
1558: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1559: and
1560: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1561: programs.
1562: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1563: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1564: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1565: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1566: <p>
1.325 ian 1567: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1568: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1569:
1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1571: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1572: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1573: </strong></font><br>
1574: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1575: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1576: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1577: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1578: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1579: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1580: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1581: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1582: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1583: put into service."
1584: <p>
1585: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1586: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1587: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1588: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1589: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1590: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1591: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1592: computers with security features."
1593: <p>
1.329 ian 1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1596: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1597: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1598: Slate,
1599: March 3, 2003.
1600: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1601: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1602: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1603: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1604: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1605: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1606: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1607: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1608: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1609: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1610: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1611: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1612: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1613: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1614: of more secure open-source solutions like
1615: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1616: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1617: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1618: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1619: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1620: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1621: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1622: the Beltway."
1623: <p>
1.251 ian 1624: </ul>
1625:
1.249 jufi 1626: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1627: <ul>
1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1629: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1630: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1631: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1632: </strong></font><br>
1633: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1634: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1635: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1636: <p>
1.334 ian 1637:
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1639: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1640: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1641: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1642: </strong></font><br>
1643: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1644: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1645: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1646: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1647: "... the hypothetical question ...
1648: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1649: <br>
1650: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1651: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1652: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1653: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1654: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1655: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1656: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1657: support network security.
1658: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1659: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1660: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1661: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1662: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1663: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1664: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1665: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1666: <br>
1667: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1668: <p>
1669:
1.249 jufi 1670: </ul>
1671:
1.246 jufi 1672: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1673: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1674:
1.247 jufi 1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1676: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1677: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1678: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1679: </strong></font><br>
1680: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1681: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1682: <p>
1683:
1.247 jufi 1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1685: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1686: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1687: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1688: </strong></font><br>
1689: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1690: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1691: <p>
1692:
1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1694: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1695: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1696: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1699: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1700: <p>
1.247 jufi 1701: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1702:
1.244 jufi 1703: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1704: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1705:
1.247 jufi 1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1707: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1708: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1709: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1710: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1711: </strong></font><br>
1712: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1713: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1714: md5 digests.
1715: <p>
1716:
1.247 jufi 1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1718: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1719: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1720: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1721: </strong></font><br>
1722: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1723: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1724: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1725: right the first time."
1726: <p>
1.247 jufi 1727: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1728:
1729:
1730: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1731: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1734: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1735: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1736: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1737: </strong></font><br>
1738: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1739: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1740: part 6</a>.
1741: <p>
1742:
1.247 jufi 1743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1744: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1745: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1746: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1747: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1748: </strong></font><br>
1749: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1750: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1751: <p>
1.301 jose 1752:
1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1754: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1755: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1756: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1757: </strong></font><br>
1758:
1759: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1760: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1761: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1762: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1763: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1764: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1765: <i>Here's the
1766: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1767: <p>
1.247 jufi 1768: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1769:
1770: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1771: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1772:
1.247 jufi 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1774: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1775: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1776: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1777: </strong></font><br>
1778: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1779: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1780: <p>
1781:
1.247 jufi 1782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1783: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1784: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1785: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1786: </strong></font><br>
1787: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1788: this time using pf.
1789: <p>
1.247 jufi 1790: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1791:
1792: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1793: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1794:
1.247 jufi 1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1796: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1797: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1798: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1799: </strong></font><br>
1800: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1801: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1802: their rotation.
1803: <p>
1804:
1.247 jufi 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1806: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1807: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1808: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1809: </strong></font><br>
1810: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1811: <p>
1.247 jufi 1812: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1813:
1.239 jufi 1814: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1815: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1816:
1.247 jufi 1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1818: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1819: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1820: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1821: </strong></font><br>
1822: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1823: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1824: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1825: <p>
1826:
1.247 jufi 1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1828: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1829: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1830: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1832: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1833: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1834: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1835: <p>
1.247 jufi 1836: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1837:
1.235 lebel 1838: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1839: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1840:
1.239 jufi 1841:
1.247 jufi 1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1843: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1844: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1845: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1846: </strong></font><br>
1847: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1848: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1849: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1850: <p>
1.301 jose 1851:
1.247 jufi 1852: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1853:
1.228 horacio 1854: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1855: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1856:
1.247 jufi 1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1858: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1859: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1860: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1861: </strong></font><br>
1862: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1863: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1864: <p>
1865:
1.247 jufi 1866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1867: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1868: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1869: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1870: </strong></font><br>
1871: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1872: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1873: <p>
1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1876: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1877: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1878: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1879: </strong></font><br>
1880: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1881: on the desktop of his parents.
1882: <p>
1883:
1.247 jufi 1884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1885: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1886: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1887: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1888: </strong></font><br>
1889: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1890: using IPFilter.
1891:
1892: <p>
1893:
1.247 jufi 1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1895: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1896: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1897: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1898: </strong></font><br>
1899: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1900: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1901: perspectives of the four OS.
1902: <br>
1903: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1904: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1905: <p>
1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1908: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1909: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1910: software and security</a>,
1911: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1912: </strong></font><br>
1913:
1914: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1915: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1916: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1917: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1918: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1919: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1920: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1921: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1922: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1923: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1924: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1925: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1926: <p>
1.247 jufi 1927: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1928:
1.225 horacio 1929: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1930: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1933: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1934: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1935: Interview</a>,
1936: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1937: </strong></font><br>
1938:
1939: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1940: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1941: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1942: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1943: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1944: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1945: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1946: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1947: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1948: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1949: of choice.
1950: <p>
1.247 jufi 1951: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1952:
1953: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1954: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1955:
1.247 jufi 1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1957: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1958: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1959: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1960: </strong></font><br>
1961:
1962: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1963: <p>
1964:
1.247 jufi 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1966: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1967: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1968: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1969: </strong></font><br>
1970:
1971: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1972: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1973: <p>
1.247 jufi 1974: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1975:
1.218 horacio 1976: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1977: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 1980: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 1981: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 1982: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1983: </strong></font><br>
1984:
1985: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1986: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1987: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1988: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1989: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1990: subjects. Worth a read.
1991: <p>
1992:
1993:
1.247 jufi 1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1995: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1996: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1997: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1998: </strong></font><br>
1999:
2000: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2001: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2002: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2003: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2004: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2005: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2006: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2007: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2008: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2009: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2010: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2011: on other operating systems.<br>
2012: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2013: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2014: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2015: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2016: <p>
2017:
1.247 jufi 2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2019: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2020: Operating System 2010</a>,
2021: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2022: </strong></font><br>
2023:
2024: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2025: covering the level of software integration into the core
2026: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2027: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2028: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2029: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2030: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2031: <p>
2032:
1.247 jufi 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2034: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2035: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2036: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2037: </strong></font><br>
2038:
2039: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2040: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2041: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2042: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2043: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2044: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2045: <p>
1.247 jufi 2046: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2047:
1.210 jufi 2048: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2049: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2052: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2053: Already a Contender</a>,
2054: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2055: </strong></font><br>
2056:
2057: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2058: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2059: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2060: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2061: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2062: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2063: <p>
2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2066: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2067: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2068: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2069: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2070:
1.224 horacio 2071: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2072: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2073: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2074: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2075: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2076: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2077: <p>
1.247 jufi 2078: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2079:
2080: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2081: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2084: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2085: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2086: Division</a>,
2087: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2088: </strong></font><br>
2089:
2090: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2091: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2092: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2093: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2094: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2095: investment</em>.<br>
2096: The implementation details can be seen on their
2097: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2098: <p>
2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2101: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2102: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2103: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2104: </strong></font><br>
2105:
2106: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2107: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2108: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2109: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2110: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2111: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2112: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2113: <p>
2114:
2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2116: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2117: Thinking about Security</a>,
2118: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2119: </strong></font><br>
2120:
2121: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2122: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2123: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2124: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2125: to time.<br>
2126: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2127: system and just the most secure system.
2128: <p>
2129:
1.247 jufi 2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2131: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2132: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2133: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2134: </strong></font><br>
2135:
2136: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2137: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2138: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2139: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2140: choice:<br>
2141: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2142: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2143: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2144: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2145: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2146: network security devices and as such must be well
2147: armored."</em><br>
2148: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2149: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2150: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2151: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2152: <br>
2153: Bravo!
2154: <p>
1.247 jufi 2155: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2156:
1.207 ian 2157: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2158: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2159:
1.247 jufi 2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2161: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2162: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2163: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2164:
1.207 ian 2165: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2166: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2167: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2168: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2169: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2170: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2171: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2172: <p>
1.247 jufi 2173: </ul>
1.207 ian 2174:
1.194 jufi 2175: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2176: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2179: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2180: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2181: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2182: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2183:
1.240 miod 2184: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2185: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2186: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2187: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2188: <p>
2189:
1.247 jufi 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2191: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2192: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2193: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2194:
2195: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2196: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2197: <p>
2198:
2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2200: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2201: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2202: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2203:
2204: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2205: <p>
2206:
2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2208: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2209: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2210: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2211: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2212:
1.240 miod 2213: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2214: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2215: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2216: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2217: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2218: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2219: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2220: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2221: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2222: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2223: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2224: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2225: <p>
2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2228: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2229: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2230: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2231: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2232:
1.194 jufi 2233: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2234: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2235: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2236: <br>
2237: The new
2238: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2239: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2240: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2241: <p>
1.247 jufi 2242: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2243:
1.190 horacio 2244: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2245: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2248:
2249: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2250: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2251:
1.301 jose 2252:
1.191 jufi 2253: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2254: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2255:
2256: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2257: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2258:
1.212 horacio 2259: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2260: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2261: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2262:
1.211 horacio 2263: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2264: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2265: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2268: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2271: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2272:
1.212 horacio 2273: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2274: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2275: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2276:
2277: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2278: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2279:
2280: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2281: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2282:
1.301 jose 2283: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2284: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2285:
1.191 jufi 2286: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2287: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2288:
2289: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2290: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2291:
1.192 jufi 2292: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2293: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2294: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2295:
1.193 deraadt 2296: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2297: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2298: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2299:
1.247 jufi 2300: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2301: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2302:
1.247 jufi 2303: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2304: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2305: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2306:
1.213 horacio 2307: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2308: 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 2309: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2310:
1.190 horacio 2311: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2312: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2313: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2314: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2315: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2316: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2317: <p>
1.190 horacio 2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2320: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2321: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2322: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2323: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2324:
1.195 jufi 2325: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2326: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2327: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2328: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2329: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2330: <p>
2331:
1.247 jufi 2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2333: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2334: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2335: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2336: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2337:
1.191 jufi 2338: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2339: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2340: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2341: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2342: <p>
2343:
2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2345: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2346: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2347: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2348:
2349: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2350: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2351: <p>
1.247 jufi 2352: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2353:
1.191 jufi 2354:
1.186 jufi 2355: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2356: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2357:
1.247 jufi 2358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2359: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2360: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2361: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2362: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2363:
1.188 jufi 2364: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2365: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2366: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2367: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2368: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2369: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2370: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2371: <p>
2372:
1.301 jose 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2374: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2375: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2376: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2377:
2378: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2379: <p>
1.191 jufi 2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2382: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2383: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2384: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2385: </strong></font><br>
2386:
2387: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2388: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2389: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2390: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2391: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2392: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2393: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2394: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2395: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2396: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2397: familiar?
2398: <p>
1.247 jufi 2399: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2400:
1.178 louis 2401: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2402: <ul>
1.178 louis 2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2405: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2406: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2407: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2408: </strong></font><br>
2409:
2410: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2411: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2412: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2413: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2414: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2415: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2416: <p>
2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2419: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2420: Open source under the hood</a>,
2421: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2422: </strong></font><br>
2423:
2424: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2425: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2426: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2427: <p>
2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2430: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2431: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2432: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2433: </strong></font><br>
2434:
2435: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2436: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2437: <p>
1.247 jufi 2438: </ul>
1.179 louis 2439:
1.174 louis 2440:
1.175 louis 2441: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2442: <ul>
1.175 louis 2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2445: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2446: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2447: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2448: </strong></font><br>
2449:
2450: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2451: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2452: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2453: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2454: <p>
2455:
1.247 jufi 2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2457: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2458: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2459: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2460: </strong></font><br>
2461:
2462: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2463: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2464: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2465: <p>
1.247 jufi 2466: </ul>
1.175 louis 2467:
1.176 louis 2468:
1.172 mickey 2469: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2470: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2473: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2474: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2475: </strong></font><br>
2476:
2477: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2478: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2479: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2480: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2481: <p>
2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2484: <a
1.269 deraadt 2485: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2486: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2487: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2488: </strong></font><br>
2489:
2490: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2491: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2492: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2493: <p>
2494:
1.247 jufi 2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2496: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2497: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2498: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2499: </strong></font><br>
2500:
2501: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2502: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2503: <p>
2504:
1.247 jufi 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2506: <a
1.269 deraadt 2507: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2508: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2509: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2510: </strong></font><br>
2511:
2512: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2513: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2514: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2515: our own Theo de Raadt.
2516: <p>
2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2519: <a
1.269 deraadt 2520: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2521: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2522: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2523: </strong></font><br>
2524:
2525: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2526: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2527: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2528: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2529: shut down.]
2530: <p>
2531:
1.247 jufi 2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2533: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2534: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2535: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2536: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2537: </strong></font><br>
2538:
2539: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2540: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2541: <p>
1.247 jufi 2542: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2543:
1.161 louis 2544: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2545: <ul>
1.161 louis 2546:
1.247 jufi 2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2548: <a
1.269 deraadt 2549: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2550: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2551: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2552: </strong></font><br>
2553:
2554: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2555: by John Wolley
2556: <p>
2557:
1.247 jufi 2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2559: <a
1.269 deraadt 2560: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2561: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2562: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2563: </strong></font><br>
2564:
2565: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2566: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2567: OpenBSD).
2568: <p>
2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2571: <a
1.247 jufi 2572: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2573: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2574: </strong></font><br>
2575:
2576: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2577: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2578: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2579: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2580: and hindsight.
2581: <p>
2582:
1.247 jufi 2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2584: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2585: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2586: </strong></font><br>
2587:
2588: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2589: <p>
2590:
1.247 jufi 2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2592: <a
1.168 provos 2593: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2594: December 7, 2000
2595: </strong></font><br>
2596:
2597: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2598: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2599: us explain.
2600: <p>
2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2603: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2604: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2605: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2606: December 6, 2000
2607: </strong></font><br>
2608:
2609: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2610: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2611: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2612: <p>
2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2615: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2616: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2617: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2618: </strong></font><br>
2619:
2620: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2621: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2622: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2623: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2624: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2625: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2626: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2627: <p>
2628:
2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2630: <a
1.226 horacio 2631: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2632: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2633: </strong></font><br>
2634:
2635: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2636: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2637: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2638: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2639: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2640: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2641: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2642: <p>
1.162 millert 2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2645: <a
1.161 louis 2646: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2647: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2648: </strong></font><br>
2649:
2650: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2651: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2652: <p>
2653:
1.247 jufi 2654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2655: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2656: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2657: </strong></font><br>
2658:
2659: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2660: <p>
2661:
2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2664: <a
1.226 horacio 2665: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2666: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2667: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2668: </strong></font><br>
2669:
2670: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2671: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2672: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2673: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2674: <p>
1.247 jufi 2675: </ul>
1.169 louis 2676:
1.158 louis 2677: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2678: <ul>
1.147 louis 2679:
1.247 jufi 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2681: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2682: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2683: </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2686: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2687: <p>
2688:
1.247 jufi 2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2690: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2691: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2692: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2693: </strong></font><br>
2694: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2695: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2696: <p>
2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2699: <a
2700: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2701: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2702: </strong></font><br>
2703:
2704: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2705: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2706: <p>
2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2709: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2710: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2711: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2712:
1.213 horacio 2713: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2714: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2715: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2716: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2717: <p>
1.215 horacio 2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2720: <a
2721: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2722: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2723: </strong></font><br>
2724:
2725: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2726: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2727: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2728: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2729: much of the attitude too).
2730: <p>
1.161 louis 2731:
1.247 jufi 2732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2733: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2734: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2735: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2736:
1.157 louis 2737: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2738: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2739: <p>
1.247 jufi 2740: </ul>
1.157 louis 2741:
2742: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2743: <ul>
1.157 louis 2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2746: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2747: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2748: </strong></font><br>
2749:
2750: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2751: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2752: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2753: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2754: <p>
2755:
1.247 jufi 2756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2757: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2758: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2759: </strong></font><br>
2760:
2761: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2762: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2763: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2764: it because they love coding...
2765: <p>
2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2768: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2769: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2770: </strong></font><br>
2771:
2772: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2773: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2774: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2775: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2776: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2777: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2778: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2779: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2780: <p>
2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2783: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2784: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2785: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2786: </strong></font><br>
2787:
2788: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2789: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2790: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2791: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2792: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2793: the pizza.
2794: <p>
2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2797: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2798: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2799: </strong></font><br>
2800:
2801: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2802: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2803: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2804: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2805: problems.
2806: <p>
2807:
1.247 jufi 2808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2809: <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 2810: </strong></font><br>
2811:
1.222 miod 2812: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2813: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2814: - whether they like it or not.
2815: <p>
2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2818: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2819: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2820: </strong></font><br>
2821:
2822: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2823: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2824: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2825: <p>
1.148 aaron 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2828: <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 2829: </strong></font><br>
2830:
2831: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2832: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2833: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2834: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2835: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2836: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2837: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2838: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2839: <p>
2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2842: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2843: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2844: </strong></font><br>
2845:
2846: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2847: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 2848: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 2849: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2850: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2851: <p>
1.247 jufi 2852: </ul>
1.147 louis 2853:
1.138 louis 2854: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2855: <ul>
1.138 louis 2856:
1.247 jufi 2857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2858: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2859: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2860: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2861: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2862: </strong></font><br>
2863:
1.227 horacio 2864: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2865: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2866: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2867: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2868: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2869: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2870: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2871: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2872: <p>
2873:
1.247 jufi 2874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2875: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2876: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2877: </strong></font><br>
2878:
2879: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2880: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2881: groups, and even Linux.
2882: <p>
2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2885: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2886: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2887: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2888: </strong></font><br>
2889:
2890: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2891: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2892: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2893: library after installing the OS.
2894: <p>
2895:
1.247 jufi 2896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2897: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2898: Sys Admin, September 2000
2899: </strong></font><br>
2900:
2901: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2902: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2903: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2904: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2905: (<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>,
2906: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2907: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2908: <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 2909: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2910: out of the system.
2911: <p>
2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2914: <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
2915: </strong></font><br>
2916:
2917: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 2918: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 2919: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2920: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2921: the IP filtering and address translation.
2922: <p>
1.301 jose 2923:
2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2925: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2926: </strong></font><br>
2927:
2928: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2929: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2930: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2931: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2932: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2933: <p>
1.247 jufi 2934: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2935:
1.131 louis 2936: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2937: <ul>
1.131 louis 2938:
1.247 jufi 2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2940: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2941: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2942: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2943: </strong></font><br>
2944:
2945: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2946: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2947: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2948: <p>
2949:
1.247 jufi 2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2951: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2952: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2953: </strong></font><br>
2954:
2955: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2956: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2957: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2958: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2959: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2960: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2961: note of"</i>.
2962: <p>
2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2965: <a
1.247 jufi 2966: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2967: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2968: </strong></font><br>
2969:
2970: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2971: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2972: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2973: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2974: <p>
2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2977: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2978: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2979: </strong></font><br>
2980:
2981: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2982: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2983: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2984: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2985: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2986: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2987: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2988: <p>
2989:
1.247 jufi 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2991: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2992: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2993: 2000
2994: </strong></font><br>
2995:
2996: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2997: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2998: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2999: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3000: against current industry practices.
3001: <p>
3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3004: <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
3005: </strong></font><br>
3006:
3007: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3008: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3009: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3010: <p>
3011:
1.247 jufi 3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3013: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3014: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3015: </strong></font><br>
3016:
3017: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3018: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3019: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3020: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3021: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3022: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3023: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3024: <p>
3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3027: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3028: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3029: </strong></font><br>
3030:
3031: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3032: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3033: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3034: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3035: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3036: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3037: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3038: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3039: <p>
1.247 jufi 3040: </ul>
1.131 louis 3041:
1.118 louis 3042: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3043: <ul>
1.118 louis 3044:
1.247 jufi 3045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3046: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3047: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3048: </strong></font><br>
3049:
3050: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3051: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3052: about time. The article mentions that
3053: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3054: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3055: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3056: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3057: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3058: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3059: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3060: <p>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3063: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3064: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3065: </strong></font><br>
3066:
3067: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3068: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3069: of OpenSSH.
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3073: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3074: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3075: </strong></font><br>
3076:
3077: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3078: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3079: bridging.
3080: <p>
3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3083: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3084: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
1.121 deraadt 3087: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3088: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3089: <p>
3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3092: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3093: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3094: </strong></font><br>
3095:
3096: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3097: <p>
3098:
1.247 jufi 3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3100: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3101: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3102: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3103: </strong></font><br>
3104:
1.120 deraadt 3105: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3106: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3107: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3108: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3109: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3110: <p>
3111:
1.247 jufi 3112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3113: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3114: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3115: </strong></font><br>
3116:
1.222 miod 3117: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3118: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3119: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3120: protocols and their quirks.
3121: <p>
3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3124: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3125: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3126: </strong></font><br>
3127:
3128: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3129: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3130: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3131: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3132: <p>
3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3135: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3136: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3137: </strong></font><br>
3138:
3139: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3140: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3141: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3142: <p>
3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3145: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3146: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3147: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3148: </strong></font><br>
3149:
3150: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3151: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3152: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3153: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3154: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3155: <p>
1.247 jufi 3156: </ul>
1.118 louis 3157:
1.104 louis 3158: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3159: <ul>
1.104 louis 3160:
1.247 jufi 3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3162: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3163: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3164: </strong></font><br>
3165:
3166: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3167: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3168: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3169: be a bit dry.
3170: <p>
3171:
1.247 jufi 3172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3173: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3174: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3175: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3176: </strong></font><br>
3177: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3178: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3179: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3180: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3181: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3182: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3183: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3184: <p>
3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3187: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3188: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3189: 2000
1.128 louis 3190: </strong></font><br>
3191:
3192: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3193: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3194: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3195: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3196: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3197: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3198: <p>
3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3201: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3202: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3204:
3205: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3206: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3207: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3208: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3209: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3210: <p>
1.110 louis 3211:
1.247 jufi 3212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3213: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3214: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3215: </strong></font><br>
3216:
3217: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3218: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3219: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3220: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3221: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3222: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3223: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3224: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3225: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3226: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3227: <p>
3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3230: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3231: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3232:
3233: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3234: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3235: <p>
1.108 louis 3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3238: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3239: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3240: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3241:
3242: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3243: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3244: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3245: <p>
1.106 louis 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3248: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3249: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3250: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3251:
3252: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3253: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3254: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3255: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3256: <p>
1.107 louis 3257:
1.247 jufi 3258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3259: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3260: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3261: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3262:
3263: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3264: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3265: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3266: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3267: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3268: <p>
1.105 louis 3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3271: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3272: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3273: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3274:
1.113 naddy 3275: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3276: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3277: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3278: <p>
1.104 louis 3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3281: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3282: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3283: </strong></font><br>
3284:
3285: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3286: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3287: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3288: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3289: <p>
1.301 jose 3290:
3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3292: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3293: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3294: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3295:
3296: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3297: hardware-supported cryptography.
3298: <p>
1.247 jufi 3299: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3300:
1.85 louis 3301: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3302: <ul>
1.85 louis 3303:
1.247 jufi 3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3305: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3306: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3307: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3308:
3309: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3310: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3311: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3312: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3313: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3314: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3315: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3316: <p>
1.99 louis 3317:
1.247 jufi 3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3319: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3320: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3321: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3322:
3323: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3324: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3325: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3326: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3327: <p>
1.100 louis 3328:
1.247 jufi 3329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3330: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3331: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3332: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3333:
3334: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3335: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3336: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3337: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3338: <p>
1.95 louis 3339:
1.247 jufi 3340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3341: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3342: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3343: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3344:
3345: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3346: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3347: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3348: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3349: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3350: <p>
1.92 louis 3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3353: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3354: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3355: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3356:
3357: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3358: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3359: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3360: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3361: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3362: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3363: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3364: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3365: <p>
1.91 louis 3366:
1.247 jufi 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3368: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3369: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3370: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3371:
3372: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3373: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3374: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3375: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3376: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3377: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3378: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3379: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3380: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3381: <p>
1.90 louis 3382:
1.247 jufi 3383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3384: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3385: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3386: </strong></font><br>
3387: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3388: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3389: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3390: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3391: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3392: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3393: <p>
3394:
1.247 jufi 3395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3396: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3397: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3398: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3399:
1.113 naddy 3400: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3401: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3402: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3403: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3404: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3405: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3406: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3407: <p>
1.87 louis 3408:
1.247 jufi 3409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3410: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3411: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3412: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3413:
3414: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3415: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3416: <p>
1.85 louis 3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3419: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3420: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3421: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3422:
3423: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3424: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3425: <p>
3426:
3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3428: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3429: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3430: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3431:
3432: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3433: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3434: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3435: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3436: <p>
1.89 louis 3437:
1.247 jufi 3438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3439: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3440: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3441: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3442:
3443: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3444: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3445: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3446: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3447: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3448: </ul>
1.85 louis 3449:
1.78 deraadt 3450: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3451: <ul>
1.74 louis 3452:
1.247 jufi 3453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3454: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3455: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3456: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3457: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3458:
3459: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3460: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3461: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3462: <p>
1.83 louis 3463:
1.247 jufi 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3465: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3466: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3467: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3468:
3469: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3470: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3471: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3472: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3473: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3474: <p>
1.93 louis 3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3477: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3478: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3479: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3480: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3481:
1.83 louis 3482: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3483: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3484: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3485: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3486: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3487: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3488: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3489: <p>
1.82 aaron 3490:
1.247 jufi 3491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3492: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3493: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3494: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3495:
1.83 louis 3496: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3497: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3498: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3499: <p>
1.80 louis 3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3502: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3503: Bad Press</a>,
3504: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3505: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3506:
3507: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3508: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3509: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3510: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3511: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3512: <p>
1.247 jufi 3513: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3514:
3515: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3516: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3517:
1.247 jufi 3518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3519: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3520: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3521: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3522: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3523:
3524: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3525: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3526: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3527: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3528: <p>
1.74 louis 3529:
1.247 jufi 3530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3531: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3532: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3533: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3534:
1.219 horacio 3535: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3536: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3537: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3538: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3539: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3540: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3541: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3542: <p>
1.88 louis 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3545: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3546: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3547: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3548:
3549: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3550: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3551: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3552: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3553: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3554: <p>
1.81 louis 3555:
1.247 jufi 3556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3557: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3558: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3559: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3560:
3561: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3562: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3563: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3564: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3565: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3566: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3567: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3568: <p>
1.90 louis 3569:
1.247 jufi 3570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3571: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3572: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3573: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3574:
3575: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3576: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3577: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3578: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3579: <p>
1.247 jufi 3580: </ul>
1.71 louis 3581:
1.69 deraadt 3582: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3583: <ul>
1.70 louis 3584:
1.247 jufi 3585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3586: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3587: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3588: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3589:
3590: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3591: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3592: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3593: <p>
1.70 louis 3594:
1.247 jufi 3595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3596: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3597: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3598: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3599:
3600: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3601: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3602: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3603: <p>
1.68 louis 3604:
1.247 jufi 3605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3606: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3607: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3608: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3609: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3610:
1.111 jufi 3611: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3612: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3613: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3614: "secure by default" installation.
3615: <p>
1.64 louis 3616:
1.247 jufi 3617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3618: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3619: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3620: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3621:
1.113 naddy 3622: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3623: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3624: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3625: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3626: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3627: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3628: <p>
1.66 louis 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3631: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3632: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3633: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3634:
3635: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3636: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3637: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3638: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3639: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3640: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3641: <p>
1.83 louis 3642:
1.247 jufi 3643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3644: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3645: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3646: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3647:
3648: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3649: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3650: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3651: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3652: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3653: <p>
1.64 louis 3654:
1.247 jufi 3655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3656: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3657: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3658: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3659:
3660: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3661: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3662: <p>
1.301 jose 3663:
3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3665: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3666: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3667: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3668: </strong></font><br>
3669:
3670: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3671: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3672: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3673: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3674: Giving way to
3675: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3676: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3677: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3678: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3679: <p>
1.247 jufi 3680: </ul>
1.65 louis 3681:
1.69 deraadt 3682: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3683: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3686: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3687: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3688: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3689:
3690: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3691: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3692: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3693: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3694: <p>
1.88 louis 3695:
1.247 jufi 3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3697: <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 3698: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3699:
3700: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3701: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3702: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3703: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3704: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3705: <p>
1.60 louis 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3708: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3709: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3710: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3711: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3712:
3713: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3714: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3715: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3716: <p>
1.58 louis 3717:
1.247 jufi 3718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3719: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3720: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3721:
3722: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3723: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3724: <p>
1.53 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3727: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3728: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3729: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3730:
3731: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3732: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3733: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3734: <p>
1.99 louis 3735:
1.247 jufi 3736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3737: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3738: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3739:
3740: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3741: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3742: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3743: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3744: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3745:
1.247 jufi 3746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3747: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3748: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3749: </strong></font><br>
3750:
3751: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3752: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3753: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3754: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3755: <p>
3756:
1.247 jufi 3757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3758: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3759: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3760: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3761:
3762: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3763: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3764: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3765:
1.247 jufi 3766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3767: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3768: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3769:
3770: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3771: in
1.247 jufi 3772: <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 3773: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3774: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3775: <p>
1.53 louis 3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3778: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3779: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3780: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3781: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3782:
1.58 louis 3783: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3784: <p>
1.301 jose 3785:
3786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3787: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3788: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3789: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3790: Informacyjny, January 2000
3791: </strong></font><br>
3792:
3793: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3794: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3795: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3796: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3797: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3798: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3799: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3800: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3801: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3802: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3803: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3804: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3805: <p>
3806:
3807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3808: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3809: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3810: </strong></font><br>
3811:
3812: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3813: <p>
3814: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3815:
1.69 deraadt 3816: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3817: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3818:
1.247 jufi 3819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3820: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3821: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3822: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3823: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3824:
1.58 louis 3825: Kurt Seifried
3826: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3827: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3828: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3829: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3832: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3833: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3834: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3835:
3836: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3837: <p>
1.96 louis 3838:
1.247 jufi 3839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3840: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3841: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3842: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3843: </strong></font><br>
3844:
3845: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3846: <p>
3847:
3848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3849: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3850: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3851: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3852:
3853: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3854: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3855: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3856: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3857: <p>
1.247 jufi 3858: </ul>
1.86 louis 3859:
1.69 deraadt 3860: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3861: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3862:
1.247 jufi 3863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3864: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3865: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3866: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3867:
3868: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3869: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3870: <p>
1.61 louis 3871:
1.247 jufi 3872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3873: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3874: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3875: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3876: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3877:
3878: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3879: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3880: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3881: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3882: right -- or at least strives to".
3883: <p>
1.48 louis 3884:
1.247 jufi 3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3886: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3887: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3888: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3889: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3890: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3891: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3892: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3893: <p>
1.61 louis 3894:
1.247 jufi 3895: <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 3896: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3897: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3898:
3899: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3900: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3901: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3902: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3903: <p>
1.46 louis 3904:
1.247 jufi 3905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3906: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3907: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3908: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3909:
3910: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3911: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3912: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3913:
1.247 jufi 3914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3915: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3916: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3917: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3918:
3919: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3920: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3921: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3922: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3923: <p>
1.247 jufi 3924: </ul>
1.70 louis 3925:
1.69 deraadt 3926: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3927: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3928:
1.247 jufi 3929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3930: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3931: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3932: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3933: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3934:
3935: Kurt Seifried
3936: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3937: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3938: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3939: <p>
1.44 philen 3940:
1.247 jufi 3941: <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 3942: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3943: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3944:
3945: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3946: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3947:
1.247 jufi 3948: <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 3949: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3950: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3951:
3952: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3953: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3954:
1.247 jufi 3955: <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 3956: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3957: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3958:
3959: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3960: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3961: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3962: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3963: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <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 3966: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3967: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3968:
1.36 louis 3969: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3970: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3973: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3974: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3975: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3976:
3977: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3978: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3979: </ul>
1.38 louis 3980:
1.69 deraadt 3981: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3982: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3983:
1.247 jufi 3984: <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 3985: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3986: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3987:
3988: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3989: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3990: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3991:
1.113 naddy 3992: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3993: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3994: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3995: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3996:
3997: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3998: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3999: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4000: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4001: <blockquote>
4002: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4003: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4004: <br>
4005: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4006: </code>
4007: </blockquote>
4008: <p>
4009:
1.247 jufi 4010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4011: <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 4012: <p>
4013:
4014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4015: <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 4016: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4017:
4018: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4019: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4020: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4021: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4022:
1.247 jufi 4023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4024: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4025: Sept. 28, 1999
4026: </strong></font><br>
4027:
4028: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4029: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4030: translating and reprinting articles from
4031: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4032: <p>
4033:
4034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4035: <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 4036: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4037:
4038: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4039: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4040: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4041: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4042: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4043: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4044: <p>
1.19 louis 4045:
1.113 naddy 4046: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4047: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4048: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4049:
4050: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4051: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4052: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4053: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4054: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4055: <p>
1.16 louis 4056:
1.247 jufi 4057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4058: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4059: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4060: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4061:
1.57 louis 4062: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4063: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4064: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4065: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4066:
1.247 jufi 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4068: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4069: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4070: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4071:
1.113 naddy 4072: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4073:
1.247 jufi 4074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4075: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4076: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4077: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4078:
1.23 louis 4079: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4080: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4081: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4082: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4083: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4084: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4085:
1.247 jufi 4086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4087: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4088: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4089: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4090:
1.199 pvalchev 4091: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4092: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4093: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4094: installation.
1.113 naddy 4095: <p>
1.47 louis 4096:
1.247 jufi 4097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4098: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4099: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4100: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4101:
1.301 jose 4102: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4103: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4104: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4105: </ul>
1.57 louis 4106:
1.69 deraadt 4107: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4108: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4109:
1.247 jufi 4110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4111: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4112: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4113: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4114:
4115: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4116: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4117: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4118: <p>
1.12 louis 4119:
1.247 jufi 4120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4121: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4122: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4123: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4124:
4125: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4126: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4127: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4128: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4129: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4130: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4131: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4132: <p>
1.247 jufi 4133: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4134:
1.69 deraadt 4135: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4136: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4137:
1.247 jufi 4138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4139: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4140: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4141:
4142: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4143: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4144: available."
1.113 naddy 4145: <p>
1.301 jose 4146:
4147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4148: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4149: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4150: </strong></font><br>
4151:
4152: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4153: <p>
1.247 jufi 4154: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4155:
1.69 deraadt 4156: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4157: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4158:
1.247 jufi 4159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4160: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4161: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4162:
4163: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4164: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4165: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4166: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4167: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4168: <p>
1.33 louis 4169:
1.247 jufi 4170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4171: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4172: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4173: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4174:
1.113 naddy 4175: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4176: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4177: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4178: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4179: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4180: <p>
1.247 jufi 4181: </ul>
1.57 louis 4182:
1.69 deraadt 4183: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4184: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4187: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4188: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4189: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4190:
4191: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4192: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4193: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4194:
1.247 jufi 4195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4196: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4197: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4198: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4199: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4200:
4201: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4202: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4203:
1.247 jufi 4204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4205: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4206:
1.113 naddy 4207: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4208:
1.247 jufi 4209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4210: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4211: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4212: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4213:
4214: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4215: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4216: </ul>
1.23 louis 4217:
1.69 deraadt 4218: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4219: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4220:
1.247 jufi 4221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4222: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4223: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4224:
4225: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4226: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4227: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4228:
1.247 jufi 4229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4230: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4231: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4232: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4233:
4234: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4235: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4236: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4237: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4238: </ul>
1.57 louis 4239:
1.69 deraadt 4240: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4241: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4242:
1.247 jufi 4243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4244: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4245: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4246: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4247:
4248: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4249: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4250: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4251: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4252: <p>
1.15 louis 4253:
1.247 jufi 4254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4255: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4256: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4257: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4258:
4259: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4260: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4261: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4262: columns."
1.113 naddy 4263: <p>
1.247 jufi 4264: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4265:
1.69 deraadt 4266: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4267: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4268:
1.247 jufi 4269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4270: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4271: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4272: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4273:
4274: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4275: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4276:
1.113 naddy 4277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4278: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4279: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4280:
4281: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4282: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4283: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4284: </ul>
1.57 louis 4285:
1.69 deraadt 4286: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4287: <ul>
1.301 jose 4288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4289: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4290: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4291: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4292:
4293: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4294: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4295: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4296: <p>
4297:
4298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4299: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4300: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4301: Nov 13, 1998 and
4302: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4303: Datateknik</a>,
4304: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4305:
1.380 saad 4306: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4307: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4308: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4309: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4310: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4311:
1.113 naddy 4312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4313: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4314: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4315: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4316:
1.222 miod 4317: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4318: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4319: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4320: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4321: <p>
1.247 jufi 4322: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4323:
1.69 deraadt 4324: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4325: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4326:
1.247 jufi 4327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4328: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4329: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4330:
1.69 deraadt 4331: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4332: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4333: <p>
1.247 jufi 4334: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4335:
1.69 deraadt 4336: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4337: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4338:
1.247 jufi 4339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4340: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4341: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4342: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4343:
1.383 jcs 4344: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4345: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4346: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4347:
1.247 jufi 4348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4349: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4350: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4351: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4352: <p>
1.247 jufi 4353: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4354:
1.69 deraadt 4355: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4356: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4357:
1.247 jufi 4358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4359: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4360: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4361: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4362: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4363: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4364:
4365: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4366: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4367: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4368: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4369: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4370: <p>
1.247 jufi 4371: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4372:
4373: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4374: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4375:
1.247 jufi 4376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4377: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4378: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4379:
1.69 deraadt 4380: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4381: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4382: <p>
1.112 naddy 4383:
1.247 jufi 4384: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4385: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4386:
1.292 camield 4387: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4388: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4389: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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