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1.18 deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 18:
1.41 louis 19: <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>,
20: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
21: </strong></font><p>
22:
23: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
24: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
25:
1.37 louis 26: <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>,
27: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
28: </strong></font><p>
29:
30: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.40 deraadt 31: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 32:
1.36 louis 33: <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>,
34: New York Times, October 11, 1999
35: </strong></font><p>
36:
37: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
38: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
39: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
40: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
41: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
42:
43: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/991006/ny_ntwrk_s_2.html>NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 44: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
45: </strong></font><p>
46:
1.36 louis 47: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
48: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 49:
1.38 louis 50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 51: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
52: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.38 louis 53: </strong></font><p>
54:
55: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
56: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
57:
1.30 deraadt 58: <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 59: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.30 deraadt 60: </strong></font><p>
1.32 louis 61:
62: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
63: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
64: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 65:
1.29 louis 66: <li><strong>
67: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 68: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.29 louis 69: </strong></font><p>
70:
71: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
72: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
73: with the
74: town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his terminal:
75: <blockquote>
76: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
77: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
78: <br>
79: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
80: </code>
81: </blockquote>
82: <p>
83:
1.16 louis 84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 85: <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<br>
86: <li><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
1.24 deraadt 87: </strong></font><p>
88:
89: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
90: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 91: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 92: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 93:
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 95: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.19 louis 96: </strong></font><p>
97:
98: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
99: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
100: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
101: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
102: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
103: operating system in the world."<p>
104: <p>
105:
1.43 ! louis 106: <li><strong>
! 107: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.16 louis 108: </strong></font><p>
109:
110: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
111: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
112: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.43 ! louis 113: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved to the archives, free registration required.<p>
1.16 louis 114: <p>
115:
1.1 deraadt 116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 117: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
118: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
119:
120: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
121: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
122: <p>
123:
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 125: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 126: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.21 louis 127: </strong></font><p>
128:
1.23 louis 129: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
130: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
131: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
132: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
133: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 134: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 135:
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 137: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 138: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.38 louis 139: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.12 louis 140:
141: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
142: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
143: of OpenBSD.<p>
144: <p>
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146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 147: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 148: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.38 louis 149: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 150:
151: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
152: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 153: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
154: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
155: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
156: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
157: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 161: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 162: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.38 louis 163: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 164:
1.20 louis 165: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
166: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 167: <p>
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169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 170: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.20 louis 171: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 172:
173: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
174: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
175: available."
176: <p>
177:
178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 179: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
180: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><p>
181:
182: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
183: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
184: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
185: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
186: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
187: <p>
188:
189: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 190: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
191: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
192: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
193: </strong></font><p>
194:
195: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
196: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
197:
198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.23 louis 199: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
200:
201: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
202:
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
204: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
205: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
206:
207: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
208: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
209:
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 211: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.38 louis 212: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 213:
214: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
215: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
216: <p>
217:
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1.2 deraadt 219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 220: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 221: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.38 louis 222: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 223:
224: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
225: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
226: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
227: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
228: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
229: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
230: <p>
231:
232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 233: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
234: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.38 louis 235: February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.15 louis 236:
237: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
238: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
239: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
240: over to OpenBSD.
241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 244: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
245: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.38 louis 246: February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 247:
248: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
249: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
250: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
251: columns."
252: <p>
253:
1.2 deraadt 254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
255: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 256: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.2 deraadt 257: </strong></font><p>
258:
259: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
260: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
261: Implementation, including a brief interview with
262: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 263: <p>
264:
265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
266: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 267: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 268:
269: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
270: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
271: <p>
272:
273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
274: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 275: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
276: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
277: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.38 louis 278: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 279:
280: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
281: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
282: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
283: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
284: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 285: <p>
286:
287: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
288: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
289: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.38 louis 290: July, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 291:
292: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
293: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
294: <p>
295:
296: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.38 louis 297: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><p>
1.18 deraadt 298: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
299: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 300: <p>
301:
1.38 louis 302: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
303: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
304: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><p>
305:
306: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
307: OpenBSD is.
308: <p>
309:
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1.27 deraadt 313: <hr>
1.18 deraadt 314: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 315:
1.17 deraadt 316: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 317: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
318: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.39 louis 319: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 320:
321: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
322: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
323: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
327: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 328: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 329: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.39 louis 330: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 331:
1.20 louis 332: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
333: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 334: explains the licensing issues and points to our
335: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
336: <p>
337:
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1.27 deraadt 340: <hr>
1.20 louis 341: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
342:
343: <dl>
344:
345: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
346: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
347: Sept. 28, 1999
348: </strong></font><p>
349:
350: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
351: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
352: translating and reprinting articles from
353: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
354: <p>
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