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1.417 pvalchev 19: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
20: <ul>
1.421 ian 21:
1.417 pvalchev 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 23: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
24: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
25: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
26: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
27: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
28: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
29: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
30: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
31: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
32: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
33: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ! ian 34: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 35: <p>
36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 37: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
38: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
39: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
40: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
41: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
42: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
43: it claims to do".
44: <p>
45:
46: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 47: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
48: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
49: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
50: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
51: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ! ian 52: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 53: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
54: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
55: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
56: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
57: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
58: (yes, this is a hint).
59: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
60: picked up on the
61: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
62: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
63: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
64: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
65: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
66: <p>
67:
68: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 69: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
70: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
71: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
72: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
73: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
74: questions about the significance and rationale behind
75: the current efforts.
76: <p>
77: </ul>
78:
1.407 henning 79: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
80: <ul>
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 82: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
83: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
84: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
85: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
86: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
87: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
88: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
89: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 93: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
94: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
95: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
96: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
97: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
98: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
99: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
100: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
101: of the important changes in 3.6.
102: </p>
103:
104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 105: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
106: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
107: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
108: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
109: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
110: overflow attacks... because
111: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
112: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
113: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
114: and propolice.
115: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
116: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
117: and that's when the science falls apart."
118: <p>
119:
120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 121: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
122: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
123: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
124: Starts with the question:
125: <blockquote>
126: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
127: <br/>
128: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
129: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
130: <br/>
131: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
132: Should we believe them?"
133: </blockquote>
134: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
135: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
136: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
137: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
138: for your mail, web and other online activities.
139: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
140: <p>
141:
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 143: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
144: Simple Simon</a>,
145: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
146: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
147: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
148: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
149: routing/firewall, and more.
150: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
151: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
152: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
153: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
154: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
155: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
156: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
157: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
158: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
159: </blockquote>
160: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
161: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 165: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
166: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 167: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 168: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 169: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
170: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
171: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 172: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 173: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
174: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
175: in spite of it
176: (registration required, but worth it).
177: <p>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
180: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
181: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
182: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
183: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
184: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
185: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
186: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 187: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 188: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
189: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
190: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
191: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
192: <p>
193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 195: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
196: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
197: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
198: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
199: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
200: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
201: <blockquote>
202: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
203: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
204: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
205: a lot of analysis.
206: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
207: </blockquote>
208: <p>
209: </ul>
210:
1.400 marco 211: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
212: <ul>
213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 214: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
215: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
216: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
217: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
218: UNIX-like systems.
219: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
220: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
221: <p>
222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 223: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
224: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 225: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
226: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
227: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
228: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
229: At one point, the article states:
230: <blockquote>
231: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
232: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
233: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
234: </blockquote>
235: And then quotes Theo as saying:
236: <blockquote>
237: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
238: fewer are reading or auditing code."
239: </blockquote>
240: <p>
241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
242: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
243: marks its fifth birthday</a>
244: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
245: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
246: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
247: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
248: required).
249: <p>
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 251: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
252: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
253: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
254: </strong></font><br>
255: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
256: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
257: <p>
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 259: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
260: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 261: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 262: </strong></font><br>
263: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
264: <p>
265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 266: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
267: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 268: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 269: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 270: 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 271: <p>
272: </ul>
273:
1.396 henning 274: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
275: <ul>
276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 277: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
278: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
279: Unix Review, July, 2004
280: </strong></font><br>
281: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
282: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
283: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
284: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
285: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
286: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
287: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
288: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
289: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
290: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
291: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
292: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
293: and even spelling/wording errors.
294: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
295: <p>
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 297: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 298: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
299: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
300: </strong></font><br>
301: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
302: <p>
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 304: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 305: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
306: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
307: </strong></font><br>
308: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
309: <p>
310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 311: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
312: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
313: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
314: </strong></font><br>
315: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
316: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
317: <p>
318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 319: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
320: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
321: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
322: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
323: <p>
324: </ul>
325:
1.405 jolan 326: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
327: <ul>
328: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
329: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
330: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
331: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
332: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
333: details on how funds are dispersed.
334: <p>
335: </ul>
336:
1.393 david 337: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
338: <ul>
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 340: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
341: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
342: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
343: </strong></font><br>
344: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
345: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
346: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
347: on inserting large number of SQL records.
348: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
349: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
350: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 354: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
355: Secure by Default</a>,
356: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
357: </strong></font><br>
358: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
359: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
360: <p>
361:
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
363: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
364: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
365: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
366: </strong></font><br>
367: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
368: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
369: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
370: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
371: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
372: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
376: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
377: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
378: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
379: </strong></font><br>
380: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
381: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
382: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
386: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
387: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
388: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
389: </strong></font><br>
390: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
391: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
392: <p>
393: </ul>
394:
1.388 mcbride 395: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
396: <ul>
1.394 jolan 397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
399: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
400: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
401: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
402: </strong></font><br>
403: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
404: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
405: available for sparc64.
406: <p>
407:
1.390 beck 408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 409: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
410: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
411: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
412: </strong></font><br>
413: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
414: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
415: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
416: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
417: <p>
418:
419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 420: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
421: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 422: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 423: </strong></font><br>
424: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
425: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
426: it does: CARP provides sharing
427: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
428: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
429: detail to get you started using it.
430: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
431: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
432: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
433: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
434: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
435: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
436: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 437: <p>
1.391 ian 438:
439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 440: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 441: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
442: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 443: </strong></font><br>
444: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 445: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 446: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 447: <p>
1.388 mcbride 448:
449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
450: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
451: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 452: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 453: </strong></font><br>
454: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
455: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
456: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
457: unencumbered by patents.
458: <p>
459: </ul>
460:
1.378 henning 461: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
462: <ul>
1.384 jose 463:
464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 465: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
466: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
467: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
468: </strong></font><br>
469: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
470: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
471: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
472: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
473: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
474: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
475: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
476: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
477: in the page tables."
478: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
479: <p>
480:
481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 482: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
483: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
484: </strong></font><br>
485: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
486: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
487: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
488: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 489: <p>
1.384 jose 490:
1.378 henning 491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 492: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
493: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 494: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
495: </strong></font><br>
496: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
497: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
498: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
499: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
500: (quote:
501: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
502: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 503: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 504: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
505: the other developers for their work on the system.
506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 509: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
510: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
511: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 512: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 513: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
514: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
515: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
516: too.
517: <p>
518:
519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 520: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
521: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 522: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 523: OpenBSD source code using
524: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
525: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
526: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
527: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
528: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
529: <p>
530: </ul>
531:
1.374 jose 532: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
533: <ul>
534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 535: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 536: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
537: </strong></font><br>
538: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
539: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
540: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
541: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
542: it."
543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 546: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
547: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
548: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
549: </strong></font><br/>
550: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
551: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
552: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
553: <p>
554: </ul>
555:
1.369 ian 556: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
557: <ul>
558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 559: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
560: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
561: </strong></font><br/>
562: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
563: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
564: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
565: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
566: <p>
567:
568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 569: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
570: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
571: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
572: </strong></font><br/>
573: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
574: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
575: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
576: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
577: form factor.
578: <p>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
581: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
582: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
583: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
584: Features</a>,
585: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
586: </strong></font><br/>
587: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
588: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
589: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
590: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
591: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
592: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
593: <p>
594: This article can also be found online at:
595: <ul>
596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 597: <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 598: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
599: </strong></font>
600: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
601: </ul>
602: <p>
1.392 david 603:
1.371 jose 604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 605: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
606: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 607: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
608: </strong></font><br/>
609: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
610: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
611: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 612: <p>
1.371 jose 613:
614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 615: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 616: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 617: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 618: </strong></font><br/>
619: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
620: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
621: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
622: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
623: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
624: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
625: and its history with OpenBSD.
626: </ul>
627:
1.368 henning 628: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
629: <ul>
630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 631: [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 632: </strong></font><br>
633: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
634: </ul>
635:
1.364 jose 636: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
637: <ul>
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 639: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
640: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
641: UNIX Review,
642: July, 2003.
643: </strong></font><br>
644: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
645: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
646: who want more information.
647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 650: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
651: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
652: Government Computer News,
653: July 22, 2003.
654: </strong></font><br>
655: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
656: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
657: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
658: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
659: <p>
660:
661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
662: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
663: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
664: SANS Institute,
665: July 22, 2003.
666: </strong></font><br>
667: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 668: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 669: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
670: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
671: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
672: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
673: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
674: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
675: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
676: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
677: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 681: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
682: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
683: OnLamp.com,
684: July 17, 2003.
685: </strong></font><br>
686: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
687: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
688: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
689: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
690: have been working on.
691:
692: </ul>
693:
1.356 jose 694: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 695: <ul>
696:
697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 698: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
699: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
700: UNIX Review,
701: June, 2003.
702: </strong></font><br>
703: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
704: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
705: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
706: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
707: <p>
708:
709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 710: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
711: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
712: eWeek,
713: June 23, 2003.
714: </strong></font><br>
715: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
716: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
717: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
718: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
719: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
720: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
721: <p>
722:
723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 724: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
725: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
726: Software Development Online,
727: June, 2003.
728: </strong></font><br>
729: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
730: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
731: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
732: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
733: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
734: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
735: current activities.
736: <p>
737:
738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 739: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
740: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 741: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
742: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
743: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
744: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 745: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 746: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
747: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
748: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 749: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 750: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
751: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 752: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 753: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
754: decisions.
755: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
756: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 757: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 758: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 759: <p>
760:
761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 762: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
763: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
764: Page 58, eWeek,
765: June 2, 2003.
766: </strong></font><br>
767: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
768: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
769: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
770: been addressed in -current.
771: <p>
772:
1.356 jose 773: </ul>
774:
775: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
776: <ul>
777:
1.355 jose 778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 779: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
780: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
781: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
782: </strong></font><br>
783: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
784: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
785: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
786: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
787: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
788: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
789: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
790: <p>
791:
792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 793: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
794: Beyond Linux</a>,
795: InfoWorld,
796: May 23, 2003.
797: </strong></font><br>
798: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
799: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
800: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
801: compared to the GPL.
802: <p>
803:
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 805: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
806: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
807: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 808: May 17, 2003.
809: </strong></font><br>
810: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
811: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
812: the business section and half of another page inside
813: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
814: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
815: in talking about the project's history and goals.
816: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
817: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
818: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
819: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 820: <br>
821: This article can also be found online at:
822: <ul>
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
824: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
825: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
826: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
827: May 17, 2003
828: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 829: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
831: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
832: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
833: Montreal Gazette,
834: May 21, 2003
835: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 836: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 837: <p>
1.346 ian 838:
839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 840: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 841: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 842: May 7, 2003.
843: </strong></font><br>
844: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
845: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
846: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
847: <p>
848:
849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 850: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
851: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
852: OsOpinion,
853: May 6, 2003.
854: </strong></font><br>
855: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
856: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
857: <br>
858: This article can also be found online at:
859: <ul>
860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
861: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
862: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
863: NewsFactor Network.
864: </strong></font>
865: </ul>
866: <p>
867:
868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 869: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 870: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
871: ITBusiness,
872: May 2, 2003.
873: </strong></font><br>
874: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
875: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
876: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
877: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
878: <p>
879:
880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 881: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
882: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
883: InfoWorld,
884: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 885: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 886: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
887: <br>
888: This article can also be found online at:
889: <ul>
890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
891: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
892: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
893: IDG Singapore.
894: </strong></font>
895: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 896: <p>
897:
1.339 jose 898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
899: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
900: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 901: ZDNet,
902: May 1, 2003.
903: </strong></font><br>
904: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 905: someone using parts from previous articles.
906: <br>
1.341 deraadt 907: This article can also be found online at:
908: <ul>
909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
910: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
911: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
912: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 913: </strong></font>
914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
915: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
916: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
917: CNET News.com.
918: </strong></font>
919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
920: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
921: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
922: ZDNet UK.
923: </strong></font>
924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
925: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
926: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
927: Help Net Security, Croatia.
928: </strong></font>
929: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 930: <p>
1.339 jose 931:
1.341 deraadt 932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 933: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 934: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
935: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
936: May 1, 2003.
937: </strong></font><br>
938: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
939: that have been added
940: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
941: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
942: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 943: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 944: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
945: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
946: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 947: <p>
948:
949: </ul>
950:
1.253 ian 951: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
952: <ul>
1.255 ian 953:
1.260 ian 954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 955: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 956: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
957: TechRepublic,
958: April 28, 2003.
959: </strong></font><br>
960: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
961: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 962: work.<br>
963: Can also be found online at:
964: <ul>
965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
966: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
967: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
968: ZDNet UK.
969: </strong></font>
970: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 971: <p>
972:
973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 974: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
975: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
976: IDG,
977: April 24, 2003.
978: </strong></font><br>
979: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
980: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
981: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
982: Can also be found online at:
983: <ul>
984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
985: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
986: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 987: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 988: </strong></font>
989: </ul>
990: <p>
991:
992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
993: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 994: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 995: Slate,
996: April 24, 2003.
997: </strong></font><br>
998: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
999: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1000: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1001: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1005: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1006: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1007: April 24, 2003.
1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1010: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1011: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1012: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1013: <p>
1014:
1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1016: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1017: April 24, 2003.
1018: </strong></font><br>
1019: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1020: the free software community".
1021: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1022: other articles.
1023: <p>
1024:
1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1026: <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 1027: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1028: </strong></font><br>
1029: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1030: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1031: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1032: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1033: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1034: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1035: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1036: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1037: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1038: <br/>
1039: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1040: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1041: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1042: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1043: <br>
1044: Can also be found online at:
1045: <ul>
1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1047: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1048: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1049: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1050: </strong></font>
1051: </ul>
1.324 ian 1052: <p>
1053:
1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1055: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1056: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1057: </strong></font><br>
1058: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1059: article above.
1060: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1061: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1062: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1063: <br>
1064: Can also be found online at:
1065: <ul>
1066: <li>
1067: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1068: </strong></font>
1069: </ul>
1.324 ian 1070: <p>
1071:
1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1073: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1074: </strong></font><br>
1075: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1076: <p>
1077:
1078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1079: <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.
1080: </strong></font><br>
1081: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1082: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1083: <p>
1084:
1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1086: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1087: April 23, 2003.
1088: </strong></font><br>
1089: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1090: <p>
1091:
1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1093: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1094: April 22, 2003.
1095: </strong></font><br>
1096: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1097: <p>
1098:
1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1100: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1101: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1102: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1103: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1104: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1105: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1106: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1107: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1108: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1109: Can also be found online at:
1110: <ul>
1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1112: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1113: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1114: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1115: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1117: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1118: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1119: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1120: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1121: </ul>
1122: <p>
1123:
1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1125: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1126: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1127: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1128: </strong></font><br>
1129: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1130: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1131: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1132: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1133: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1134: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1135: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1136: <p>
1137:
1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1139: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1140: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1141: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1142: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1143: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1144: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1145: at UPenn and DARPA.
1146: <p>
1147:
1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1149: [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,
1150: France
1.315 deraadt 1151: April 18, 2003.
1152: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1153: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1154: <p>
1155:
1156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1157: [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 1158: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1159: </strong></font><br>
1160: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1161: <p>
1162:
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1164: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1165: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1166: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1167: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1168: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1169: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1170: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1171: <p>
1172:
1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1174: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1175: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1176: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1177: </strong></font><br>
1178: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1179: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1180: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1181: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1182: <p>
1183:
1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1185: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1186: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1187: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1188: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1189: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1190: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1191: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1192: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1193: Can also be found online at:
1194: <ul>
1195: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1196: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1197: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1198: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1199: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1200: <p>
1201:
1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1203: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1204: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1205: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1206: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1207: </strong></font><br>
1208: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1209: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1210: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1211: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1212: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1213:
1214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1215: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1216: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1217: New York Times.
1218: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1219:
1.273 deraadt 1220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1221: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1222: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1223: ABC News.
1224: </strong></font>
1225:
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1227: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1228: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1229: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1230: </strong></font>
1231:
1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1233: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1234: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1235: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1236: </strong></font>
1237:
1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1239: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1240: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1241: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1242: </strong></font>
1243:
1244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1245: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1246: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1247: Times Daily, AL.
1248: </strong></font>
1249:
1250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1251: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1252: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1253: Boston.com, MA.
1254: </strong></font>
1255:
1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1257: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1258: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1259: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1260: </strong></font>
1261:
1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1263: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1264: [Article was pulled]</a>
1265: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1266: </strong></font>
1267:
1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1269: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1270: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1271: Infoshop News.
1272: </strong></font>
1273:
1274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1275: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1276: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1277: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1278: </strong></font>
1279:
1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1281: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1282: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1283: Raleigh News, NC.
1284: </strong></font>
1285:
1286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1287: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1288: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1289: Napa News, CA.
1290: </strong></font>
1291:
1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1293: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1294: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1295: NEPA News, PA.
1296: </strong></font>
1297:
1298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1299: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1300: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1301: Wired News.
1302: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1303: <br>
1304: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1305: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1306: [JAPANESE]
1307: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1308: Wired News Japan</a>
1309: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1310:
1.271 deraadt 1311: </ul>
1312: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1313: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1314: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1315: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1316: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1317: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1318: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1319: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1320: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1321: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1322: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1323: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1324: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1325: <p>
1326: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1327:
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1329: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1330: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1331: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1332: </strong></font>
1333:
1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1335: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1336: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1337: Miami Herald, FL.
1338: </strong></font>
1339:
1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1341: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1342: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1343: </strong></font>
1344:
1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1346: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1347: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1348: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1349: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1350:
1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1352: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1353: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1354: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1355: ABC News.
1356: </strong></font>
1357:
1.276 deraadt 1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1359: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1360: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1361: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1362: </strong></font>
1363:
1.286 dhartmei 1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1365: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1366: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1367: Wilmington Star, NC.
1368: </strong></font>
1369:
1.300 jose 1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1371: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1372: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1373: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1374: </strong></font>
1375:
1.309 jose 1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1377: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1378: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1379: Globe Technology.
1380: </strong></font>
1381:
1.263 deraadt 1382: </ul>
1.262 beck 1383: <p>
1384:
1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1386: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1387: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1388: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1389: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1390: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1391: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1392: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1393: <p>
1394:
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1396: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1397: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1398: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1399: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1400: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1401: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1402: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1403: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1404: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1405: and simply restates other press reports.
1406: <p>
1407:
1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1409: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1410: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1411: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1412: </strong></font><br>
1413: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1414: <p>
1415:
1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1417: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1418: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1419: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1420: </strong></font><br>
1421: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1422: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1423: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1424: <p>
1425:
1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1427: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1428: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1429: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1430: April 17, 2003.
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1433: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1434: Tech Anthems</a>
1435: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1436: 4 so far.
1437: <p>
1438:
1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1440: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1441: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1442: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1443: </strong></font><br>
1444: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1445: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1446: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1447: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1448: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1449: Goes on to say:
1450: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1451: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1452: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1453: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1454: This article is also found online at:
1455: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1457: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1458: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1459: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1460: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1462: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1463: ZDnet</a>,
1464: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1465: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1467: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1468: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1469: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1470: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1471: </ul>
1.260 ian 1472: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1473:
1.260 ian 1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1475: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1476: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1477: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1478: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1479: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1480: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1481: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1482: without notice or justification.
1483: <p>
1484:
1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1486: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1487: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1488: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1489: </strong></font><br>
1490: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1491: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1492: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1493: effective today, without any warning..."
1494: <p>
1.257 ian 1495:
1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1497: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1498: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1499: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1500: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1501: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1502: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1503: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1504: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1505: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1506: <p>
1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1509: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1510: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1511: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1512: </strong></font><br>
1513: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1514: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1515: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1516: quoting two of them:
1517: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1518: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1519: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1520: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1521: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1522: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1523: <p>
1524:
1.255 ian 1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1526: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1527: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1528: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1529: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1530: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1531: <p>
1532:
1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1534: [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 1535: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1536: </strong></font><br>
1537: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1538: <p>
1539:
1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1541: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1542: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1543: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1544: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1545: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1546: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1547: security experts for more than three decades."
1548: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1549: <p>
1.261 ian 1550:
1.254 drahn 1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1552: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1553: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1554: </strong></font><br>
1555: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1556: <p>
1557:
1558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1559: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1560: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1561: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1562: </strong></font><br>
1563: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1564: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1565: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1566: <p>
1567:
1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1569: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1570: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1571: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1574: from US DARPA.
1575: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1576: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1577: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1578: the BSD license.
1579: <p>
1580: </ul>
1581:
1.251 ian 1582: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1583: <ul>
1584:
1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1586: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1587: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1588: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1589: </strong></font><br>
1590:
1591: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1592: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1593: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1594: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1595: <p>
1596:
1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1598: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1599: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1600: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1601: </strong></font><br>
1602: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1603: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1604: Mentions
1605: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1606: and
1607: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1608: programs.
1609: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1610: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1611: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1612: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1613: <p>
1.325 ian 1614: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1615: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1616:
1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1618: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1619: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1620: </strong></font><br>
1621: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1622: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1623: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1624: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1625: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1626: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1627: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1628: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1629: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1630: put into service."
1631: <p>
1632: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1633: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1634: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1635: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1636: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1637: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1638: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1639: computers with security features."
1640: <p>
1.329 ian 1641:
1642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1643: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1644: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1645: Slate,
1646: March 3, 2003.
1647: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1648: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1649: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1650: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1651: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1652: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1653: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1654: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1655: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1656: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1657: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1658: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1659: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1660: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1661: of more secure open-source solutions like
1662: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1663: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1664: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1665: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1666: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1667: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1668: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1669: the Beltway."
1670: <p>
1.251 ian 1671: </ul>
1672:
1.249 jufi 1673: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1674: <ul>
1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1676: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1677: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1678: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1679: </strong></font><br>
1680: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1681: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1682: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1683: <p>
1.334 ian 1684:
1685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1686: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1687: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1688: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1689: </strong></font><br>
1690: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1691: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1692: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1693: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1694: "... the hypothetical question ...
1695: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1696: <br>
1697: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1698: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1699: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1700: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1701: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1702: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1703: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1704: support network security.
1705: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1706: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1707: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1708: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1709: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1710: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1711: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1712: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1713: <br>
1714: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1715: <p>
1716:
1.249 jufi 1717: </ul>
1718:
1.246 jufi 1719: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1720: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1721:
1.247 jufi 1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1723: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1724: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1725: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1726: </strong></font><br>
1727: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1728: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1729: <p>
1730:
1.247 jufi 1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1732: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1733: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1734: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1735: </strong></font><br>
1736: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1737: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1738: <p>
1739:
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1741: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1742: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1743: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1744: </strong></font><br>
1745: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1746: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1747: <p>
1.247 jufi 1748: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1749:
1.244 jufi 1750: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1751: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1752:
1.247 jufi 1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1754: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1755: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1756: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1757: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1758: </strong></font><br>
1759: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1760: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1761: md5 digests.
1762: <p>
1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1765: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1766: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1767: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1768: </strong></font><br>
1769: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1770: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1771: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1772: right the first time."
1773: <p>
1.247 jufi 1774: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1775:
1776:
1777: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1778: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1779:
1.247 jufi 1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1781: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1782: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1783: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1784: </strong></font><br>
1785: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1786: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1787: part 6</a>.
1788: <p>
1789:
1.247 jufi 1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1791: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1792: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1793: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1794: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1795: </strong></font><br>
1796: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1797: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1798: <p>
1.301 jose 1799:
1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1801: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1802: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1803: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1804: </strong></font><br>
1805:
1806: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1807: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1808: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1809: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1810: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1811: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1812: <i>Here's the
1813: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1814: <p>
1.247 jufi 1815: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1816:
1817: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1818: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1819:
1.247 jufi 1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1821: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1822: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1823: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1824: </strong></font><br>
1825: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1826: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1827: <p>
1828:
1.247 jufi 1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1830: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1831: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1832: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1833: </strong></font><br>
1834: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1835: this time using pf.
1836: <p>
1.247 jufi 1837: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1838:
1839: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1840: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1841:
1.247 jufi 1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1843: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1844: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1845: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1846: </strong></font><br>
1847: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1848: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1849: their rotation.
1850: <p>
1851:
1.247 jufi 1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1853: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1854: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1855: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1856: </strong></font><br>
1857: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1858: <p>
1.247 jufi 1859: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1860:
1.239 jufi 1861: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1862: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1863:
1.247 jufi 1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1865: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1866: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1867: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1868: </strong></font><br>
1869: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1870: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1871: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1872: <p>
1873:
1.247 jufi 1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1875: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1876: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1877: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1878: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1879: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1880: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1881: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1882: <p>
1.247 jufi 1883: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1884:
1.235 lebel 1885: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1886: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1887:
1.239 jufi 1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1890: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1891: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1892: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1893: </strong></font><br>
1894: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1895: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1896: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1897: <p>
1.301 jose 1898:
1.247 jufi 1899: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1900:
1.228 horacio 1901: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1902: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1903:
1.247 jufi 1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1905: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1906: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1907: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1908: </strong></font><br>
1909: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1910: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1911: <p>
1912:
1.247 jufi 1913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1914: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1915: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1916: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1917: </strong></font><br>
1918: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1919: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1920: <p>
1921:
1.247 jufi 1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1923: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1924: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1925: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1926: </strong></font><br>
1927: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1928: on the desktop of his parents.
1929: <p>
1930:
1.247 jufi 1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1932: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1933: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1934: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1935: </strong></font><br>
1936: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1937: using IPFilter.
1938:
1939: <p>
1940:
1.247 jufi 1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1942: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1943: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1944: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1945: </strong></font><br>
1946: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1947: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1948: perspectives of the four OS.
1949: <br>
1950: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1951: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1955: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1956: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1957: software and security</a>,
1958: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1959: </strong></font><br>
1960:
1961: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1962: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1963: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1964: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1965: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1966: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1967: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1968: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1969: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1970: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1971: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1972: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1973: <p>
1.247 jufi 1974: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1975:
1.225 horacio 1976: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1977: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1980: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1981: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1982: Interview</a>,
1983: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1984: </strong></font><br>
1985:
1986: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1987: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1988: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1989: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1990: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1991: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1992: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1993: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1994: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1995: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1996: of choice.
1997: <p>
1.247 jufi 1998: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1999:
2000: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2001: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2002:
1.247 jufi 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2004: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2005: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2006: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2007: </strong></font><br>
2008:
2009: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2010: <p>
2011:
1.247 jufi 2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2013: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2014: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2015: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017:
2018: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2019: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2020: <p>
1.247 jufi 2021: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2022:
1.218 horacio 2023: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2024: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2027: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2028: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2029: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2030: </strong></font><br>
2031:
2032: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2033: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2034: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2035: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2036: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2037: subjects. Worth a read.
2038: <p>
2039:
2040:
1.247 jufi 2041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2042: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2043: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2044: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2045: </strong></font><br>
2046:
2047: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2048: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2049: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2050: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2051: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2052: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2053: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2054: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2055: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2056: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2057: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2058: on other operating systems.<br>
2059: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2060: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2061: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2062: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2063: <p>
2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2066: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2067: Operating System 2010</a>,
2068: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2069: </strong></font><br>
2070:
2071: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2072: covering the level of software integration into the core
2073: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2074: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2075: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2076: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2077: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2078: <p>
2079:
1.247 jufi 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2081: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2082: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2083: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2084: </strong></font><br>
2085:
2086: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2087: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2088: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2089: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2090: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2091: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2092: <p>
1.247 jufi 2093: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2094:
1.210 jufi 2095: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2096: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2099: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2100: Already a Contender</a>,
2101: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2102: </strong></font><br>
2103:
2104: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2105: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2106: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2107: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2108: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2109: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2110: <p>
2111:
1.247 jufi 2112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2113: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2114: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2115: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2116: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2117:
1.224 horacio 2118: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2119: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2120: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2121: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2122: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2123: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2124: <p>
1.247 jufi 2125: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2126:
2127: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2128: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2129:
1.247 jufi 2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2131: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2132: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2133: Division</a>,
2134: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2135: </strong></font><br>
2136:
2137: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2138: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2139: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2140: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2141: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2142: investment</em>.<br>
2143: The implementation details can be seen on their
2144: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2145: <p>
2146:
1.247 jufi 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2148: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2149: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2150: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2151: </strong></font><br>
2152:
2153: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2154: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2155: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2156: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2157: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2158: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2159: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2160: <p>
2161:
2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2163: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2164: Thinking about Security</a>,
2165: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2166: </strong></font><br>
2167:
2168: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2169: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2170: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2171: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2172: to time.<br>
2173: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2174: system and just the most secure system.
2175: <p>
2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2178: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2179: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2180: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2184: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2185: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2186: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2187: choice:<br>
2188: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2189: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2190: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2191: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2192: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2193: network security devices and as such must be well
2194: armored."</em><br>
2195: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2196: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2197: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2198: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2199: <br>
2200: Bravo!
2201: <p>
1.247 jufi 2202: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2203:
1.207 ian 2204: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2205: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2206:
1.247 jufi 2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2208: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2209: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2210: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2211:
1.207 ian 2212: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2213: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2214: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2215: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2216: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2217: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2218: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2219: <p>
1.247 jufi 2220: </ul>
1.207 ian 2221:
1.194 jufi 2222: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2223: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2226: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2227: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2228: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2229: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2230:
1.240 miod 2231: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2232: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2233: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2234: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2235: <p>
2236:
1.247 jufi 2237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2238: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2239: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2240: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2241:
2242: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2243: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2244: <p>
2245:
2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2247: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2248: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2249: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2252: <p>
2253:
2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2255: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2256: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2257: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2258: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2259:
1.240 miod 2260: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2261: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2262: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2263: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2264: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2265: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2266: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2267: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2268: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2269: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2270: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2271: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2272: <p>
2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2275: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2276: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2277: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2278: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2279:
1.194 jufi 2280: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2281: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2282: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2283: <br>
2284: The new
2285: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2286: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2287: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2288: <p>
1.247 jufi 2289: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2290:
1.190 horacio 2291: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2292: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2295:
2296: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2297: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2298:
1.301 jose 2299:
1.191 jufi 2300: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2301: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2302:
2303: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2304: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2305:
1.212 horacio 2306: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2307: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2308: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2309:
1.211 horacio 2310: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2311: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2312: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2313:
1.247 jufi 2314: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2315: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2318: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2319:
1.212 horacio 2320: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2321: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2322: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2323:
2324: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2325: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2326:
2327: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2328: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2329:
1.301 jose 2330: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2331: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2332:
1.191 jufi 2333: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2334: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2335:
2336: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2337: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2338:
1.192 jufi 2339: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2340: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2341: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2342:
1.193 deraadt 2343: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2344: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2345: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2346:
1.247 jufi 2347: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2348: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2349:
1.247 jufi 2350: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2351: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2352: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2353:
1.213 horacio 2354: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2355: 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 2356: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2357:
1.190 horacio 2358: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2359: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2360: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2361: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2362: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2363: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2364: <p>
1.190 horacio 2365:
1.247 jufi 2366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2367: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2368: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2369: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2370: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2371:
1.195 jufi 2372: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2373: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2374: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2375: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2376: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2377: <p>
2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2380: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2381: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2382: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2383: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2384:
1.191 jufi 2385: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2386: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2387: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2388: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2389: <p>
2390:
2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2392: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2393: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2394: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2395:
2396: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2397: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2398: <p>
1.247 jufi 2399: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2400:
1.191 jufi 2401:
1.186 jufi 2402: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2403: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2406: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2407: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2408: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2409: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2410:
1.188 jufi 2411: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2412: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2413: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2414: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2415: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2416: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2417: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2418: <p>
2419:
1.301 jose 2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2421: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2422: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2423: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2424:
2425: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2426: <p>
1.191 jufi 2427:
1.247 jufi 2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2429: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2430: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2431: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2432: </strong></font><br>
2433:
2434: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2435: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2436: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2437: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2438: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2439: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2440: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2441: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2442: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2443: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2444: familiar?
2445: <p>
1.247 jufi 2446: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2447:
1.178 louis 2448: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2449: <ul>
1.178 louis 2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2452: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2453: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2454: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2455: </strong></font><br>
2456:
2457: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2458: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2459: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2460: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2461: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2462: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2463: <p>
2464:
1.247 jufi 2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2466: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2467: Open source under the hood</a>,
2468: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2469: </strong></font><br>
2470:
2471: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2472: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2473: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2474: <p>
2475:
1.247 jufi 2476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2477: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2478: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2479: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2480: </strong></font><br>
2481:
2482: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2483: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2484: <p>
1.247 jufi 2485: </ul>
1.179 louis 2486:
1.174 louis 2487:
1.175 louis 2488: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2489: <ul>
1.175 louis 2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2492: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2493: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2494: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2495: </strong></font><br>
2496:
2497: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2498: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2499: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2500: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2501: <p>
2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2504: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2505: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2506: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2507: </strong></font><br>
2508:
2509: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2510: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2511: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2512: <p>
1.247 jufi 2513: </ul>
1.175 louis 2514:
1.176 louis 2515:
1.172 mickey 2516: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2517: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2520: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2521: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2522: </strong></font><br>
2523:
2524: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2525: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2526: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2527: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2528: <p>
2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2531: <a
1.269 deraadt 2532: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2533: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2534: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2535: </strong></font><br>
2536:
2537: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2538: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2539: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2540: <p>
2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2543: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2544: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2545: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2546: </strong></font><br>
2547:
2548: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2549: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2550: <p>
2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2553: <a
1.269 deraadt 2554: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2555: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2556: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2557: </strong></font><br>
2558:
2559: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2560: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2561: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2562: our own Theo de Raadt.
2563: <p>
2564:
1.247 jufi 2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2566: <a
1.269 deraadt 2567: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2568: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2569: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2570: </strong></font><br>
2571:
2572: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2573: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2574: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2575: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2576: shut down.]
2577: <p>
2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2580: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2581: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2582: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2583: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2584: </strong></font><br>
2585:
2586: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2587: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2588: <p>
1.247 jufi 2589: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2590:
1.161 louis 2591: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2592: <ul>
1.161 louis 2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2595: <a
1.269 deraadt 2596: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2597: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2598: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2599: </strong></font><br>
2600:
2601: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2602: by John Wolley
2603: <p>
2604:
1.247 jufi 2605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2606: <a
1.269 deraadt 2607: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2608: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2609: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2610: </strong></font><br>
2611:
2612: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2613: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2614: OpenBSD).
2615: <p>
2616:
1.247 jufi 2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2618: <a
1.247 jufi 2619: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2620: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2621: </strong></font><br>
2622:
2623: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2624: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2625: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2626: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2627: and hindsight.
2628: <p>
2629:
1.247 jufi 2630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2631: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2632: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2633: </strong></font><br>
2634:
2635: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2636: <p>
2637:
1.247 jufi 2638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2639: <a
1.168 provos 2640: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2641: December 7, 2000
2642: </strong></font><br>
2643:
2644: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2645: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2646: us explain.
2647: <p>
2648:
1.247 jufi 2649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2650: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2651: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2652: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2653: December 6, 2000
2654: </strong></font><br>
2655:
2656: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2657: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2658: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2659: <p>
2660:
1.247 jufi 2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2662: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2663: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2664: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2665: </strong></font><br>
2666:
2667: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2668: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2669: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2670: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2671: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2672: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2673: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2674: <p>
2675:
2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2677: <a
1.226 horacio 2678: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2679: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2680: </strong></font><br>
2681:
2682: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2683: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2684: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2685: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2686: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2687: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2688: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2689: <p>
1.162 millert 2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2692: <a
1.161 louis 2693: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2694: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2695: </strong></font><br>
2696:
2697: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2698: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2699: <p>
2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2702: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2703: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2704: </strong></font><br>
2705:
2706: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2707: <p>
2708:
2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2711: <a
1.226 horacio 2712: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2713: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2714: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2715: </strong></font><br>
2716:
2717: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2718: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2719: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2720: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2721: <p>
1.247 jufi 2722: </ul>
1.169 louis 2723:
1.158 louis 2724: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2725: <ul>
1.147 louis 2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2728: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2729: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2730: </strong></font><br>
2731:
2732: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2733: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2734: <p>
2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2737: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2738: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2739: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2740: </strong></font><br>
2741: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2742: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2743: <p>
2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2746: <a
2747: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2748: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2749: </strong></font><br>
2750:
2751: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2752: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2753: <p>
2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2756: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2757: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2758: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2759:
1.213 horacio 2760: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2761: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2762: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2763: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2764: <p>
1.215 horacio 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2767: <a
2768: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2769: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2770: </strong></font><br>
2771:
2772: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2773: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2774: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2775: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2776: much of the attitude too).
2777: <p>
1.161 louis 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2780: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2781: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2782: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2783:
1.157 louis 2784: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2785: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2786: <p>
1.247 jufi 2787: </ul>
1.157 louis 2788:
2789: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2790: <ul>
1.157 louis 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2793: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2794: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2795: </strong></font><br>
2796:
2797: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2798: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2799: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2800: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2801: <p>
2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2804: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2805: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2806: </strong></font><br>
2807:
2808: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2809: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2810: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2811: it because they love coding...
2812: <p>
2813:
1.247 jufi 2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2815: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2816: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2817: </strong></font><br>
2818:
2819: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2820: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2821: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2822: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2823: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2824: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2825: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2826: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2827: <p>
2828:
1.247 jufi 2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2830: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2831: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2832: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2833: </strong></font><br>
2834:
2835: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2836: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2837: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2838: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2839: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2840: the pizza.
2841: <p>
2842:
1.247 jufi 2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2844: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2845: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2846: </strong></font><br>
2847:
2848: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2849: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2850: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2851: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2852: problems.
2853: <p>
2854:
1.247 jufi 2855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2856: <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 2857: </strong></font><br>
2858:
1.222 miod 2859: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2860: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2861: - whether they like it or not.
2862: <p>
2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2865: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2866: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2867: </strong></font><br>
2868:
2869: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2870: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2871: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2872: <p>
1.148 aaron 2873:
1.247 jufi 2874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2875: <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 2876: </strong></font><br>
2877:
2878: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2879: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2880: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2881: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2882: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2883: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2884: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2885: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2886: <p>
2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2889: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2890: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2891: </strong></font><br>
2892:
2893: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2894: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 2895: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 2896: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2897: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2898: <p>
1.247 jufi 2899: </ul>
1.147 louis 2900:
1.138 louis 2901: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2902: <ul>
1.138 louis 2903:
1.247 jufi 2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2905: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2906: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2907: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2908: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2909: </strong></font><br>
2910:
1.227 horacio 2911: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2912: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2913: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2914: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2915: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2916: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2917: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2918: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2919: <p>
2920:
1.247 jufi 2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2922: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2923: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2924: </strong></font><br>
2925:
2926: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2927: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2928: groups, and even Linux.
2929: <p>
2930:
1.247 jufi 2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2932: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2933: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2934: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2935: </strong></font><br>
2936:
2937: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2938: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2939: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2940: library after installing the OS.
2941: <p>
2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2944: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2945: Sys Admin, September 2000
2946: </strong></font><br>
2947:
2948: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2949: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2950: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2951: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2952: (<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>,
2953: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2954: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2955: <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 2956: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2957: out of the system.
2958: <p>
2959:
1.247 jufi 2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2961: <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
2962: </strong></font><br>
2963:
2964: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 2965: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 2966: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2967: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2968: the IP filtering and address translation.
2969: <p>
1.301 jose 2970:
2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2972: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2973: </strong></font><br>
2974:
2975: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2976: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2977: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2978: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2979: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2980: <p>
1.247 jufi 2981: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2982:
1.131 louis 2983: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2984: <ul>
1.131 louis 2985:
1.247 jufi 2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2987: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2988: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2989: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2990: </strong></font><br>
2991:
2992: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2993: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2994: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2995: <p>
2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2998: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2999: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3000: </strong></font><br>
3001:
3002: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3003: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3004: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3005: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3006: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3007: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3008: note of"</i>.
3009: <p>
3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3012: <a
1.247 jufi 3013: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3014: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3015: </strong></font><br>
3016:
3017: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3018: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3019: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3020: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3021: <p>
3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3024: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3025: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3026: </strong></font><br>
3027:
3028: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3029: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3030: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3031: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3032: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3033: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3034: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3035: <p>
3036:
1.247 jufi 3037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3038: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3039: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3040: 2000
3041: </strong></font><br>
3042:
3043: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3044: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3045: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3046: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3047: against current industry practices.
3048: <p>
3049:
1.247 jufi 3050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3051: <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
3052: </strong></font><br>
3053:
3054: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3055: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3056: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3057: <p>
3058:
1.247 jufi 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3060: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3061: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3062: </strong></font><br>
3063:
3064: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3065: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3066: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3067: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3068: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3069: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3070: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3071: <p>
3072:
1.247 jufi 3073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3074: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3075: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3076: </strong></font><br>
3077:
3078: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3079: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3080: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3081: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3082: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3083: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3084: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3085: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3086: <p>
1.247 jufi 3087: </ul>
1.131 louis 3088:
1.118 louis 3089: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3090: <ul>
1.118 louis 3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3093: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3094: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3095: </strong></font><br>
3096:
3097: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3098: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3099: about time. The article mentions that
3100: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3101: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3102: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3103: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3104: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3105: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3106: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3107: <p>
3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3110: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3111: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3112: </strong></font><br>
3113:
3114: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3115: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3116: of OpenSSH.
3117: <p>
3118:
1.247 jufi 3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3120: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3121: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3122: </strong></font><br>
3123:
3124: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3125: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3126: bridging.
3127: <p>
3128:
1.247 jufi 3129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3130: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3131: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3132: </strong></font><br>
3133:
1.121 deraadt 3134: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3135: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3136: <p>
3137:
1.247 jufi 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3139: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3140: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3141: </strong></font><br>
3142:
3143: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3144: <p>
3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3147: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3148: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3149: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3150: </strong></font><br>
3151:
1.120 deraadt 3152: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3153: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3154: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3155: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3156: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3157: <p>
3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3160: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3161: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3162: </strong></font><br>
3163:
1.222 miod 3164: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3165: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3166: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3167: protocols and their quirks.
3168: <p>
3169:
1.247 jufi 3170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3171: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3172: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3173: </strong></font><br>
3174:
3175: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3176: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3177: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3178: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3179: <p>
3180:
1.247 jufi 3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3182: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3183: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3184: </strong></font><br>
3185:
3186: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3187: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3188: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3189: <p>
3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3192: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3193: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3194: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3195: </strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3198: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3199: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3200: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3201: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3202: <p>
1.247 jufi 3203: </ul>
1.118 louis 3204:
1.104 louis 3205: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3206: <ul>
1.104 louis 3207:
1.247 jufi 3208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3209: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3210: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3211: </strong></font><br>
3212:
3213: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3214: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3215: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3216: be a bit dry.
3217: <p>
3218:
1.247 jufi 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3220: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3221: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3222: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3223: </strong></font><br>
3224: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3225: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3226: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3227: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3228: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3229: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3230: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3231: <p>
3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3234: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3235: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3236: 2000
1.128 louis 3237: </strong></font><br>
3238:
3239: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3240: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3241: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3242: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3243: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3244: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3245: <p>
3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3248: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3249: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3250: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3251:
3252: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3253: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3254: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3255: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3256: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3257: <p>
1.110 louis 3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3260: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3261: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3262: </strong></font><br>
3263:
3264: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3265: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3266: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3267: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3268: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3269: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3270: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3271: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3272: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3273: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3274: <p>
3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3277: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3278: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3279:
3280: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3281: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3282: <p>
1.108 louis 3283:
1.247 jufi 3284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3285: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3286: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3287: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3288:
3289: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3290: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3291: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3292: <p>
1.106 louis 3293:
1.247 jufi 3294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3295: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3296: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3297: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3298:
3299: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3300: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3301: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3302: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3303: <p>
1.107 louis 3304:
1.247 jufi 3305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3306: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3307: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3308: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3309:
3310: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3311: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3312: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3313: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3314: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3315: <p>
1.105 louis 3316:
1.247 jufi 3317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3318: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3319: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3320: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3321:
1.113 naddy 3322: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3323: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3324: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3325: <p>
1.104 louis 3326:
1.247 jufi 3327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3328: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3329: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3330: </strong></font><br>
3331:
3332: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3333: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3334: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3335: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3336: <p>
1.301 jose 3337:
3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3339: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3340: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3341: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3342:
3343: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3344: hardware-supported cryptography.
3345: <p>
1.247 jufi 3346: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3347:
1.85 louis 3348: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3349: <ul>
1.85 louis 3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3352: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3353: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3354: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3355:
3356: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3357: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3358: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3359: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3360: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3361: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3362: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3363: <p>
1.99 louis 3364:
1.247 jufi 3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3366: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3367: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3368: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3369:
3370: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3371: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3372: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3373: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3374: <p>
1.100 louis 3375:
1.247 jufi 3376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3377: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3378: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3379: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3380:
3381: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3382: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3383: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3384: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3385: <p>
1.95 louis 3386:
1.247 jufi 3387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3388: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3389: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3390: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3391:
3392: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3393: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3394: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3395: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3396: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3397: <p>
1.92 louis 3398:
1.247 jufi 3399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3400: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3401: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3402: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3403:
3404: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3405: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3406: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3407: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3408: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3409: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3410: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3411: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3412: <p>
1.91 louis 3413:
1.247 jufi 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3415: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3416: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3417: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3418:
3419: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3420: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3421: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3422: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3423: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3424: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3425: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3426: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3427: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3428: <p>
1.90 louis 3429:
1.247 jufi 3430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3431: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3432: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3433: </strong></font><br>
3434: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3435: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3436: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3437: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3438: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3439: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3440: <p>
3441:
1.247 jufi 3442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3443: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3444: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3445: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3446:
1.113 naddy 3447: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3448: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3449: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3450: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3451: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3452: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3453: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3454: <p>
1.87 louis 3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3457: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3458: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3459: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3460:
3461: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3462: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3463: <p>
1.85 louis 3464:
1.247 jufi 3465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3466: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3467: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3468: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3469:
3470: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3471: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3472: <p>
3473:
3474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3475: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3476: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3477: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3478:
3479: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3480: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3481: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3482: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3483: <p>
1.89 louis 3484:
1.247 jufi 3485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3486: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3487: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3488: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3489:
3490: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3491: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3492: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3493: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3494: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3495: </ul>
1.85 louis 3496:
1.78 deraadt 3497: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3498: <ul>
1.74 louis 3499:
1.247 jufi 3500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3501: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3502: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3503: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3504: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3505:
3506: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3507: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3508: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3509: <p>
1.83 louis 3510:
1.247 jufi 3511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3512: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3513: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3514: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3515:
3516: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3517: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3518: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3519: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3520: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3521: <p>
1.93 louis 3522:
1.247 jufi 3523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3524: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3525: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3526: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3527: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3528:
1.83 louis 3529: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3530: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3531: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3532: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3533: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3534: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3535: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3536: <p>
1.82 aaron 3537:
1.247 jufi 3538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3539: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3540: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3541: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3542:
1.83 louis 3543: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3544: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3545: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3546: <p>
1.80 louis 3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3549: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3550: Bad Press</a>,
3551: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3552: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3553:
3554: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3555: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3556: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3557: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3558: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3559: <p>
1.247 jufi 3560: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3561:
3562: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3563: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3564:
1.247 jufi 3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3566: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3567: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3568: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3569: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3570:
3571: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3572: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3573: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3574: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3575: <p>
1.74 louis 3576:
1.247 jufi 3577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3578: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3579: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3580: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3581:
1.219 horacio 3582: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3583: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3584: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3585: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3586: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3587: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3588: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3589: <p>
1.88 louis 3590:
1.247 jufi 3591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3592: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3593: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3594: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3595:
3596: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3597: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3598: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3599: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3600: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3601: <p>
1.81 louis 3602:
1.247 jufi 3603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3604: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3605: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3606: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3607:
3608: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3609: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3610: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3611: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3612: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3613: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3614: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3615: <p>
1.90 louis 3616:
1.247 jufi 3617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3618: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3619: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3620: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3621:
3622: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3623: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3624: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3625: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3626: <p>
1.247 jufi 3627: </ul>
1.71 louis 3628:
1.69 deraadt 3629: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3630: <ul>
1.70 louis 3631:
1.247 jufi 3632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3633: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3634: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3635: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3636:
3637: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3638: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3639: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3640: <p>
1.70 louis 3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3643: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3644: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3645: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3646:
3647: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3648: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3649: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3650: <p>
1.68 louis 3651:
1.247 jufi 3652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3653: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3654: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3655: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3656: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3657:
1.111 jufi 3658: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3659: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3660: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3661: "secure by default" installation.
3662: <p>
1.64 louis 3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3665: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3666: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3667: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3668:
1.113 naddy 3669: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3670: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3671: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3672: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3673: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3674: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3675: <p>
1.66 louis 3676:
1.247 jufi 3677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3678: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3679: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3680: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3681:
3682: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3683: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3684: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3685: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3686: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3687: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3688: <p>
1.83 louis 3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3691: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3692: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3693: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3694:
3695: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3696: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3697: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3698: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3699: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3700: <p>
1.64 louis 3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3703: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3704: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3705: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3706:
3707: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3708: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3709: <p>
1.301 jose 3710:
3711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3712: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3713: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3714: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3715: </strong></font><br>
3716:
3717: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3718: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3719: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3720: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3721: Giving way to
3722: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3723: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3724: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3725: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3726: <p>
1.247 jufi 3727: </ul>
1.65 louis 3728:
1.69 deraadt 3729: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3730: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3731:
1.247 jufi 3732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3733: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3734: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3735: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3736:
3737: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3738: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3739: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3740: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3741: <p>
1.88 louis 3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3744: <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 3745: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3746:
3747: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3748: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3749: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3750: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3751: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3752: <p>
1.60 louis 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3755: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3756: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3757: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3758: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3759:
3760: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3761: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3762: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3763: <p>
1.58 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3766: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3767: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3768:
3769: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3770: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3771: <p>
1.53 louis 3772:
1.247 jufi 3773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3774: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3775: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3776: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3777:
3778: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3779: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3780: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3781: <p>
1.99 louis 3782:
1.247 jufi 3783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3784: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3785: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3786:
3787: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3788: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3789: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3790: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3791: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3792:
1.247 jufi 3793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3794: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3795: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3796: </strong></font><br>
3797:
3798: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3799: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3800: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3801: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3802: <p>
3803:
1.247 jufi 3804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3805: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3806: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3807: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3808:
3809: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3810: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3811: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3812:
1.247 jufi 3813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3814: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3815: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3816:
3817: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3818: in
1.247 jufi 3819: <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 3820: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3821: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3822: <p>
1.53 louis 3823:
1.247 jufi 3824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3825: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3826: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3827: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3828: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3829:
1.58 louis 3830: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3831: <p>
1.301 jose 3832:
3833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3834: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3835: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3836: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3837: Informacyjny, January 2000
3838: </strong></font><br>
3839:
3840: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3841: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3842: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3843: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3844: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3845: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3846: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3847: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3848: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3849: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3850: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3851: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3852: <p>
3853:
3854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3855: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3856: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3857: </strong></font><br>
3858:
3859: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3860: <p>
3861: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3862:
1.69 deraadt 3863: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3864: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3865:
1.247 jufi 3866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3867: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3868: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3869: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3870: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3871:
1.58 louis 3872: Kurt Seifried
3873: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3874: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3875: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3876: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3877:
1.247 jufi 3878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3879: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3880: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3881: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3882:
3883: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3884: <p>
1.96 louis 3885:
1.247 jufi 3886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3887: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3888: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3889: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3890: </strong></font><br>
3891:
3892: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3893: <p>
3894:
3895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3896: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3897: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3898: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3899:
3900: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3901: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 3902: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 3903: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3904: <p>
1.247 jufi 3905: </ul>
1.86 louis 3906:
1.69 deraadt 3907: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3908: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3909:
1.247 jufi 3910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3911: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3912: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3913: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3914:
3915: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3916: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3917: <p>
1.61 louis 3918:
1.247 jufi 3919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3920: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3921: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3922: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3923: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3924:
3925: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3926: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3927: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3928: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3929: right -- or at least strives to".
3930: <p>
1.48 louis 3931:
1.247 jufi 3932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3933: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3934: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3935: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3936: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3937: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3938: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3939: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3940: <p>
1.61 louis 3941:
1.247 jufi 3942: <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 3943: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3944: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3945:
3946: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3947: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3948: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3949: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3950: <p>
1.46 louis 3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3953: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3954: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3955: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3956:
3957: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3958: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3959: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3960:
1.247 jufi 3961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3962: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3963: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3964: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3965:
3966: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3967: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3968: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3969: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3970: <p>
1.247 jufi 3971: </ul>
1.70 louis 3972:
1.69 deraadt 3973: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3974: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3977: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3978: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3979: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3980: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3981:
3982: Kurt Seifried
3983: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3984: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3985: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3986: <p>
1.44 philen 3987:
1.247 jufi 3988: <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 3989: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3990: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3991:
3992: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3993: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3994:
1.247 jufi 3995: <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 3996: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3997: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3998:
3999: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4000: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4001:
1.247 jufi 4002: <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 4003: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4004: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4005:
4006: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4007: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4008: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4009: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4010: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4011:
1.247 jufi 4012: <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 4013: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4014: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4015:
1.36 louis 4016: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4017: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4018:
1.247 jufi 4019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4020: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4021: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4022: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4023:
4024: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4025: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4026: </ul>
1.38 louis 4027:
1.69 deraadt 4028: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4029: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4030:
1.247 jufi 4031: <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 4032: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4033: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4034:
4035: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4036: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4037: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4038:
1.113 naddy 4039: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4040: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4041: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4042: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4043:
4044: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4045: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4046: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4047: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4048: <blockquote>
4049: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4050: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4051: <br>
4052: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4053: </code>
4054: </blockquote>
4055: <p>
4056:
1.247 jufi 4057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4058: <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 4059: <p>
4060:
4061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4062: <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 4063: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4064:
4065: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4066: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4067: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4068: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4069:
1.247 jufi 4070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4071: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4072: Sept. 28, 1999
4073: </strong></font><br>
4074:
4075: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4076: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4077: translating and reprinting articles from
4078: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4079: <p>
4080:
4081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4082: <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 4083: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4084:
4085: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4086: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4087: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4088: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4089: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4090: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4091: <p>
1.19 louis 4092:
1.113 naddy 4093: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4094: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4095: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4096:
4097: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4098: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4099: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4100: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4101: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4102: <p>
1.16 louis 4103:
1.247 jufi 4104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4105: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4106: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4107: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4108:
1.57 louis 4109: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4110: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4111: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4112: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4113:
1.247 jufi 4114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4115: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4116: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4117: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4118:
1.113 naddy 4119: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4120:
1.247 jufi 4121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4122: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4123: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4124: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4125:
1.23 louis 4126: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4127: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4128: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4129: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4130: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4131: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4132:
1.247 jufi 4133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4134: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4135: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4136: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4137:
1.199 pvalchev 4138: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4139: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4140: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4141: installation.
1.113 naddy 4142: <p>
1.47 louis 4143:
1.247 jufi 4144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4145: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4146: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4147: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4148:
1.301 jose 4149: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4150: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4151: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4152: </ul>
1.57 louis 4153:
1.69 deraadt 4154: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4155: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4156:
1.247 jufi 4157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4158: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4159: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4160: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4161:
4162: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4163: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4164: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4165: <p>
1.12 louis 4166:
1.247 jufi 4167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4168: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4169: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4170: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4171:
4172: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4173: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4174: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4175: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4176: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4177: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4178: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4179: <p>
1.247 jufi 4180: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4181:
1.69 deraadt 4182: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4183: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4184:
1.247 jufi 4185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4186: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4187: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4188:
4189: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4190: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4191: available."
1.113 naddy 4192: <p>
1.301 jose 4193:
4194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4195: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4196: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4197: </strong></font><br>
4198:
4199: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4200: <p>
1.247 jufi 4201: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4202:
1.69 deraadt 4203: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4204: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4205:
1.247 jufi 4206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4207: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4208: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4209:
4210: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4211: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4212: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4213: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4214: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4215: <p>
1.33 louis 4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4218: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4219: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4220: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4221:
1.113 naddy 4222: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4223: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4224: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4225: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4226: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4227: <p>
1.247 jufi 4228: </ul>
1.57 louis 4229:
1.69 deraadt 4230: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4231: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4232:
1.247 jufi 4233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4234: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4235: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4236: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4237:
4238: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4239: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4240: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4241:
1.247 jufi 4242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4243: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4244: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4245: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4246: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4247:
4248: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4249: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4250:
1.247 jufi 4251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4252: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4253:
1.113 naddy 4254: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4255:
1.247 jufi 4256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4257: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4258: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4259: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4260:
4261: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4262: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4263: </ul>
1.23 louis 4264:
1.69 deraadt 4265: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4266: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4267:
1.247 jufi 4268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4269: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4270: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4271:
4272: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4273: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4274: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4275:
1.247 jufi 4276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4277: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4278: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4279: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4280:
4281: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4282: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4283: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4284: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4285: </ul>
1.57 louis 4286:
1.69 deraadt 4287: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4288: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4289:
1.247 jufi 4290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4291: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4292: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4293: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4294:
4295: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4296: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4297: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4298: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4299: <p>
1.15 louis 4300:
1.247 jufi 4301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4302: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4303: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4304: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4305:
4306: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4307: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4308: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4309: columns."
1.113 naddy 4310: <p>
1.247 jufi 4311: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4312:
1.69 deraadt 4313: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4314: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4315:
1.247 jufi 4316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4317: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4318: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4319: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4320:
4321: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4322: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4323:
1.113 naddy 4324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4325: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4326: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4327:
4328: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4329: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4330: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4331: </ul>
1.57 louis 4332:
1.69 deraadt 4333: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4334: <ul>
1.301 jose 4335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4336: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4337: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4338: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4339:
4340: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4341: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4342: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4343: <p>
4344:
4345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4346: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4347: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4348: Nov 13, 1998 and
4349: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4350: Datateknik</a>,
4351: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4352:
1.380 saad 4353: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4354: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4355: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4356: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4357: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4358:
1.113 naddy 4359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4360: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4361: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4362: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4363:
1.222 miod 4364: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4365: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4366: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4367: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4368: <p>
1.247 jufi 4369: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4370:
1.69 deraadt 4371: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4372: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4373:
1.247 jufi 4374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4375: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4376: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4377:
1.69 deraadt 4378: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4379: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4380: <p>
1.247 jufi 4381: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4382:
1.69 deraadt 4383: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4384: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4385:
1.247 jufi 4386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4387: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4388: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4389: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4390:
1.383 jcs 4391: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4392: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4393: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4394:
1.247 jufi 4395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4396: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4397: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4398: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4399: <p>
1.247 jufi 4400: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4401:
1.69 deraadt 4402: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4403: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4404:
1.247 jufi 4405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4406: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4407: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4408: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4409: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4410: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4411:
4412: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4413: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4414: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4415: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4416: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4417: <p>
1.247 jufi 4418: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4419:
4420: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4421: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4422:
1.247 jufi 4423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4424: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4425: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4426:
1.69 deraadt 4427: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4428: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4429: <p>
1.112 naddy 4430:
1.247 jufi 4431: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4432: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4433:
1.292 camield 4434: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4435: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4436: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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