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1.427 matthieu 19: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 23: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
24: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
25: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
26: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
27: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
28: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
29: firmware.
30: <p>
31:
32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.429 matthieu 33: <a href="http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/index.html">
1.427 matthieu 34: The importance of securing workstations</a>, ;login: Volume 30 number 1</strong></font><br>
35: This article in the Usenix magazine about the risks of unsecured
36: workstations and how to prevent them points, among others, to some of
37: the techniques (Propolice, W^X) used by OpenBSD to make workstations
1.430 ! ian 38: more immune to attacks (registration required).
1.428 david 39: <p>
1.430 ! ian 40:
! 41: <li>
1.427 matthieu 42: </ul>
43:
1.426 ian 44: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
45: <ul>
46:
47: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
48: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
49: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
50: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
51: This article talks about our systrace
52: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
53: mechanism: what it is and why and
54: how to use it, with examples.
55: Another excerpt from the book
56: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
57: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
58: <p>
59:
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
61: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
62: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
63: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
64: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
65: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
66: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
67: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
68: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
69: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
70: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
71: This article is a sample chapter from
72: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
73: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
74: <p>
75: </ul>
76:
1.424 ian 77: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
78: <ul>
79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 81: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
82: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
83: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
84: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
85: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
86: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
87: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
88: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
89: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
90: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
91: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
92: <p>
93: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
94: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
95: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 99: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
100: Closed Source Hardware</a>
101: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
102: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
103: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
104: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
105: operating systems.
106: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
107: OpenBSD on his firewall.
108: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
109: systems, he writes:
110: <blockquote>
111: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
112: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
113: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
114: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
115: to the operating system...
116: <br/>
117: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
118: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
119: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
120: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
121: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
122: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
123: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
124: in a closed source operating system).
125: <br/>
126: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
127: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
128: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
129: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
130: </blockquote>
131: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
132: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
133: their hardware and software operates.
134: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
135: reverse-engineering the
136: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
137: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
138: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
139: <p>
140: </ul>
141:
1.417 pvalchev 142: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
143: <ul>
1.421 ian 144:
1.417 pvalchev 145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 146: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
147: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
148: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
149: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
150: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
151: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
152: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
153: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
154: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
155: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
156: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 157: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 158: <p>
159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 160: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
161: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
162: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
163: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
164: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
165: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
166: it claims to do".
167: <p>
168:
169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 170: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
171: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
172: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
173: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
174: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 175: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 176: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
177: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
178: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
179: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
180: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
181: (yes, this is a hint).
182: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
183: picked up on the
184: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
185: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
186: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
187: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
188: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
189: <p>
190:
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 192: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
193: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
194: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
195: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
196: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
197: questions about the significance and rationale behind
198: the current efforts.
199: <p>
200: </ul>
201:
1.407 henning 202: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
203: <ul>
204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 205: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
206: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
207: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
208: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
209: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
210: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
211: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
212: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 216: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
217: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
218: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
219: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
220: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
221: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
222: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
223: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
224: of the important changes in 3.6.
225: </p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 228: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
229: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
230: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
231: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
232: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
233: overflow attacks... because
234: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
235: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
236: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
237: and propolice.
238: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
239: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
240: and that's when the science falls apart."
241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 244: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
245: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
246: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
247: Starts with the question:
248: <blockquote>
249: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
250: <br/>
251: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
252: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
253: <br/>
254: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
255: Should we believe them?"
256: </blockquote>
257: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
258: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
259: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
260: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
261: for your mail, web and other online activities.
262: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
263: <p>
264:
265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 266: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
267: Simple Simon</a>,
268: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
269: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
270: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
271: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
272: routing/firewall, and more.
273: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
274: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
275: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
276: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
277: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
278: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
279: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
280: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
281: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
282: </blockquote>
283: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
284: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
285: <p>
286:
287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 288: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
289: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 290: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 291: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 292: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
293: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
294: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 295: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 296: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
297: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
298: in spite of it
299: (registration required, but worth it).
300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
303: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
304: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
305: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
306: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
307: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
308: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
309: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 310: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 311: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
312: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
313: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
314: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
315: <p>
316:
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 318: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
319: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
320: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
321: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
322: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
323: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
324: <blockquote>
325: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
326: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
327: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
328: a lot of analysis.
329: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
330: </blockquote>
331: <p>
332: </ul>
333:
1.400 marco 334: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
335: <ul>
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 337: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
338: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
339: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
340: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
341: UNIX-like systems.
342: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
343: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
344: <p>
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 346: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
347: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 348: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
349: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
350: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
351: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
352: At one point, the article states:
353: <blockquote>
354: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
355: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
356: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
357: </blockquote>
358: And then quotes Theo as saying:
359: <blockquote>
360: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
361: fewer are reading or auditing code."
362: </blockquote>
363: <p>
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
365: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
366: marks its fifth birthday</a>
367: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
368: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
369: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
370: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
371: required).
372: <p>
373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 374: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
375: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
376: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
377: </strong></font><br>
378: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
379: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
380: <p>
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 382: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
383: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 384: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 385: </strong></font><br>
386: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
387: <p>
388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 389: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
390: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 391: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 392: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 393: 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 394: <p>
395: </ul>
396:
1.396 henning 397: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
398: <ul>
399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 400: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
401: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
402: Unix Review, July, 2004
403: </strong></font><br>
404: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
405: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
406: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
407: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
408: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
409: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
410: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
411: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
412: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
413: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
414: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
415: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
416: and even spelling/wording errors.
417: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
418: <p>
419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 420: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 421: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
422: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
423: </strong></font><br>
424: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
425: <p>
426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 427: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 428: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
429: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
430: </strong></font><br>
431: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
432: <p>
433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 434: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
435: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
436: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
437: </strong></font><br>
438: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
439: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
440: <p>
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 442: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
443: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
444: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
445: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
446: <p>
447: </ul>
448:
1.405 jolan 449: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
450: <ul>
451: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
452: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
453: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
454: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
455: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
456: details on how funds are dispersed.
457: <p>
458: </ul>
459:
1.393 david 460: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
461: <ul>
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 463: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
464: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
465: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
466: </strong></font><br>
467: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
468: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
469: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
470: on inserting large number of SQL records.
471: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
472: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
473: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
474: <p>
475:
476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 477: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
478: Secure by Default</a>,
479: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
480: </strong></font><br>
481: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
482: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
486: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
487: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
488: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
489: </strong></font><br>
490: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
491: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
492: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
493: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
494: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
495: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
496: <p>
497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
499: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
500: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
501: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
502: </strong></font><br>
503: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
504: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
505: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
509: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
510: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
511: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
512: </strong></font><br>
513: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
514: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
515: <p>
516: </ul>
517:
1.388 mcbride 518: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
519: <ul>
1.394 jolan 520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
522: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
523: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
524: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
525: </strong></font><br>
526: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
527: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
528: available for sparc64.
529: <p>
530:
1.390 beck 531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 532: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
533: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
534: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
535: </strong></font><br>
536: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
537: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
538: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
539: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
540: <p>
541:
542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 543: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
544: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 545: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 546: </strong></font><br>
547: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
548: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
549: it does: CARP provides sharing
550: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
551: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
552: detail to get you started using it.
553: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
554: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
555: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
556: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
557: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
558: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
559: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 560: <p>
1.391 ian 561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 563: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 564: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
565: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 566: </strong></font><br>
567: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 568: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 569: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 570: <p>
1.388 mcbride 571:
572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
573: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
574: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 575: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 576: </strong></font><br>
577: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
578: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
579: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
580: unencumbered by patents.
581: <p>
582: </ul>
583:
1.378 henning 584: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
585: <ul>
1.384 jose 586:
587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 588: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
589: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
590: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
591: </strong></font><br>
592: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
593: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
594: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
595: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
596: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
597: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
598: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
599: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
600: in the page tables."
601: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
602: <p>
603:
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 605: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
606: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
607: </strong></font><br>
608: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
609: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
610: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
611: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 612: <p>
1.384 jose 613:
1.378 henning 614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 615: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
616: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 617: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
618: </strong></font><br>
619: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
620: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
621: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
622: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
623: (quote:
624: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
625: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 626: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 627: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
628: the other developers for their work on the system.
629: <p>
630:
631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 632: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
633: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
634: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 635: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 636: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
637: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
638: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
639: too.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 643: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
644: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 645: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 646: OpenBSD source code using
647: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
648: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
649: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
650: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
651: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
652: <p>
653: </ul>
654:
1.374 jose 655: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
656: <ul>
657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 658: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 659: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
660: </strong></font><br>
661: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
662: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
663: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
664: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
665: it."
666: <p>
667:
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 669: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
670: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
671: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
672: </strong></font><br/>
673: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
674: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
675: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
676: <p>
677: </ul>
678:
1.369 ian 679: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
680: <ul>
681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 682: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
683: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
684: </strong></font><br/>
685: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
686: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
687: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
688: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
689: <p>
690:
691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 692: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
693: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
694: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
695: </strong></font><br/>
696: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
697: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
698: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
699: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
700: form factor.
701: <p>
702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
704: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
705: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
706: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
707: Features</a>,
708: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
709: </strong></font><br/>
710: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
711: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
712: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
713: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
714: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
715: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
716: <p>
717: This article can also be found online at:
718: <ul>
719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 720: <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 721: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
722: </strong></font>
723: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
724: </ul>
725: <p>
1.392 david 726:
1.371 jose 727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 728: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
729: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 730: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
731: </strong></font><br/>
732: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
733: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
734: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 735: <p>
1.371 jose 736:
737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 738: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 739: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 740: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 741: </strong></font><br/>
742: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
743: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
744: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
745: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
746: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
747: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
748: and its history with OpenBSD.
749: </ul>
750:
1.368 henning 751: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
752: <ul>
753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 754: [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 755: </strong></font><br>
756: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
757: </ul>
758:
1.364 jose 759: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
760: <ul>
761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 762: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
763: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
764: UNIX Review,
765: July, 2003.
766: </strong></font><br>
767: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
768: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
769: who want more information.
770: <p>
771:
772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 773: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
774: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
775: Government Computer News,
776: July 22, 2003.
777: </strong></font><br>
778: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
779: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
780: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
781: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
782: <p>
783:
784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
785: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
786: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
787: SANS Institute,
788: July 22, 2003.
789: </strong></font><br>
790: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 791: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 792: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
793: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
794: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
795: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
796: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
797: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
798: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
799: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
800: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
801: <p>
802:
803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 804: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
805: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
806: OnLamp.com,
807: July 17, 2003.
808: </strong></font><br>
809: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
810: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
811: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
812: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
813: have been working on.
814:
815: </ul>
816:
1.356 jose 817: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 818: <ul>
819:
820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 821: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
822: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
823: UNIX Review,
824: June, 2003.
825: </strong></font><br>
826: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
827: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
828: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
829: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
830: <p>
831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 833: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
834: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
835: eWeek,
836: June 23, 2003.
837: </strong></font><br>
838: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
839: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
840: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
841: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
842: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
843: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
844: <p>
845:
846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 847: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
848: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
849: Software Development Online,
850: June, 2003.
851: </strong></font><br>
852: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
853: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
854: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
855: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
856: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
857: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
858: current activities.
859: <p>
860:
861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 862: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
863: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 864: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
865: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
866: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
867: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 868: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 869: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
870: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
871: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 872: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 873: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
874: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 875: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 876: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
877: decisions.
878: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
879: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 880: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 881: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 885: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
886: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
887: Page 58, eWeek,
888: June 2, 2003.
889: </strong></font><br>
890: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
891: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
892: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
893: been addressed in -current.
894: <p>
895:
1.356 jose 896: </ul>
897:
898: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
899: <ul>
900:
1.355 jose 901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 902: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
903: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
904: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
905: </strong></font><br>
906: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
907: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
908: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
909: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
910: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
911: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
912: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
913: <p>
914:
915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 916: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
917: Beyond Linux</a>,
918: InfoWorld,
919: May 23, 2003.
920: </strong></font><br>
921: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
922: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
923: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
924: compared to the GPL.
925: <p>
926:
927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 928: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
929: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
930: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 931: May 17, 2003.
932: </strong></font><br>
933: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
934: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
935: the business section and half of another page inside
936: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
937: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
938: in talking about the project's history and goals.
939: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
940: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
941: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
942: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 943: <br>
944: This article can also be found online at:
945: <ul>
946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
947: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
948: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
949: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
950: May 17, 2003
951: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 952: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
954: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
955: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
956: Montreal Gazette,
957: May 21, 2003
958: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 959: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 960: <p>
1.346 ian 961:
962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 963: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 964: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 965: May 7, 2003.
966: </strong></font><br>
967: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
968: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
969: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
970: <p>
971:
972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 973: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
974: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
975: OsOpinion,
976: May 6, 2003.
977: </strong></font><br>
978: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
979: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
980: <br>
981: This article can also be found online at:
982: <ul>
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
984: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
985: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
986: NewsFactor Network.
987: </strong></font>
988: </ul>
989: <p>
990:
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 992: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 993: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
994: ITBusiness,
995: May 2, 2003.
996: </strong></font><br>
997: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
998: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
999: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1000: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1001: <p>
1002:
1003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1004: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1005: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1006: InfoWorld,
1007: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1008: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1009: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1010: <br>
1011: This article can also be found online at:
1012: <ul>
1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1014: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1015: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1016: IDG Singapore.
1017: </strong></font>
1018: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1019: <p>
1020:
1.339 jose 1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1022: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1023: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1024: ZDNet,
1025: May 1, 2003.
1026: </strong></font><br>
1027: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1028: someone using parts from previous articles.
1029: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1030: This article can also be found online at:
1031: <ul>
1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1033: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1034: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1035: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1036: </strong></font>
1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1038: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1039: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1040: CNET News.com.
1041: </strong></font>
1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1043: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1044: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1045: ZDNet UK.
1046: </strong></font>
1047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1048: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1049: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1050: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1051: </strong></font>
1052: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1053: <p>
1.339 jose 1054:
1.341 deraadt 1055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1056: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1057: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1058: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1059: May 1, 2003.
1060: </strong></font><br>
1061: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1062: that have been added
1063: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1064: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1065: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1066: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1067: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1068: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1069: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1070: <p>
1071:
1072: </ul>
1073:
1.253 ian 1074: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1075: <ul>
1.255 ian 1076:
1.260 ian 1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1078: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1079: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1080: TechRepublic,
1081: April 28, 2003.
1082: </strong></font><br>
1083: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1084: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1085: work.<br>
1086: Can also be found online at:
1087: <ul>
1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1089: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1090: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1091: ZDNet UK.
1092: </strong></font>
1093: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1094: <p>
1095:
1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1097: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1098: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1099: IDG,
1100: April 24, 2003.
1101: </strong></font><br>
1102: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1103: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1104: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1105: Can also be found online at:
1106: <ul>
1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1108: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1109: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1110: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1111: </strong></font>
1112: </ul>
1113: <p>
1114:
1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1116: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1117: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1118: Slate,
1119: April 24, 2003.
1120: </strong></font><br>
1121: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1122: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1123: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1124: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1125: <p>
1126:
1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1128: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1129: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1130: April 24, 2003.
1131: </strong></font><br>
1132: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1133: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1134: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1135: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1136: <p>
1137:
1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1139: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1140: April 24, 2003.
1141: </strong></font><br>
1142: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1143: the free software community".
1144: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1145: other articles.
1146: <p>
1147:
1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1149: <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 1150: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1151: </strong></font><br>
1152: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1153: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1154: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1155: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1156: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1157: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1158: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1159: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1160: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1161: <br/>
1162: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1163: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1164: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1165: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1166: <br>
1167: Can also be found online at:
1168: <ul>
1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1170: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1171: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1172: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1173: </strong></font>
1174: </ul>
1.324 ian 1175: <p>
1176:
1177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1178: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1179: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1182: article above.
1183: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1184: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1185: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1186: <br>
1187: Can also be found online at:
1188: <ul>
1189: <li>
1190: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1191: </strong></font>
1192: </ul>
1.324 ian 1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1196: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1197: </strong></font><br>
1198: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1199: <p>
1200:
1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1202: <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.
1203: </strong></font><br>
1204: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1205: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1206: <p>
1207:
1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1209: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1210: April 23, 2003.
1211: </strong></font><br>
1212: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1213: <p>
1214:
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1216: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1217: April 22, 2003.
1218: </strong></font><br>
1219: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1220: <p>
1221:
1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1223: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1224: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1225: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1226: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1227: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1228: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1229: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1230: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1231: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1232: Can also be found online at:
1233: <ul>
1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1235: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1236: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1237: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1238: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1240: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1241: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1242: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1243: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1244: </ul>
1245: <p>
1246:
1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1248: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1249: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1250: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1251: </strong></font><br>
1252: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1253: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1254: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1255: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1256: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1257: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1258: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1259: <p>
1260:
1261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1262: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1263: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1264: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1265: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1266: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1267: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1268: at UPenn and DARPA.
1269: <p>
1270:
1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1272: [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,
1273: France
1.315 deraadt 1274: April 18, 2003.
1275: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1276: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1277: <p>
1278:
1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1280: [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 1281: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1282: </strong></font><br>
1283: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1284: <p>
1285:
1286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1287: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1288: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1289: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1290: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1291: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1292: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1293: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1294: <p>
1295:
1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1297: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1298: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1299: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1300: </strong></font><br>
1301: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1302: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1303: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1304: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1305: <p>
1306:
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1308: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1309: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1310: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1311: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1312: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1313: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1314: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1315: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1316: Can also be found online at:
1317: <ul>
1318: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1319: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1320: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1321: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1322: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1323: <p>
1324:
1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1326: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1327: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1328: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1329: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1330: </strong></font><br>
1331: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1332: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1333: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1334: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1335: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1338: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1339: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1340: New York Times.
1341: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1342:
1.273 deraadt 1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1344: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1345: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1346: ABC News.
1347: </strong></font>
1348:
1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1350: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1351: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1352: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1353: </strong></font>
1354:
1355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1356: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1357: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1358: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1359: </strong></font>
1360:
1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1362: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1363: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1364: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1365: </strong></font>
1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1368: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1369: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1370: Times Daily, AL.
1371: </strong></font>
1372:
1373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1374: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1375: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1376: Boston.com, MA.
1377: </strong></font>
1378:
1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1380: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1381: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1382: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1383: </strong></font>
1384:
1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1386: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1387: [Article was pulled]</a>
1388: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1389: </strong></font>
1390:
1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1392: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1393: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1394: Infoshop News.
1395: </strong></font>
1396:
1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1398: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1399: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1400: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1401: </strong></font>
1402:
1403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1404: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1405: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1406: Raleigh News, NC.
1407: </strong></font>
1408:
1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1410: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1411: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1412: Napa News, CA.
1413: </strong></font>
1414:
1415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1416: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1417: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1418: NEPA News, PA.
1419: </strong></font>
1420:
1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1422: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1423: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1424: Wired News.
1425: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1426: <br>
1427: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1428: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1429: [JAPANESE]
1430: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1431: Wired News Japan</a>
1432: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1433:
1.271 deraadt 1434: </ul>
1435: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1436: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1437: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1438: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1439: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1440: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1441: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1442: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1443: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1444: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1445: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1446: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1447: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1448: <p>
1449: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1450:
1451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1452: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1453: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1454: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1455: </strong></font>
1456:
1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1458: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1459: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1460: Miami Herald, FL.
1461: </strong></font>
1462:
1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1464: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1465: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1466: </strong></font>
1467:
1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1469: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1470: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1471: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1472: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1473:
1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1475: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1476: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1477: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1478: ABC News.
1479: </strong></font>
1480:
1.276 deraadt 1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1482: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1483: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1484: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1485: </strong></font>
1486:
1.286 dhartmei 1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1488: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1489: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1490: Wilmington Star, NC.
1491: </strong></font>
1492:
1.300 jose 1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1494: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1495: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1496: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1497: </strong></font>
1498:
1.309 jose 1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1500: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1501: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1502: Globe Technology.
1503: </strong></font>
1504:
1.263 deraadt 1505: </ul>
1.262 beck 1506: <p>
1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1509: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1510: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1511: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1512: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1513: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1514: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1515: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1516: <p>
1517:
1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1519: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1520: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1521: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1522: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1523: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1524: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1525: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1526: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1527: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1528: and simply restates other press reports.
1529: <p>
1530:
1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1532: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1533: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1534: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1535: </strong></font><br>
1536: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1537: <p>
1538:
1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1540: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1541: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1542: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1543: </strong></font><br>
1544: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1545: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1546: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1547: <p>
1548:
1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1550: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1551: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1552: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1553: April 17, 2003.
1554: </strong></font><br>
1555: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1556: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1557: Tech Anthems</a>
1558: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1559: 4 so far.
1560: <p>
1561:
1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1563: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1564: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1565: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1566: </strong></font><br>
1567: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1568: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1569: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1570: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1571: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1572: Goes on to say:
1573: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1574: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1575: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1576: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1577: This article is also found online at:
1578: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1580: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1581: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1582: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1585: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1586: ZDnet</a>,
1587: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1588: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1590: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1591: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1592: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1593: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1594: </ul>
1.260 ian 1595: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1596:
1.260 ian 1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1598: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1599: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1600: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1601: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1602: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1603: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1604: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1605: without notice or justification.
1606: <p>
1607:
1608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1609: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1610: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1611: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1612: </strong></font><br>
1613: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1614: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1615: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1616: effective today, without any warning..."
1617: <p>
1.257 ian 1618:
1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1620: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1621: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1622: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1623: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1624: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1625: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1626: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1627: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1628: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1629: <p>
1630:
1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1632: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1633: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1634: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1635: </strong></font><br>
1636: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1637: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1638: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1639: quoting two of them:
1640: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1641: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1642: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1643: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1644: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1645: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1646: <p>
1647:
1.255 ian 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1649: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1650: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1651: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1652: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1653: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1654: <p>
1655:
1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1657: [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 1658: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1659: </strong></font><br>
1660: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1661: <p>
1662:
1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1664: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1665: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1666: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1667: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1668: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1669: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1670: security experts for more than three decades."
1671: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1672: <p>
1.261 ian 1673:
1.254 drahn 1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1675: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1676: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1677: </strong></font><br>
1678: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1679: <p>
1680:
1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1682: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1683: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1684: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1685: </strong></font><br>
1686: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1687: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1688: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1689: <p>
1690:
1691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1692: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1693: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1694: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1695: </strong></font><br>
1696: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1697: from US DARPA.
1698: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1699: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1700: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1701: the BSD license.
1702: <p>
1703: </ul>
1704:
1.251 ian 1705: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1706: <ul>
1707:
1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1709: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1710: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1711: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1712: </strong></font><br>
1713:
1714: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1715: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1716: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1717: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1718: <p>
1719:
1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1721: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1722: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1723: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1724: </strong></font><br>
1725: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1726: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1727: Mentions
1728: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1729: and
1730: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1731: programs.
1732: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1733: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1734: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1735: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1736: <p>
1.325 ian 1737: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1738: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1739:
1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1741: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1742: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1743: </strong></font><br>
1744: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1745: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1746: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1747: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1748: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1749: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1750: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1751: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1752: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1753: put into service."
1754: <p>
1755: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1756: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1757: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1758: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1759: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1760: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1761: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1762: computers with security features."
1763: <p>
1.329 ian 1764:
1765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1766: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1767: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1768: Slate,
1769: March 3, 2003.
1770: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1771: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1772: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1773: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1774: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1775: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1776: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1777: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1778: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1779: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1780: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1781: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1782: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1783: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1784: of more secure open-source solutions like
1785: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1786: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1787: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1788: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1789: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1790: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1791: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1792: the Beltway."
1793: <p>
1.251 ian 1794: </ul>
1795:
1.249 jufi 1796: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1797: <ul>
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1799: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1800: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1801: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1802: </strong></font><br>
1803: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1804: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1805: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1806: <p>
1.334 ian 1807:
1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1809: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1810: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1811: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1812: </strong></font><br>
1813: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1814: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1815: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1816: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1817: "... the hypothetical question ...
1818: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1819: <br>
1820: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1821: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1822: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1823: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1824: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1825: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1826: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1827: support network security.
1828: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1829: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1830: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1831: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1832: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1833: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1834: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1835: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1836: <br>
1837: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1838: <p>
1839:
1.249 jufi 1840: </ul>
1841:
1.246 jufi 1842: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1843: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1844:
1.247 jufi 1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1846: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1847: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1848: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1849: </strong></font><br>
1850: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1851: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1852: <p>
1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1855: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1856: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1857: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1858: </strong></font><br>
1859: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1860: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1861: <p>
1862:
1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1864: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1865: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1866: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1867: </strong></font><br>
1868: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1869: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1870: <p>
1.247 jufi 1871: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1872:
1.244 jufi 1873: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1874: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1875:
1.247 jufi 1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1877: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1878: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1879: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1880: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1881: </strong></font><br>
1882: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1883: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1884: md5 digests.
1885: <p>
1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1888: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1889: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1890: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1891: </strong></font><br>
1892: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1893: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1894: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1895: right the first time."
1896: <p>
1.247 jufi 1897: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1898:
1899:
1900: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1901: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1902:
1.247 jufi 1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1904: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1905: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1906: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1907: </strong></font><br>
1908: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1909: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1910: part 6</a>.
1911: <p>
1912:
1.247 jufi 1913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1914: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1915: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1916: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1917: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1918: </strong></font><br>
1919: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1920: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1921: <p>
1.301 jose 1922:
1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1924: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1925: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1926: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1927: </strong></font><br>
1928:
1929: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1930: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1931: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1932: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1933: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1934: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1935: <i>Here's the
1936: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1937: <p>
1.247 jufi 1938: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1939:
1940: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1941: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1944: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1945: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1946: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1947: </strong></font><br>
1948: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1949: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1950: <p>
1951:
1.247 jufi 1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1953: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1954: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1955: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1956: </strong></font><br>
1957: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1958: this time using pf.
1959: <p>
1.247 jufi 1960: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1961:
1962: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1963: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1964:
1.247 jufi 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1966: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1967: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1968: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1969: </strong></font><br>
1970: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1971: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1972: their rotation.
1973: <p>
1974:
1.247 jufi 1975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1976: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1977: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1978: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1979: </strong></font><br>
1980: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1981: <p>
1.247 jufi 1982: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1983:
1.239 jufi 1984: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1985: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1986:
1.247 jufi 1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1988: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1989: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1990: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1991: </strong></font><br>
1992: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1993: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1994: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1995: <p>
1996:
1.247 jufi 1997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1998: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1999: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2000: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2001: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2002: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2003: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2004: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2005: <p>
1.247 jufi 2006: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2007:
1.235 lebel 2008: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2009: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2010:
1.239 jufi 2011:
1.247 jufi 2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2013: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2014: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2015: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2018: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2019: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2020: <p>
1.301 jose 2021:
1.247 jufi 2022: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2023:
1.228 horacio 2024: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2025: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2026:
1.247 jufi 2027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2028: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2029: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2030: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2031: </strong></font><br>
2032: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2033: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2034: <p>
2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2037: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2038: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2039: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2040: </strong></font><br>
2041: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2042: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2043: <p>
2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2046: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2047: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2048: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2049: </strong></font><br>
2050: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2051: on the desktop of his parents.
2052: <p>
2053:
1.247 jufi 2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2055: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2056: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2057: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2058: </strong></font><br>
2059: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2060: using IPFilter.
2061:
2062: <p>
2063:
1.247 jufi 2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2065: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2066: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2067: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2068: </strong></font><br>
2069: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2070: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2071: perspectives of the four OS.
2072: <br>
2073: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2074: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2075: <p>
2076:
1.247 jufi 2077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2078: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2079: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2080: software and security</a>,
2081: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2082: </strong></font><br>
2083:
2084: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2085: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2086: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2087: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2088: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2089: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2090: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2091: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2092: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2093: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2094: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2095: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2096: <p>
1.247 jufi 2097: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2098:
1.225 horacio 2099: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2100: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2103: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2104: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2105: Interview</a>,
2106: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2107: </strong></font><br>
2108:
2109: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2110: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2111: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2112: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2113: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2114: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2115: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2116: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2117: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2118: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2119: of choice.
2120: <p>
1.247 jufi 2121: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2122:
2123: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2124: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2127: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2128: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2129: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2130: </strong></font><br>
2131:
2132: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2133: <p>
2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2136: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2137: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2138: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2139: </strong></font><br>
2140:
2141: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2142: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2143: <p>
1.247 jufi 2144: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2145:
1.218 horacio 2146: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2147: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2148:
1.247 jufi 2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2150: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2151: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2152: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2153: </strong></font><br>
2154:
2155: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2156: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2157: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2158: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2159: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2160: subjects. Worth a read.
2161: <p>
2162:
2163:
1.247 jufi 2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2165: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2166: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2167: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2168: </strong></font><br>
2169:
2170: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2171: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2172: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2173: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2174: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2175: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2176: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2177: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2178: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2179: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2180: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2181: on other operating systems.<br>
2182: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2183: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2184: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2185: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2186: <p>
2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2189: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2190: Operating System 2010</a>,
2191: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2192: </strong></font><br>
2193:
2194: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2195: covering the level of software integration into the core
2196: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2197: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2198: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2199: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2200: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2201: <p>
2202:
1.247 jufi 2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2204: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2205: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2206: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2207: </strong></font><br>
2208:
2209: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2210: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2211: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2212: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2213: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2214: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2215: <p>
1.247 jufi 2216: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2217:
1.210 jufi 2218: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2219: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2220:
1.247 jufi 2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2222: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2223: Already a Contender</a>,
2224: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2225: </strong></font><br>
2226:
2227: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2228: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2229: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2230: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2231: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2232: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2233: <p>
2234:
1.247 jufi 2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2236: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2237: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2238: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2239: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2240:
1.224 horacio 2241: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2242: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2243: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2244: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2245: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2246: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2247: <p>
1.247 jufi 2248: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2249:
2250: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2251: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2252:
1.247 jufi 2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2254: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2255: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2256: Division</a>,
2257: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2258: </strong></font><br>
2259:
2260: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2261: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2262: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2263: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2264: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2265: investment</em>.<br>
2266: The implementation details can be seen on their
2267: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2268: <p>
2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2271: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2272: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2273: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2274: </strong></font><br>
2275:
2276: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2277: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2278: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2279: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2280: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2281: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2282: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2283: <p>
2284:
2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2286: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2287: Thinking about Security</a>,
2288: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2289: </strong></font><br>
2290:
2291: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2292: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2293: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2294: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2295: to time.<br>
2296: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2297: system and just the most secure system.
2298: <p>
2299:
1.247 jufi 2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2301: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2302: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2303: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2304: </strong></font><br>
2305:
2306: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2307: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2308: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2309: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2310: choice:<br>
2311: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2312: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2313: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2314: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2315: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2316: network security devices and as such must be well
2317: armored."</em><br>
2318: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2319: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2320: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2321: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2322: <br>
2323: Bravo!
2324: <p>
1.247 jufi 2325: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2326:
1.207 ian 2327: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2328: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2331: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2332: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2333: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2334:
1.207 ian 2335: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2336: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2337: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2338: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2339: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2340: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2341: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2342: <p>
1.247 jufi 2343: </ul>
1.207 ian 2344:
1.194 jufi 2345: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2346: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2347:
1.247 jufi 2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2349: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2350: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2351: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2352: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2353:
1.240 miod 2354: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2355: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2356: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2357: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2358: <p>
2359:
1.247 jufi 2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2361: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2362: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2363: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2364:
2365: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2366: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2367: <p>
2368:
2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2370: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2371: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2372: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2373:
2374: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2375: <p>
2376:
2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2378: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2379: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2380: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2381: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2382:
1.240 miod 2383: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2384: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2385: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2386: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2387: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2388: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2389: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2390: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2391: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2392: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2393: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2394: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2395: <p>
2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2398: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2399: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2400: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2401: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2402:
1.194 jufi 2403: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2404: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2405: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2406: <br>
2407: The new
2408: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2409: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2410: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2411: <p>
1.247 jufi 2412: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2413:
1.190 horacio 2414: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2415: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2418:
2419: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2420: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2421:
1.301 jose 2422:
1.191 jufi 2423: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2424: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2425:
2426: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2427: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2428:
1.212 horacio 2429: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2430: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2431: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2432:
1.211 horacio 2433: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2434: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2435: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2438: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2441: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2442:
1.212 horacio 2443: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2444: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2445: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2446:
2447: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2448: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2449:
2450: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2451: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2452:
1.301 jose 2453: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2454: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2455:
1.191 jufi 2456: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2457: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2458:
2459: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2460: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2461:
1.192 jufi 2462: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2463: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2464: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2465:
1.193 deraadt 2466: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2467: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2468: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2469:
1.247 jufi 2470: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2471: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2474: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2475: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2476:
1.213 horacio 2477: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2478: 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 2479: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2480:
1.190 horacio 2481: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2482: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2483: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2484: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2485: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2486: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2487: <p>
1.190 horacio 2488:
1.247 jufi 2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2490: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2491: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2492: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2493: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2494:
1.195 jufi 2495: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2496: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2497: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2498: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2499: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2500: <p>
2501:
1.247 jufi 2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2503: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2504: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2505: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2506: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2507:
1.191 jufi 2508: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2509: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2510: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2511: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2512: <p>
2513:
2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2515: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2516: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2517: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2518:
2519: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2520: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2521: <p>
1.247 jufi 2522: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2523:
1.191 jufi 2524:
1.186 jufi 2525: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2526: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2529: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2530: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2531: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2532: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2533:
1.188 jufi 2534: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2535: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2536: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2537: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2538: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2539: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2540: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2541: <p>
2542:
1.301 jose 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2544: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2545: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2546: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2547:
2548: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2549: <p>
1.191 jufi 2550:
1.247 jufi 2551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2552: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2553: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2554: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2555: </strong></font><br>
2556:
2557: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2558: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2559: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2560: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2561: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2562: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2563: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2564: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2565: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2566: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2567: familiar?
2568: <p>
1.247 jufi 2569: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2570:
1.178 louis 2571: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2572: <ul>
1.178 louis 2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2575: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2576: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2577: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2578: </strong></font><br>
2579:
2580: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2581: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2582: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2583: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2584: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2585: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2586: <p>
2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2589: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2590: Open source under the hood</a>,
2591: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2592: </strong></font><br>
2593:
2594: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2595: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2596: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2597: <p>
2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2600: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2601: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2602: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2603: </strong></font><br>
2604:
2605: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2606: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2607: <p>
1.247 jufi 2608: </ul>
1.179 louis 2609:
1.174 louis 2610:
1.175 louis 2611: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2612: <ul>
1.175 louis 2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2615: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2616: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2617: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2618: </strong></font><br>
2619:
2620: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2621: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2622: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2623: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2624: <p>
2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2627: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2628: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2629: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2630: </strong></font><br>
2631:
2632: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2633: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2634: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2635: <p>
1.247 jufi 2636: </ul>
1.175 louis 2637:
1.176 louis 2638:
1.172 mickey 2639: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2640: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2641:
1.247 jufi 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2643: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2644: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2645: </strong></font><br>
2646:
2647: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2648: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2649: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2650: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2651: <p>
2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2654: <a
1.269 deraadt 2655: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2656: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2657: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2658: </strong></font><br>
2659:
2660: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2661: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2662: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2663: <p>
2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2666: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2667: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2668: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2669: </strong></font><br>
2670:
2671: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2672: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2673: <p>
2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2676: <a
1.269 deraadt 2677: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2678: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2679: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2680: </strong></font><br>
2681:
2682: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2683: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2684: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2685: our own Theo de Raadt.
2686: <p>
2687:
1.247 jufi 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2689: <a
1.269 deraadt 2690: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2691: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2692: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2693: </strong></font><br>
2694:
2695: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2696: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2697: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2698: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2699: shut down.]
2700: <p>
2701:
1.247 jufi 2702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2703: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2704: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2705: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2706: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2707: </strong></font><br>
2708:
2709: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2710: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2711: <p>
1.247 jufi 2712: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2713:
1.161 louis 2714: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2715: <ul>
1.161 louis 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2718: <a
1.269 deraadt 2719: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2720: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2721: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2722: </strong></font><br>
2723:
2724: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2725: by John Wolley
2726: <p>
2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2729: <a
1.269 deraadt 2730: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2731: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2732: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2733: </strong></font><br>
2734:
2735: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2736: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2737: OpenBSD).
2738: <p>
2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2741: <a
1.247 jufi 2742: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2743: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2744: </strong></font><br>
2745:
2746: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2747: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2748: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2749: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2750: and hindsight.
2751: <p>
2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2754: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2755: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2756: </strong></font><br>
2757:
2758: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2759: <p>
2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2762: <a
1.168 provos 2763: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2764: December 7, 2000
2765: </strong></font><br>
2766:
2767: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2768: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2769: us explain.
2770: <p>
2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2773: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2774: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2775: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2776: December 6, 2000
2777: </strong></font><br>
2778:
2779: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2780: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2781: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2782: <p>
2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2785: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2786: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2787: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2788: </strong></font><br>
2789:
2790: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2791: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2792: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2793: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2794: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2795: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2796: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2797: <p>
2798:
2799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2800: <a
1.226 horacio 2801: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2802: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2803: </strong></font><br>
2804:
2805: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2806: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2807: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2808: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2809: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2810: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2811: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2812: <p>
1.162 millert 2813:
1.247 jufi 2814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2815: <a
1.161 louis 2816: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2817: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2818: </strong></font><br>
2819:
2820: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2821: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2822: <p>
2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2825: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2826: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2827: </strong></font><br>
2828:
2829: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2830: <p>
2831:
2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2834: <a
1.226 horacio 2835: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2836: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2837: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2838: </strong></font><br>
2839:
2840: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2841: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2842: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2843: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2844: <p>
1.247 jufi 2845: </ul>
1.169 louis 2846:
1.158 louis 2847: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2848: <ul>
1.147 louis 2849:
1.247 jufi 2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2851: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2852: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2853: </strong></font><br>
2854:
2855: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2856: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2857: <p>
2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2860: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2861: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2862: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2863: </strong></font><br>
2864: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2865: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2866: <p>
2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2869: <a
2870: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2871: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2872: </strong></font><br>
2873:
2874: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2875: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2876: <p>
2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2879: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2880: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2881: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2882:
1.213 horacio 2883: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2884: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2885: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2886: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2887: <p>
1.215 horacio 2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2890: <a
2891: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2892: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2893: </strong></font><br>
2894:
2895: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2896: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2897: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2898: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2899: much of the attitude too).
2900: <p>
1.161 louis 2901:
1.247 jufi 2902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2903: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2904: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2905: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2906:
1.157 louis 2907: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2908: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2909: <p>
1.247 jufi 2910: </ul>
1.157 louis 2911:
2912: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2913: <ul>
1.157 louis 2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2916: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2917: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2918: </strong></font><br>
2919:
2920: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2921: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2922: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2923: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2924: <p>
2925:
1.247 jufi 2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2927: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2928: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2929: </strong></font><br>
2930:
2931: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2932: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2933: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2934: it because they love coding...
2935: <p>
2936:
1.247 jufi 2937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2938: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2939: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2940: </strong></font><br>
2941:
2942: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2943: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2944: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2945: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2946: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2947: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2948: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2949: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2950: <p>
2951:
1.247 jufi 2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2953: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2954: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2955: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2956: </strong></font><br>
2957:
2958: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2959: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2960: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2961: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2962: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2963: the pizza.
2964: <p>
2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2967: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2968: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
2971: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2972: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2973: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2974: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2975: problems.
2976: <p>
2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2979: <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 2980: </strong></font><br>
2981:
1.222 miod 2982: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2983: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2984: - whether they like it or not.
2985: <p>
2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2988: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2989: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2990: </strong></font><br>
2991:
2992: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2993: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2994: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2995: <p>
1.148 aaron 2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2998: <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 2999: </strong></font><br>
3000:
3001: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3002: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3003: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3004: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3005: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3006: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3007: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3008: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3009: <p>
3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3012: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3013: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3014: </strong></font><br>
3015:
3016: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3017: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3018: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3019: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3020: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3021: <p>
1.247 jufi 3022: </ul>
1.147 louis 3023:
1.138 louis 3024: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3025: <ul>
1.138 louis 3026:
1.247 jufi 3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3028: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3029: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3030: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3031: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3032: </strong></font><br>
3033:
1.227 horacio 3034: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3035: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3036: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3037: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3038: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3039: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3040: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3041: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3042: <p>
3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3045: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3046: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3047: </strong></font><br>
3048:
3049: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3050: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3051: groups, and even Linux.
3052: <p>
3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3055: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3056: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3057: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3058: </strong></font><br>
3059:
3060: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3061: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3062: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3063: library after installing the OS.
3064: <p>
3065:
1.247 jufi 3066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3067: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3068: Sys Admin, September 2000
3069: </strong></font><br>
3070:
3071: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3072: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3073: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3074: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3075: (<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>,
3076: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3077: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3078: <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 3079: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3080: out of the system.
3081: <p>
3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3084: <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
3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
3087: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3088: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3089: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3090: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3091: the IP filtering and address translation.
3092: <p>
1.301 jose 3093:
3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3095: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3096: </strong></font><br>
3097:
3098: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3099: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3100: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3101: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3102: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3103: <p>
1.247 jufi 3104: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3105:
1.131 louis 3106: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3107: <ul>
1.131 louis 3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3110: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3111: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3112: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3113: </strong></font><br>
3114:
3115: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3116: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3117: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3118: <p>
3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3121: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3122: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3123: </strong></font><br>
3124:
3125: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3126: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3127: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3128: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3129: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3130: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3131: note of"</i>.
3132: <p>
3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3135: <a
1.247 jufi 3136: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3137: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3138: </strong></font><br>
3139:
3140: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3141: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3142: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3143: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3144: <p>
3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3147: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3148: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3149: </strong></font><br>
3150:
3151: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3152: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3153: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3154: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3155: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3156: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3157: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3158: <p>
3159:
1.247 jufi 3160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3161: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3162: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3163: 2000
3164: </strong></font><br>
3165:
3166: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3167: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3168: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3169: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3170: against current industry practices.
3171: <p>
3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3174: <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
3175: </strong></font><br>
3176:
3177: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3178: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3179: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3180: <p>
3181:
1.247 jufi 3182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3183: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3184: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3185: </strong></font><br>
3186:
3187: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3188: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3189: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3190: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3191: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3192: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3193: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3194: <p>
3195:
1.247 jufi 3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3197: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3198: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3199: </strong></font><br>
3200:
3201: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3202: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3203: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3204: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3205: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3206: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3207: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3208: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3209: <p>
1.247 jufi 3210: </ul>
1.131 louis 3211:
1.118 louis 3212: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3213: <ul>
1.118 louis 3214:
1.247 jufi 3215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3216: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3217: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3218: </strong></font><br>
3219:
3220: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3221: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3222: about time. The article mentions that
3223: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3224: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3225: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3226: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3227: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3228: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3229: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3230: <p>
3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3233: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3234: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3235: </strong></font><br>
3236:
3237: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3238: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3239: of OpenSSH.
3240: <p>
3241:
1.247 jufi 3242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3243: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3244: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3245: </strong></font><br>
3246:
3247: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3248: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3249: bridging.
3250: <p>
3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3253: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3254: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3255: </strong></font><br>
3256:
1.121 deraadt 3257: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3258: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3259: <p>
3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3262: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3263: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3264: </strong></font><br>
3265:
3266: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3267: <p>
3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3270: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3271: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3272: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3273: </strong></font><br>
3274:
1.120 deraadt 3275: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3276: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3277: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3278: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3279: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3280: <p>
3281:
1.247 jufi 3282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3283: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3284: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3285: </strong></font><br>
3286:
1.222 miod 3287: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3288: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3289: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3290: protocols and their quirks.
3291: <p>
3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3294: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3295: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3296: </strong></font><br>
3297:
3298: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3299: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3300: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3301: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3302: <p>
3303:
1.247 jufi 3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3305: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3306: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3307: </strong></font><br>
3308:
3309: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3310: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3311: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3312: <p>
3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3315: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3316: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3317: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3321: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3322: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3323: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3324: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3325: <p>
1.247 jufi 3326: </ul>
1.118 louis 3327:
1.104 louis 3328: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3329: <ul>
1.104 louis 3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3332: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3333: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3334: </strong></font><br>
3335:
3336: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3337: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3338: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3339: be a bit dry.
3340: <p>
3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3343: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3344: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3345: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3346: </strong></font><br>
3347: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3348: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3349: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3350: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3351: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3352: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3353: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3354: <p>
3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3357: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3358: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3359: 2000
1.128 louis 3360: </strong></font><br>
3361:
3362: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3363: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3364: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3365: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3366: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3367: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3368: <p>
3369:
1.247 jufi 3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3371: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3372: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3373: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3374:
3375: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3376: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3377: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3378: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3379: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3380: <p>
1.110 louis 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3383: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3384: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3385: </strong></font><br>
3386:
3387: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3388: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3389: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3390: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3391: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3392: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3393: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3394: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3395: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3396: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3397: <p>
3398:
1.247 jufi 3399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3400: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3401: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3402:
3403: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3404: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3405: <p>
1.108 louis 3406:
1.247 jufi 3407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3408: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3409: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3410: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3411:
3412: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3413: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3414: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3415: <p>
1.106 louis 3416:
1.247 jufi 3417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3418: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3419: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3420: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3421:
3422: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3423: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3424: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3425: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3426: <p>
1.107 louis 3427:
1.247 jufi 3428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3429: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3430: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3431: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3432:
3433: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3434: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3435: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3436: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3437: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3438: <p>
1.105 louis 3439:
1.247 jufi 3440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3441: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3442: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3443: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3444:
1.113 naddy 3445: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3446: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3447: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3448: <p>
1.104 louis 3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3451: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3452: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3453: </strong></font><br>
3454:
3455: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3456: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3457: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3458: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3459: <p>
1.301 jose 3460:
3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3462: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3463: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3464: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3465:
3466: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3467: hardware-supported cryptography.
3468: <p>
1.247 jufi 3469: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3470:
1.85 louis 3471: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3472: <ul>
1.85 louis 3473:
1.247 jufi 3474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3475: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3476: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3477: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3478:
3479: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3480: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3481: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3482: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3483: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3484: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3485: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3486: <p>
1.99 louis 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3489: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3490: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3491: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3492:
3493: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3494: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3495: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3496: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3497: <p>
1.100 louis 3498:
1.247 jufi 3499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3500: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3501: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3502: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3503:
3504: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3505: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3506: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3507: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3508: <p>
1.95 louis 3509:
1.247 jufi 3510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3511: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3512: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3513: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3514:
3515: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3516: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3517: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3518: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3519: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3520: <p>
1.92 louis 3521:
1.247 jufi 3522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3523: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3524: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3525: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3526:
3527: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3528: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3529: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3530: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3531: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3532: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3533: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3534: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3535: <p>
1.91 louis 3536:
1.247 jufi 3537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3538: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3539: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3540: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3541:
3542: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3543: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3544: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3545: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3546: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3547: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3548: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3549: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3550: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3551: <p>
1.90 louis 3552:
1.247 jufi 3553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3554: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3555: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3556: </strong></font><br>
3557: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3558: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3559: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3560: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3561: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3562: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3563: <p>
3564:
1.247 jufi 3565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3566: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3567: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3568: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3569:
1.113 naddy 3570: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3571: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3572: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3573: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3574: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3575: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3576: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3577: <p>
1.87 louis 3578:
1.247 jufi 3579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3580: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3581: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3582: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3583:
3584: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3585: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3586: <p>
1.85 louis 3587:
1.247 jufi 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3589: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3590: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3591: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3592:
3593: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3594: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3595: <p>
3596:
3597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3598: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3599: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3600: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3601:
3602: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3603: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3604: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3605: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3606: <p>
1.89 louis 3607:
1.247 jufi 3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3609: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3610: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3611: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3612:
3613: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3614: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3615: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3616: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3617: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3618: </ul>
1.85 louis 3619:
1.78 deraadt 3620: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3621: <ul>
1.74 louis 3622:
1.247 jufi 3623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3624: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3625: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3626: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3627: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3628:
3629: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3630: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3631: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3632: <p>
1.83 louis 3633:
1.247 jufi 3634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3635: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3636: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3637: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3638:
3639: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3640: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3641: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3642: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3643: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3644: <p>
1.93 louis 3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3647: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3648: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3649: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3650: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3651:
1.83 louis 3652: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3653: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3654: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3655: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3656: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3657: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3658: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3659: <p>
1.82 aaron 3660:
1.247 jufi 3661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3662: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3663: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3664: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3665:
1.83 louis 3666: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3667: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3668: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3669: <p>
1.80 louis 3670:
1.247 jufi 3671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3672: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3673: Bad Press</a>,
3674: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3675: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3676:
3677: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3678: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3679: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3680: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3681: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3682: <p>
1.247 jufi 3683: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3684:
3685: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3686: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3687:
1.247 jufi 3688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3689: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3690: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3691: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3692: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3693:
3694: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3695: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3696: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3697: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3698: <p>
1.74 louis 3699:
1.247 jufi 3700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3701: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3702: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3703: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3704:
1.219 horacio 3705: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3706: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3707: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3708: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3709: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3710: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3711: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3712: <p>
1.88 louis 3713:
1.247 jufi 3714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3715: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3716: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3717: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3718:
3719: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3720: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3721: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3722: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3723: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3724: <p>
1.81 louis 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3727: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3728: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3729: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3730:
3731: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3732: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3733: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3734: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3735: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3736: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3737: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3738: <p>
1.90 louis 3739:
1.247 jufi 3740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3741: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3742: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3743: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3744:
3745: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3746: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3747: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3748: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3749: <p>
1.247 jufi 3750: </ul>
1.71 louis 3751:
1.69 deraadt 3752: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3753: <ul>
1.70 louis 3754:
1.247 jufi 3755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3756: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3757: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3758: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3759:
3760: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3761: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3762: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3763: <p>
1.70 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3766: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3767: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3768: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3769:
3770: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3771: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3772: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3773: <p>
1.68 louis 3774:
1.247 jufi 3775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3776: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3777: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3778: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3779: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3780:
1.111 jufi 3781: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3782: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3783: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3784: "secure by default" installation.
3785: <p>
1.64 louis 3786:
1.247 jufi 3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3788: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3789: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3790: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3791:
1.113 naddy 3792: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3793: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3794: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3795: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3796: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3797: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3798: <p>
1.66 louis 3799:
1.247 jufi 3800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3801: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3802: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3803: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3804:
3805: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3806: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3807: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3808: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3809: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3810: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3811: <p>
1.83 louis 3812:
1.247 jufi 3813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3814: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3815: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3816: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3817:
3818: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3819: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3820: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3821: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3822: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3823: <p>
1.64 louis 3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3826: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3827: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3828: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3829:
3830: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3831: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3832: <p>
1.301 jose 3833:
3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3835: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3836: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3837: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3838: </strong></font><br>
3839:
3840: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3841: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3842: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3843: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3844: Giving way to
3845: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3846: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3847: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3848: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3849: <p>
1.247 jufi 3850: </ul>
1.65 louis 3851:
1.69 deraadt 3852: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3853: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3854:
1.247 jufi 3855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3856: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3857: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3858: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3859:
3860: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3861: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3862: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3863: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3864: <p>
1.88 louis 3865:
1.247 jufi 3866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3867: <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 3868: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3869:
3870: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3871: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3872: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3873: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3874: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3875: <p>
1.60 louis 3876:
1.247 jufi 3877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3878: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3879: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3880: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3881: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3882:
3883: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3884: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3885: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3886: <p>
1.58 louis 3887:
1.247 jufi 3888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3889: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3890: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3891:
3892: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3893: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3894: <p>
1.53 louis 3895:
1.247 jufi 3896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3897: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3898: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3899: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3900:
3901: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3902: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3903: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3904: <p>
1.99 louis 3905:
1.247 jufi 3906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3907: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3908: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3909:
3910: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3911: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3912: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3913: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3914: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3915:
1.247 jufi 3916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3917: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3918: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3919: </strong></font><br>
3920:
3921: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3922: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3923: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3924: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3925: <p>
3926:
1.247 jufi 3927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3928: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3929: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3930: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3931:
3932: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3933: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3934: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3935:
1.247 jufi 3936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3937: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3938: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3939:
3940: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3941: in
1.247 jufi 3942: <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 3943: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3944: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3945: <p>
1.53 louis 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3948: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3949: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3950: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3951: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3952:
1.58 louis 3953: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3954: <p>
1.301 jose 3955:
3956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3957: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3958: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3959: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3960: Informacyjny, January 2000
3961: </strong></font><br>
3962:
3963: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3964: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3965: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3966: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3967: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3968: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3969: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3970: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3971: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3972: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 3973: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
3974: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 3975: <p>
3976:
3977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3978: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3979: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3980: </strong></font><br>
3981:
3982: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3983: <p>
3984: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3985:
1.69 deraadt 3986: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3987: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3988:
1.247 jufi 3989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3990: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3991: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3992: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3993: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3994:
1.58 louis 3995: Kurt Seifried
3996: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3997: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3998: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3999: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4000:
1.247 jufi 4001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4002: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4003: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4004: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4005:
4006: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4007: <p>
1.96 louis 4008:
1.247 jufi 4009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4010: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4011: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4012: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4013: </strong></font><br>
4014:
4015: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4016: <p>
4017:
4018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4019: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4020: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4021: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4022:
4023: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4024: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4025: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4026: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4027: <p>
1.247 jufi 4028: </ul>
1.86 louis 4029:
1.69 deraadt 4030: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4031: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4032:
1.247 jufi 4033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4034: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4035: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4036: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4037:
4038: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4039: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4040: <p>
1.61 louis 4041:
1.247 jufi 4042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4043: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4044: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4045: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4046: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4047:
4048: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4049: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4050: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4051: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4052: right -- or at least strives to".
4053: <p>
1.48 louis 4054:
1.247 jufi 4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4056: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4057: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4058: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4059: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4060: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4061: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4062: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4063: <p>
1.61 louis 4064:
1.247 jufi 4065: <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 4066: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4067: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4068:
4069: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4070: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4071: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4072: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4073: <p>
1.46 louis 4074:
1.247 jufi 4075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4076: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4077: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4078: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4079:
4080: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4081: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4082: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4083:
1.247 jufi 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4085: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4086: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4087: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4088:
4089: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4090: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4091: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4092: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4093: <p>
1.247 jufi 4094: </ul>
1.70 louis 4095:
1.69 deraadt 4096: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4097: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4098:
1.247 jufi 4099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4100: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4101: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4102: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4103: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4104:
4105: Kurt Seifried
4106: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4107: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4108: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4109: <p>
1.44 philen 4110:
1.247 jufi 4111: <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 4112: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4113: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4114:
4115: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4116: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4117:
1.247 jufi 4118: <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 4119: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4120: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4121:
4122: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4123: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4124:
1.247 jufi 4125: <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 4126: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4127: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4128:
4129: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4130: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4131: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4132: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4133: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4134:
1.247 jufi 4135: <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 4136: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4137: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4138:
1.36 louis 4139: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4140: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4141:
1.247 jufi 4142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4143: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4144: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4145: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4146:
4147: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4148: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4149: </ul>
1.38 louis 4150:
1.69 deraadt 4151: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4152: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4153:
1.247 jufi 4154: <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 4155: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4156: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4157:
4158: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4159: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4160: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4161:
1.113 naddy 4162: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4163: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4164: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4165: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4166:
4167: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4168: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4169: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4170: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4171: <blockquote>
4172: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4173: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4174: <br>
4175: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4176: </code>
4177: </blockquote>
4178: <p>
4179:
1.247 jufi 4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4181: <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 4182: <p>
4183:
4184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4185: <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 4186: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4187:
4188: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4189: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4190: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4191: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4192:
1.247 jufi 4193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4194: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4195: Sept. 28, 1999
4196: </strong></font><br>
4197:
4198: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4199: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4200: translating and reprinting articles from
4201: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4202: <p>
4203:
4204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4205: <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 4206: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4207:
4208: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4209: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4210: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4211: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4212: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4213: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4214: <p>
1.19 louis 4215:
1.113 naddy 4216: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4217: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4218: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4219:
4220: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4221: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4222: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4223: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4224: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4225: <p>
1.16 louis 4226:
1.247 jufi 4227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4228: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4229: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4230: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4231:
1.57 louis 4232: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4233: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4234: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4235: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4236:
1.247 jufi 4237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4238: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4239: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4240: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4241:
1.113 naddy 4242: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4243:
1.247 jufi 4244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4245: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4246: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4248:
1.23 louis 4249: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4250: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4251: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4252: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4253: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4254: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4255:
1.247 jufi 4256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4257: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4258: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4259: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4260:
1.199 pvalchev 4261: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4262: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4263: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4264: installation.
1.113 naddy 4265: <p>
1.47 louis 4266:
1.247 jufi 4267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4268: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4269: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4270: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4271:
1.301 jose 4272: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4273: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4274: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4275: </ul>
1.57 louis 4276:
1.69 deraadt 4277: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4278: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4279:
1.247 jufi 4280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4281: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4282: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4283: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4284:
4285: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4286: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4287: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4288: <p>
1.12 louis 4289:
1.247 jufi 4290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4291: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4292: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4293: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4294:
4295: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4296: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4297: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4298: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4299: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4300: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4301: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4302: <p>
1.247 jufi 4303: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4304:
1.69 deraadt 4305: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4306: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4307:
1.247 jufi 4308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4309: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4310: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4311:
4312: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4313: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4314: available."
1.113 naddy 4315: <p>
1.301 jose 4316:
4317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4318: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4319: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4320: </strong></font><br>
4321:
4322: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4323: <p>
1.247 jufi 4324: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4325:
1.69 deraadt 4326: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4327: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4328:
1.247 jufi 4329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4330: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4331: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4332:
4333: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4334: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4335: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4336: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4337: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4338: <p>
1.33 louis 4339:
1.247 jufi 4340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4341: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4342: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4343: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4344:
1.113 naddy 4345: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4346: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4347: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4348: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4349: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4350: <p>
1.247 jufi 4351: </ul>
1.57 louis 4352:
1.69 deraadt 4353: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4354: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4355:
1.247 jufi 4356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4357: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4358: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4359: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4360:
4361: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4362: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4363: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4364:
1.247 jufi 4365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4366: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4367: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4368: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4369: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4370:
4371: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4372: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4373:
1.247 jufi 4374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4375: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4376:
1.113 naddy 4377: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4380: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4381: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4382: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4383:
4384: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4385: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4386: </ul>
1.23 louis 4387:
1.69 deraadt 4388: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4389: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4390:
1.247 jufi 4391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4392: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4393: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4394:
4395: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4396: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4397: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4398:
1.247 jufi 4399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4400: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4401: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4402: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4403:
4404: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4405: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4406: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4407: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4408: </ul>
1.57 louis 4409:
1.69 deraadt 4410: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4411: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4412:
1.247 jufi 4413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4414: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4415: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4416: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4417:
4418: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4419: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4420: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4421: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4422: <p>
1.15 louis 4423:
1.247 jufi 4424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4425: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4426: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4427: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4428:
4429: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4430: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4431: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4432: columns."
1.113 naddy 4433: <p>
1.247 jufi 4434: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4435:
1.69 deraadt 4436: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4437: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4438:
1.247 jufi 4439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4440: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4441: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4442: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4443:
4444: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4445: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4446:
1.113 naddy 4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4448: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4449: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4450:
4451: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4452: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4453: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4454: </ul>
1.57 louis 4455:
1.69 deraadt 4456: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4457: <ul>
1.301 jose 4458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4459: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4460: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4461: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4462:
4463: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4464: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4465: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4466: <p>
4467:
4468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4469: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4470: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4471: Nov 13, 1998 and
4472: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4473: Datateknik</a>,
4474: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4475:
1.380 saad 4476: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4477: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4478: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4479: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4480: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4481:
1.113 naddy 4482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4483: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4484: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4485: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4486:
1.222 miod 4487: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4488: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4489: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4490: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4491: <p>
1.247 jufi 4492: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4493:
1.69 deraadt 4494: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4495: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4496:
1.247 jufi 4497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4498: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4499: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4500:
1.69 deraadt 4501: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4502: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4503: <p>
1.247 jufi 4504: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4505:
1.69 deraadt 4506: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4507: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4508:
1.247 jufi 4509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4510: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4511: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4512: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4513:
1.383 jcs 4514: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4515: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4516: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4517:
1.247 jufi 4518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4519: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4520: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4521: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4522: <p>
1.247 jufi 4523: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4524:
1.69 deraadt 4525: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4526: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4527:
1.247 jufi 4528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4529: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4530: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4531: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4532: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4533: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4534:
4535: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4536: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4537: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4538: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4539: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4540: <p>
1.247 jufi 4541: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4542:
4543: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4544: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4545:
1.247 jufi 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4547: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4548: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4549:
1.69 deraadt 4550: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4551: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4552: <p>
1.112 naddy 4553:
1.247 jufi 4554: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4555: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4556:
1.292 camield 4557: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4558: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4559: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.430 ! ian 4560: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.429 2005/02/28 20:30:22 matthieu Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4561:
4562: </body>
4563: </html>
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