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1.431 ian 19: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 ! reyk 22: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
! 23: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
! 24: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
! 26: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
! 27: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
! 28: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
! 29: <p>
! 30:
! 31: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 32: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
33: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
34: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
35: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
36: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
37: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 38: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 39: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
40: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
41: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
42: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
43: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
44: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
45: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
46: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
47:
48: </ul>
49:
1.427 matthieu 50: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
51: <ul>
52:
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 54: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
55: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
56: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
57: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
58: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
59: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
60: firmware.
1.434 ian 61: Similar articles can be found online at:
62: <ul>
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
64: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
65: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
66: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
68: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
69: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
70: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
72: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
73: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
74: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
76: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
77: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
78: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
79: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 80: </ul>
81:
1.426 ian 82: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
83: <ul>
84:
85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
86: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
87: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
88: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
89: This article talks about our systrace
90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
91: mechanism: what it is and why and
92: how to use it, with examples.
93: Another excerpt from the book
94: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
95: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
100: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
101: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
102: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
103: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
104: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
105: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
106: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
107: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
108: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
109: This article is a sample chapter from
110: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
111: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
112: <p>
113: </ul>
114:
1.424 ian 115: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
116: <ul>
117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 119: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
120: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
121: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
122: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
123: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
124: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
125: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
126: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
127: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
128: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
129: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
130: <p>
131: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
132: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
133: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
134: <p>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 137: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
138: Closed Source Hardware</a>
139: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
140: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
141: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
142: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
143: operating systems.
144: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
145: OpenBSD on his firewall.
146: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
147: systems, he writes:
148: <blockquote>
149: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
150: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
151: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
152: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
153: to the operating system...
154: <br/>
155: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
156: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
157: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
158: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
159: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
160: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
161: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
162: in a closed source operating system).
163: <br/>
164: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
165: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
166: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
167: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
168: </blockquote>
169: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
170: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
171: their hardware and software operates.
172: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
173: reverse-engineering the
174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
175: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
176: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
177: <p>
178: </ul>
179:
1.417 pvalchev 180: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
181: <ul>
1.421 ian 182:
1.417 pvalchev 183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 184: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
185: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
186: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
187: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
188: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
189: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
190: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
191: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
192: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
193: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
194: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 195: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 196: <p>
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 198: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
199: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
200: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
201: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
202: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
203: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
204: it claims to do".
205: <p>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 208: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
209: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
210: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
211: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
212: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 213: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 214: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
215: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
216: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
217: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
218: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
219: (yes, this is a hint).
220: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
221: picked up on the
222: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
223: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
224: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
225: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
226: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
227: <p>
228:
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 230: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
231: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
232: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
233: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
234: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
235: questions about the significance and rationale behind
236: the current efforts.
237: <p>
238: </ul>
239:
1.407 henning 240: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
241: <ul>
242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 243: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
244: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
245: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
246: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
247: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
248: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
249: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
250: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
251: <p>
252:
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 254: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
255: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
256: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
257: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
258: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
259: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
260: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
261: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
262: of the important changes in 3.6.
263: </p>
264:
265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 266: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
267: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
268: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
269: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
270: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
271: overflow attacks... because
272: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
273: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
274: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
275: and propolice.
276: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
277: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
278: and that's when the science falls apart."
279: <p>
280:
281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 282: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
283: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
284: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
285: Starts with the question:
286: <blockquote>
287: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
288: <br/>
289: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
290: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
291: <br/>
292: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
293: Should we believe them?"
294: </blockquote>
295: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
296: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
297: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
298: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
299: for your mail, web and other online activities.
300: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 304: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
305: Simple Simon</a>,
306: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
307: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
308: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
309: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
310: routing/firewall, and more.
311: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
312: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
313: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
314: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
315: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
316: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
317: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
318: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
319: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
320: </blockquote>
321: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
322: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 326: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
327: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 328: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 329: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 330: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
331: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
332: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 333: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 334: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
335: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
336: in spite of it
337: (registration required, but worth it).
338: <p>
339:
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
341: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
342: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
343: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
344: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
345: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
346: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
347: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 348: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 349: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
350: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
351: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
352: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
353: <p>
354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 356: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
357: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
358: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
359: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
360: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
361: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
362: <blockquote>
363: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
364: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
365: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
366: a lot of analysis.
367: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
368: </blockquote>
369: <p>
370: </ul>
371:
1.400 marco 372: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
373: <ul>
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 375: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
376: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
377: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
378: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
379: UNIX-like systems.
380: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
381: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
382: <p>
383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 384: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
385: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 386: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
387: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
388: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
389: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
390: At one point, the article states:
391: <blockquote>
392: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
393: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
394: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
395: </blockquote>
396: And then quotes Theo as saying:
397: <blockquote>
398: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
399: fewer are reading or auditing code."
400: </blockquote>
401: <p>
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
403: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
404: marks its fifth birthday</a>
405: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
406: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
407: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
408: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
409: required).
410: <p>
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 412: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
413: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
414: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
415: </strong></font><br>
416: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
417: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
418: <p>
419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 420: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
421: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 422: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 423: </strong></font><br>
424: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
425: <p>
426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 427: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
428: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 429: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 430: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 431: 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 432: <p>
433: </ul>
434:
1.396 henning 435: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
436: <ul>
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 438: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
439: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
440: Unix Review, July, 2004
441: </strong></font><br>
442: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
443: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
444: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
445: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
446: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
447: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
448: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
449: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
450: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
451: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
452: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
453: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
454: and even spelling/wording errors.
455: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
456: <p>
457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 458: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 459: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
460: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
461: </strong></font><br>
462: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
463: <p>
464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 465: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 466: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
467: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
468: </strong></font><br>
469: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
470: <p>
471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 472: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
473: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
474: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
475: </strong></font><br>
476: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
477: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
478: <p>
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 480: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
481: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
482: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
483: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
484: <p>
485: </ul>
486:
1.405 jolan 487: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
488: <ul>
489: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
490: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
491: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
492: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
493: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
494: details on how funds are dispersed.
495: <p>
496: </ul>
497:
1.393 david 498: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
499: <ul>
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 501: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
502: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
503: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
504: </strong></font><br>
505: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
506: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
507: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
508: on inserting large number of SQL records.
509: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
510: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
511: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
512: <p>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 515: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
516: Secure by Default</a>,
517: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
518: </strong></font><br>
519: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
520: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
521: <p>
522:
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
524: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
525: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
526: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
527: </strong></font><br>
528: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
529: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
530: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
531: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
532: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
533: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
537: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
538: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
539: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
540: </strong></font><br>
541: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
542: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
543: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
544: <p>
545:
546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
547: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
548: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
549: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
550: </strong></font><br>
551: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
552: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
553: <p>
554: </ul>
555:
1.388 mcbride 556: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
557: <ul>
1.394 jolan 558:
559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
560: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
561: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
562: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
563: </strong></font><br>
564: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
565: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
566: available for sparc64.
567: <p>
568:
1.390 beck 569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 570: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
571: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
572: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
573: </strong></font><br>
574: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
575: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
576: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
577: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
578: <p>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 581: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
582: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 583: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 584: </strong></font><br>
585: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
586: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
587: it does: CARP provides sharing
588: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
589: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
590: detail to get you started using it.
591: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
592: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
593: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
594: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
595: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
596: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
597: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 598: <p>
1.391 ian 599:
600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 601: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 602: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
603: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 604: </strong></font><br>
605: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 606: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 607: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 608: <p>
1.388 mcbride 609:
610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
611: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
612: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 613: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 614: </strong></font><br>
615: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
616: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
617: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
618: unencumbered by patents.
619: <p>
620: </ul>
621:
1.378 henning 622: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
623: <ul>
1.384 jose 624:
625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 626: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
627: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
628: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
629: </strong></font><br>
630: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
631: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
632: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
633: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
634: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
635: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
636: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
637: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
638: in the page tables."
639: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 643: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
644: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
645: </strong></font><br>
646: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
647: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
648: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
649: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 650: <p>
1.384 jose 651:
1.378 henning 652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 653: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
654: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 655: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
656: </strong></font><br>
657: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
658: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
659: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
660: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
661: (quote:
662: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
663: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 664: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 665: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
666: the other developers for their work on the system.
667: <p>
668:
669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 670: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
671: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
672: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 673: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 674: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
675: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
676: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
677: too.
678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 681: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
682: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 683: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 684: OpenBSD source code using
685: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
686: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
687: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
688: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
689: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
690: <p>
691: </ul>
692:
1.374 jose 693: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
694: <ul>
695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 696: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 697: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
698: </strong></font><br>
699: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
700: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
701: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
702: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
703: it."
704: <p>
705:
706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 707: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
708: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
709: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
710: </strong></font><br/>
711: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
712: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
713: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
714: <p>
715: </ul>
716:
1.369 ian 717: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
718: <ul>
719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 720: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
721: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
722: </strong></font><br/>
723: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
724: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
725: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
726: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
727: <p>
728:
729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 730: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
731: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
732: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
733: </strong></font><br/>
734: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
735: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
736: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
737: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
738: form factor.
739: <p>
740:
741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
742: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
743: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
744: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
745: Features</a>,
746: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
747: </strong></font><br/>
748: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
749: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
750: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
751: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
752: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
753: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
754: <p>
755: This article can also be found online at:
756: <ul>
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 758: <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 759: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
760: </strong></font>
761: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
762: </ul>
763: <p>
1.392 david 764:
1.371 jose 765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 766: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
767: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 768: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
769: </strong></font><br/>
770: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
771: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
772: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 773: <p>
1.371 jose 774:
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 776: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 777: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 778: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 779: </strong></font><br/>
780: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
781: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
782: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
783: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
784: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
785: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
786: and its history with OpenBSD.
787: </ul>
788:
1.368 henning 789: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
790: <ul>
791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 792: [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 793: </strong></font><br>
794: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
795: </ul>
796:
1.364 jose 797: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
798: <ul>
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 800: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
801: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
802: UNIX Review,
803: July, 2003.
804: </strong></font><br>
805: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
806: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
807: who want more information.
808: <p>
809:
810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 811: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
812: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
813: Government Computer News,
814: July 22, 2003.
815: </strong></font><br>
816: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
817: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
818: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
819: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
820: <p>
821:
822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
823: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
824: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
825: SANS Institute,
826: July 22, 2003.
827: </strong></font><br>
828: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 829: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 830: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
831: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
832: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
833: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
834: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
835: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
836: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
837: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
838: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
839: <p>
840:
841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 842: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
843: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
844: OnLamp.com,
845: July 17, 2003.
846: </strong></font><br>
847: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
848: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
849: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
850: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
851: have been working on.
852:
853: </ul>
854:
1.356 jose 855: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 856: <ul>
857:
858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 859: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
860: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
861: UNIX Review,
862: June, 2003.
863: </strong></font><br>
864: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
865: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
866: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
867: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
868: <p>
869:
870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 871: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
872: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
873: eWeek,
874: June 23, 2003.
875: </strong></font><br>
876: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
877: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
878: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
879: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
880: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
881: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
882: <p>
883:
884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 885: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
886: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
887: Software Development Online,
888: June, 2003.
889: </strong></font><br>
890: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
891: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
892: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
893: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
894: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
895: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
896: current activities.
897: <p>
898:
899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 900: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
901: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 902: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
903: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
904: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
905: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 906: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 907: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
908: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
909: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 910: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 911: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
912: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 913: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 914: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
915: decisions.
916: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
917: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 918: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 919: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 920: <p>
921:
922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 923: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
924: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
925: Page 58, eWeek,
926: June 2, 2003.
927: </strong></font><br>
928: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
929: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
930: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
931: been addressed in -current.
932: <p>
933:
1.356 jose 934: </ul>
935:
936: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
937: <ul>
938:
1.355 jose 939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 940: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
941: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
942: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
943: </strong></font><br>
944: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
945: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
946: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
947: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
948: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
949: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
950: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
951: <p>
952:
953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 954: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
955: Beyond Linux</a>,
956: InfoWorld,
957: May 23, 2003.
958: </strong></font><br>
959: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
960: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
961: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
962: compared to the GPL.
963: <p>
964:
965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 966: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
967: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
968: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 969: May 17, 2003.
970: </strong></font><br>
971: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
972: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
973: the business section and half of another page inside
974: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
975: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
976: in talking about the project's history and goals.
977: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
978: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
979: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
980: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 981: <br>
982: This article can also be found online at:
983: <ul>
984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
985: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
986: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
987: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
988: May 17, 2003
989: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 990: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
992: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
993: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
994: Montreal Gazette,
995: May 21, 2003
996: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 997: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 998: <p>
1.346 ian 999:
1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1001: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1002: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1003: May 7, 2003.
1004: </strong></font><br>
1005: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1006: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1007: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1008: <p>
1009:
1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1011: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1012: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1013: OsOpinion,
1014: May 6, 2003.
1015: </strong></font><br>
1016: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1017: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1018: <br>
1019: This article can also be found online at:
1020: <ul>
1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1022: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1023: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1024: NewsFactor Network.
1025: </strong></font>
1026: </ul>
1027: <p>
1028:
1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1030: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1031: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1032: ITBusiness,
1033: May 2, 2003.
1034: </strong></font><br>
1035: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1036: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1037: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1038: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1039: <p>
1040:
1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1042: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1043: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1044: InfoWorld,
1045: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1046: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1047: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1048: <br>
1049: This article can also be found online at:
1050: <ul>
1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1052: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1053: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1054: IDG Singapore.
1055: </strong></font>
1056: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1057: <p>
1058:
1.339 jose 1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1060: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1061: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1062: ZDNet,
1063: May 1, 2003.
1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1066: someone using parts from previous articles.
1067: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1068: This article can also be found online at:
1069: <ul>
1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1071: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1072: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1073: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1074: </strong></font>
1075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1076: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1077: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1078: CNET News.com.
1079: </strong></font>
1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1081: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1082: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1083: ZDNet UK.
1084: </strong></font>
1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1086: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1087: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1088: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1089: </strong></font>
1090: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1091: <p>
1.339 jose 1092:
1.341 deraadt 1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1094: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1095: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1096: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1097: May 1, 2003.
1098: </strong></font><br>
1099: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1100: that have been added
1101: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1102: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1103: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1104: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1105: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1106: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1107: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1108: <p>
1109:
1110: </ul>
1111:
1.253 ian 1112: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1113: <ul>
1.255 ian 1114:
1.260 ian 1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1116: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1117: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1118: TechRepublic,
1119: April 28, 2003.
1120: </strong></font><br>
1121: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1122: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1123: work.<br>
1124: Can also be found online at:
1125: <ul>
1126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1127: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1128: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1129: ZDNet UK.
1130: </strong></font>
1131: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1132: <p>
1133:
1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1135: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1136: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1137: IDG,
1138: April 24, 2003.
1139: </strong></font><br>
1140: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1141: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1142: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1143: Can also be found online at:
1144: <ul>
1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1146: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1147: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1148: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1149: </strong></font>
1150: </ul>
1151: <p>
1152:
1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1154: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1155: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1156: Slate,
1157: April 24, 2003.
1158: </strong></font><br>
1159: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1160: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1161: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1162: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1163: <p>
1164:
1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1166: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1167: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1168: April 24, 2003.
1169: </strong></font><br>
1170: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1171: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1172: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1173: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1174: <p>
1175:
1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1177: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1178: April 24, 2003.
1179: </strong></font><br>
1180: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1181: the free software community".
1182: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1183: other articles.
1184: <p>
1185:
1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1187: <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 1188: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1189: </strong></font><br>
1190: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1191: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1192: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1193: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1194: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1195: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1196: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1197: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1198: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1199: <br/>
1200: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1201: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1202: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1203: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1204: <br>
1205: Can also be found online at:
1206: <ul>
1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1208: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1209: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1210: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1211: </strong></font>
1212: </ul>
1.324 ian 1213: <p>
1214:
1215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1216: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1217: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1218: </strong></font><br>
1219: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1220: article above.
1221: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1222: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1223: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1224: <br>
1225: Can also be found online at:
1226: <ul>
1227: <li>
1228: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1229: </strong></font>
1230: </ul>
1.324 ian 1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1234: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1235: </strong></font><br>
1236: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1237: <p>
1238:
1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1240: <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.
1241: </strong></font><br>
1242: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1243: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1244: <p>
1245:
1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1247: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1248: April 23, 2003.
1249: </strong></font><br>
1250: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1251: <p>
1252:
1253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1254: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1255: April 22, 2003.
1256: </strong></font><br>
1257: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1258: <p>
1259:
1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1261: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1262: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1263: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1264: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1265: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1266: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1267: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1268: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1269: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1270: Can also be found online at:
1271: <ul>
1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1273: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1274: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1275: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1276: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1278: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1279: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1280: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1281: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1282: </ul>
1283: <p>
1284:
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1286: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1287: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1288: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1289: </strong></font><br>
1290: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1291: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1292: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1293: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1294: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1295: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1296: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1297: <p>
1298:
1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1300: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1301: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1302: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1303: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1304: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1305: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1306: at UPenn and DARPA.
1307: <p>
1308:
1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1310: [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,
1311: France
1.315 deraadt 1312: April 18, 2003.
1313: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1314: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1315: <p>
1316:
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1318: [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 1319: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1320: </strong></font><br>
1321: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1322: <p>
1323:
1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1325: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1326: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1327: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1328: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1329: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1330: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1331: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1332: <p>
1333:
1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1335: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1336: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1337: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1338: </strong></font><br>
1339: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1340: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1341: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1342: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1343: <p>
1344:
1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1346: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1347: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1348: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1349: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1350: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1351: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1352: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1353: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1354: Can also be found online at:
1355: <ul>
1356: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1357: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1358: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1359: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1360: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1361: <p>
1362:
1363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1364: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1365: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1366: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1367: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1368: </strong></font><br>
1369: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1370: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1371: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1372: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1373: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1374:
1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1376: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1377: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1378: New York Times.
1379: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1380:
1.273 deraadt 1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1382: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1383: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1384: ABC News.
1385: </strong></font>
1386:
1387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1388: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1389: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1390: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1391: </strong></font>
1392:
1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1394: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1395: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1396: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1397: </strong></font>
1398:
1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1400: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1401: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1402: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1403: </strong></font>
1404:
1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1406: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1407: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1408: Times Daily, AL.
1409: </strong></font>
1410:
1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1412: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1413: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1414: Boston.com, MA.
1415: </strong></font>
1416:
1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1418: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1419: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1420: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1421: </strong></font>
1422:
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1424: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1425: [Article was pulled]</a>
1426: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1427: </strong></font>
1428:
1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1430: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1431: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1432: Infoshop News.
1433: </strong></font>
1434:
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1436: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1437: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1438: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1439: </strong></font>
1440:
1441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1442: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1443: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1444: Raleigh News, NC.
1445: </strong></font>
1446:
1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1448: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1449: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1450: Napa News, CA.
1451: </strong></font>
1452:
1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1454: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1455: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1456: NEPA News, PA.
1457: </strong></font>
1458:
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1460: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1461: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1462: Wired News.
1463: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1464: <br>
1465: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1466: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1467: [JAPANESE]
1468: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1469: Wired News Japan</a>
1470: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1471:
1.271 deraadt 1472: </ul>
1473: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1474: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1475: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1476: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1477: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1478: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1479: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1480: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1481: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1482: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1483: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1484: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1485: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1486: <p>
1487: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1488:
1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1490: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1491: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1492: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1493: </strong></font>
1494:
1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1496: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1497: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1498: Miami Herald, FL.
1499: </strong></font>
1500:
1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1502: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1503: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1504: </strong></font>
1505:
1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1507: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1508: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1509: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1510: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1511:
1512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1513: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1514: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1515: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1516: ABC News.
1517: </strong></font>
1518:
1.276 deraadt 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1520: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1521: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1522: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1523: </strong></font>
1524:
1.286 dhartmei 1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1526: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1527: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1528: Wilmington Star, NC.
1529: </strong></font>
1530:
1.300 jose 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1532: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1533: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1534: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1535: </strong></font>
1536:
1.309 jose 1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1538: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1539: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1540: Globe Technology.
1541: </strong></font>
1542:
1.263 deraadt 1543: </ul>
1.262 beck 1544: <p>
1545:
1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1547: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1548: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1549: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1550: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1551: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1552: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1553: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1554: <p>
1555:
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1557: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1558: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1559: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1560: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1561: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1562: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1563: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1564: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1565: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1566: and simply restates other press reports.
1567: <p>
1568:
1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1570: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1571: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1572: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1573: </strong></font><br>
1574: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1575: <p>
1576:
1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1578: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1579: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1580: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1581: </strong></font><br>
1582: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1583: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1584: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1585: <p>
1586:
1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1588: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1589: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1590: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1591: April 17, 2003.
1592: </strong></font><br>
1593: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1594: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1595: Tech Anthems</a>
1596: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1597: 4 so far.
1598: <p>
1599:
1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1601: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1602: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1603: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1604: </strong></font><br>
1605: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1606: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1607: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1608: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1609: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1610: Goes on to say:
1611: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1612: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1613: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1614: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1615: This article is also found online at:
1616: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1618: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1619: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1620: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1621: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1623: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1624: ZDnet</a>,
1625: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1626: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1628: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1629: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1630: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1631: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1632: </ul>
1.260 ian 1633: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1634:
1.260 ian 1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1636: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1637: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1638: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1639: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1640: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1641: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1642: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1643: without notice or justification.
1644: <p>
1645:
1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1647: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1648: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1649: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1650: </strong></font><br>
1651: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1652: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1653: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1654: effective today, without any warning..."
1655: <p>
1.257 ian 1656:
1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1658: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1659: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1660: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1661: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1662: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1663: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1664: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1665: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1666: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1667: <p>
1668:
1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1670: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1671: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1672: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1673: </strong></font><br>
1674: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1675: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1676: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1677: quoting two of them:
1678: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1679: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1680: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1681: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1682: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1683: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1684: <p>
1685:
1.255 ian 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1687: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1688: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1689: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1691: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1692: <p>
1693:
1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1695: [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 1696: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1699: <p>
1700:
1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1702: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1703: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1704: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1705: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1706: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1707: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1708: security experts for more than three decades."
1709: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1710: <p>
1.261 ian 1711:
1.254 drahn 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1713: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1714: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1715: </strong></font><br>
1716: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1717: <p>
1718:
1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1720: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1721: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1722: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1723: </strong></font><br>
1724: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1725: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1726: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1727: <p>
1728:
1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1730: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1731: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1732: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1733: </strong></font><br>
1734: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1735: from US DARPA.
1736: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1737: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1738: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1739: the BSD license.
1740: <p>
1741: </ul>
1742:
1.251 ian 1743: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1744: <ul>
1745:
1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1747: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1748: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1749: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1750: </strong></font><br>
1751:
1752: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1753: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1754: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1755: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1756: <p>
1757:
1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1759: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1760: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1761: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1762: </strong></font><br>
1763: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1764: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1765: Mentions
1766: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1767: and
1768: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1769: programs.
1770: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1771: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1772: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1773: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1774: <p>
1.325 ian 1775: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1776: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1777:
1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1779: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1780: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1781: </strong></font><br>
1782: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1783: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1784: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1785: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1786: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1787: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1788: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1789: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1790: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1791: put into service."
1792: <p>
1793: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1794: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1795: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1796: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1797: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1798: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1799: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1800: computers with security features."
1801: <p>
1.329 ian 1802:
1803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1804: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1805: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1806: Slate,
1807: March 3, 2003.
1808: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1809: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1810: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1811: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1812: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1813: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1814: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1815: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1816: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1817: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1818: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1819: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1820: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1821: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1822: of more secure open-source solutions like
1823: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1824: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1825: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1826: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1827: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1828: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1829: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1830: the Beltway."
1831: <p>
1.251 ian 1832: </ul>
1833:
1.249 jufi 1834: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1835: <ul>
1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1837: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1838: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1839: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1840: </strong></font><br>
1841: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1842: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1843: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1844: <p>
1.334 ian 1845:
1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1847: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1848: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1849: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1850: </strong></font><br>
1851: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1852: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1853: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1854: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1855: "... the hypothetical question ...
1856: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1857: <br>
1858: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1859: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1860: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1861: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1862: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1863: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1864: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1865: support network security.
1866: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1867: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1868: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1869: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1870: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1871: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1872: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1873: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1874: <br>
1875: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1876: <p>
1877:
1.249 jufi 1878: </ul>
1879:
1.246 jufi 1880: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1881: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1882:
1.247 jufi 1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1884: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1885: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1886: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1887: </strong></font><br>
1888: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1889: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1890: <p>
1891:
1.247 jufi 1892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1893: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1894: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1895: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1896: </strong></font><br>
1897: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1898: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1899: <p>
1900:
1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1902: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1903: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1904: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1905: </strong></font><br>
1906: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1907: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1908: <p>
1.247 jufi 1909: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1910:
1.244 jufi 1911: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1912: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1915: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1916: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1917: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1918: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1919: </strong></font><br>
1920: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1921: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1922: md5 digests.
1923: <p>
1924:
1.247 jufi 1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1926: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1927: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1928: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1929: </strong></font><br>
1930: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1931: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1932: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1933: right the first time."
1934: <p>
1.247 jufi 1935: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1936:
1937:
1938: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1939: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1940:
1.247 jufi 1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1942: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1943: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1944: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1945: </strong></font><br>
1946: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1947: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1948: part 6</a>.
1949: <p>
1950:
1.247 jufi 1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1952: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1953: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1954: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1955: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1956: </strong></font><br>
1957: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1958: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1959: <p>
1.301 jose 1960:
1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1962: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1963: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1964: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1965: </strong></font><br>
1966:
1967: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1968: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1969: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1970: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1971: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1972: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1973: <i>Here's the
1974: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1975: <p>
1.247 jufi 1976: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1977:
1978: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1979: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1980:
1.247 jufi 1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1982: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1983: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1984: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1985: </strong></font><br>
1986: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1987: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1988: <p>
1989:
1.247 jufi 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1991: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1992: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1993: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1994: </strong></font><br>
1995: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1996: this time using pf.
1997: <p>
1.247 jufi 1998: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1999:
2000: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2001: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2002:
1.247 jufi 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2004: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2005: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2006: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2007: </strong></font><br>
2008: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2009: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2010: their rotation.
2011: <p>
2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2014: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2015: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2016: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2017: </strong></font><br>
2018: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2019: <p>
1.247 jufi 2020: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2021:
1.239 jufi 2022: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2023: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2026: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2027: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2028: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2029: </strong></font><br>
2030: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2031: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2032: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2033: <p>
2034:
1.247 jufi 2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2036: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2037: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2038: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2039: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2040: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2041: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2042: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2043: <p>
1.247 jufi 2044: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2045:
1.235 lebel 2046: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2047: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2048:
1.239 jufi 2049:
1.247 jufi 2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2051: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2052: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2053: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2054: </strong></font><br>
2055: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2056: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2057: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2058: <p>
1.301 jose 2059:
1.247 jufi 2060: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2061:
1.228 horacio 2062: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2063: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2066: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2067: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2068: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2069: </strong></font><br>
2070: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2071: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2072: <p>
2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2075: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2076: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2077: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2078: </strong></font><br>
2079: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2080: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2084: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2085: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2086: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2087: </strong></font><br>
2088: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2089: on the desktop of his parents.
2090: <p>
2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2093: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2094: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2095: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2096: </strong></font><br>
2097: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2098: using IPFilter.
2099:
2100: <p>
2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2103: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2104: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2105: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2106: </strong></font><br>
2107: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2108: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2109: perspectives of the four OS.
2110: <br>
2111: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2112: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2113: <p>
2114:
1.247 jufi 2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2116: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2117: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2118: software and security</a>,
2119: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2120: </strong></font><br>
2121:
2122: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2123: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2124: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2125: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2126: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2127: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2128: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2129: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2130: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2131: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2132: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2133: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2134: <p>
1.247 jufi 2135: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2136:
1.225 horacio 2137: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2138: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2139:
1.247 jufi 2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2141: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2142: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2143: Interview</a>,
2144: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2145: </strong></font><br>
2146:
2147: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2148: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2149: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2150: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2151: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2152: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2153: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2154: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2155: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2156: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2157: of choice.
2158: <p>
1.247 jufi 2159: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2160:
2161: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2162: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2163:
1.247 jufi 2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2165: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2166: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2167: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2168: </strong></font><br>
2169:
2170: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2171: <p>
2172:
1.247 jufi 2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2174: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2175: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2176: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2177: </strong></font><br>
2178:
2179: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2180: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2181: <p>
1.247 jufi 2182: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2183:
1.218 horacio 2184: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2185: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2186:
1.247 jufi 2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2188: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2189: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2190: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2191: </strong></font><br>
2192:
2193: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2194: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2195: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2196: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2197: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2198: subjects. Worth a read.
2199: <p>
2200:
2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2203: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2204: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2205: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2206: </strong></font><br>
2207:
2208: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2209: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2210: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2211: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2212: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2213: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2214: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2215: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2216: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2217: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2218: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2219: on other operating systems.<br>
2220: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2221: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2222: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2223: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2224: <p>
2225:
1.247 jufi 2226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2227: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2228: Operating System 2010</a>,
2229: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2230: </strong></font><br>
2231:
2232: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2233: covering the level of software integration into the core
2234: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2235: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2236: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2237: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2238: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2239: <p>
2240:
1.247 jufi 2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2242: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2243: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2244: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2245: </strong></font><br>
2246:
2247: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2248: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2249: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2250: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2251: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2252: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2253: <p>
1.247 jufi 2254: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2255:
1.210 jufi 2256: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2257: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2258:
1.247 jufi 2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2260: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2261: Already a Contender</a>,
2262: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2263: </strong></font><br>
2264:
2265: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2266: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2267: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2268: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2269: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2270: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2271: <p>
2272:
1.247 jufi 2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2274: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2275: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2276: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2277: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2278:
1.224 horacio 2279: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2280: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2281: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2282: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2283: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2284: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2285: <p>
1.247 jufi 2286: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2287:
2288: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2289: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2292: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2293: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2294: Division</a>,
2295: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2296: </strong></font><br>
2297:
2298: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2299: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2300: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2301: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2302: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2303: investment</em>.<br>
2304: The implementation details can be seen on their
2305: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2306: <p>
2307:
1.247 jufi 2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2309: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2310: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2311: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2312: </strong></font><br>
2313:
2314: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2315: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2316: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2317: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2318: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2319: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2320: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2321: <p>
2322:
2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2324: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2325: Thinking about Security</a>,
2326: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2327: </strong></font><br>
2328:
2329: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2330: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2331: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2332: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2333: to time.<br>
2334: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2335: system and just the most secure system.
2336: <p>
2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2339: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2340: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2341: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2342: </strong></font><br>
2343:
2344: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2345: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2346: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2347: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2348: choice:<br>
2349: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2350: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2351: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2352: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2353: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2354: network security devices and as such must be well
2355: armored."</em><br>
2356: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2357: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2358: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2359: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2360: <br>
2361: Bravo!
2362: <p>
1.247 jufi 2363: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2364:
1.207 ian 2365: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2366: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2369: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2370: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2371: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2372:
1.207 ian 2373: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2374: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2375: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2376: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2377: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2378: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2379: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2380: <p>
1.247 jufi 2381: </ul>
1.207 ian 2382:
1.194 jufi 2383: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2384: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2387: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2388: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2389: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2390: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2391:
1.240 miod 2392: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2393: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2394: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2395: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2396: <p>
2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2399: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2400: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2401: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2402:
2403: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2404: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2405: <p>
2406:
2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2408: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2409: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2410: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2411:
2412: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2413: <p>
2414:
2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2416: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2417: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2418: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2419: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2420:
1.240 miod 2421: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2422: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2423: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2424: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2425: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2426: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2427: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2428: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2429: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2430: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2431: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2432: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2433: <p>
2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2436: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2437: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2438: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2439: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2440:
1.194 jufi 2441: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2442: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2443: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2444: <br>
2445: The new
2446: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2447: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2448: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2449: <p>
1.247 jufi 2450: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2451:
1.190 horacio 2452: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2453: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2454:
1.247 jufi 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2456:
2457: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2458: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2459:
1.301 jose 2460:
1.191 jufi 2461: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2462: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2463:
2464: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2465: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2466:
1.212 horacio 2467: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2468: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2469: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2470:
1.211 horacio 2471: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2472: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2473: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2476: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2479: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2480:
1.212 horacio 2481: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2482: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2483: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2484:
2485: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2486: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2487:
2488: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2489: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2490:
1.301 jose 2491: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2492: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2493:
1.191 jufi 2494: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2495: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2496:
2497: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2498: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2499:
1.192 jufi 2500: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2501: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2502: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2503:
1.193 deraadt 2504: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2505: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2506: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2507:
1.247 jufi 2508: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2509: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2512: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2513: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2514:
1.213 horacio 2515: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2516: 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 2517: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2518:
1.190 horacio 2519: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2520: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2521: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2522: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2523: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2524: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2525: <p>
1.190 horacio 2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2528: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2529: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2530: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2531: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2532:
1.195 jufi 2533: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2534: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2535: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2536: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2537: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2538: <p>
2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2541: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2542: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2543: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2544: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2545:
1.191 jufi 2546: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2547: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2548: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2549: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2550: <p>
2551:
2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2553: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2554: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2555: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2556:
2557: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2558: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2559: <p>
1.247 jufi 2560: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2561:
1.191 jufi 2562:
1.186 jufi 2563: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2564: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2565:
1.247 jufi 2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2567: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2568: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2569: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2570: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2571:
1.188 jufi 2572: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2573: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2574: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2575: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2576: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2577: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2578: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2579: <p>
2580:
1.301 jose 2581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2582: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2583: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2584: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2585:
2586: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2587: <p>
1.191 jufi 2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2590: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2591: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2592: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2593: </strong></font><br>
2594:
2595: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2596: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2597: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2598: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2599: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2600: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2601: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2602: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2603: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2604: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2605: familiar?
2606: <p>
1.247 jufi 2607: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2608:
1.178 louis 2609: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2610: <ul>
1.178 louis 2611:
1.247 jufi 2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2613: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2614: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2615: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2616: </strong></font><br>
2617:
2618: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2619: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2620: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2621: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2622: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2623: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2624: <p>
2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2627: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2628: Open source under the hood</a>,
2629: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2630: </strong></font><br>
2631:
2632: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2633: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2634: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2635: <p>
2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2638: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2639: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2640: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2641: </strong></font><br>
2642:
2643: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2644: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2645: <p>
1.247 jufi 2646: </ul>
1.179 louis 2647:
1.174 louis 2648:
1.175 louis 2649: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2650: <ul>
1.175 louis 2651:
1.247 jufi 2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2653: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2654: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2655: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2656: </strong></font><br>
2657:
2658: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2659: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2660: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2661: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2662: <p>
2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2665: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2666: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2667: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2668: </strong></font><br>
2669:
2670: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2671: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2672: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2673: <p>
1.247 jufi 2674: </ul>
1.175 louis 2675:
1.176 louis 2676:
1.172 mickey 2677: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2678: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2679:
1.247 jufi 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2681: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2682: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2683: </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2686: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2687: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2688: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2689: <p>
2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2692: <a
1.269 deraadt 2693: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2694: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2695: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2696: </strong></font><br>
2697:
2698: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2699: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2700: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2701: <p>
2702:
1.247 jufi 2703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2704: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2705: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2706: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2707: </strong></font><br>
2708:
2709: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2710: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2711: <p>
2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2714: <a
1.269 deraadt 2715: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2716: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2717: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2718: </strong></font><br>
2719:
2720: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2721: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2722: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2723: our own Theo de Raadt.
2724: <p>
2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2727: <a
1.269 deraadt 2728: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2729: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2730: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2731: </strong></font><br>
2732:
2733: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2734: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2735: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2736: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2737: shut down.]
2738: <p>
2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2741: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2742: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2743: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2744: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2745: </strong></font><br>
2746:
2747: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2748: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2749: <p>
1.247 jufi 2750: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2751:
1.161 louis 2752: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2753: <ul>
1.161 louis 2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2756: <a
1.269 deraadt 2757: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2758: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2759: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2760: </strong></font><br>
2761:
2762: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2763: by John Wolley
2764: <p>
2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2767: <a
1.269 deraadt 2768: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2769: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2770: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2771: </strong></font><br>
2772:
2773: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2774: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2775: OpenBSD).
2776: <p>
2777:
1.247 jufi 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2779: <a
1.247 jufi 2780: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2781: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2782: </strong></font><br>
2783:
2784: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2785: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2786: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2787: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2788: and hindsight.
2789: <p>
2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2792: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2793: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2794: </strong></font><br>
2795:
2796: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2797: <p>
2798:
1.247 jufi 2799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2800: <a
1.168 provos 2801: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2802: December 7, 2000
2803: </strong></font><br>
2804:
2805: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2806: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2807: us explain.
2808: <p>
2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2811: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2812: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2813: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2814: December 6, 2000
2815: </strong></font><br>
2816:
2817: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2818: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2819: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2820: <p>
2821:
1.247 jufi 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2823: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2824: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2825: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2826: </strong></font><br>
2827:
2828: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2829: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2830: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2831: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2832: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2833: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2834: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2835: <p>
2836:
2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2838: <a
1.226 horacio 2839: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2840: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2841: </strong></font><br>
2842:
2843: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2844: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2845: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2846: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2847: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2848: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2849: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2850: <p>
1.162 millert 2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2853: <a
1.161 louis 2854: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2855: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2856: </strong></font><br>
2857:
2858: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2859: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2860: <p>
2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2863: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2864: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2865: </strong></font><br>
2866:
2867: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2868: <p>
2869:
2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2872: <a
1.226 horacio 2873: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2874: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2875: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2876: </strong></font><br>
2877:
2878: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2879: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2880: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2881: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2882: <p>
1.247 jufi 2883: </ul>
1.169 louis 2884:
1.158 louis 2885: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2886: <ul>
1.147 louis 2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2889: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2890: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2891: </strong></font><br>
2892:
2893: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2894: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2895: <p>
2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2898: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2899: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2900: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2901: </strong></font><br>
2902: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2903: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2904: <p>
2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2907: <a
2908: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2909: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2910: </strong></font><br>
2911:
2912: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2913: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2914: <p>
2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2917: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2918: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2919: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2920:
1.213 horacio 2921: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2922: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2923: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2924: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2925: <p>
1.215 horacio 2926:
1.247 jufi 2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2928: <a
2929: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2930: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2931: </strong></font><br>
2932:
2933: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2934: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2935: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2936: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2937: much of the attitude too).
2938: <p>
1.161 louis 2939:
1.247 jufi 2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2941: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2942: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2943: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2944:
1.157 louis 2945: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2946: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2947: <p>
1.247 jufi 2948: </ul>
1.157 louis 2949:
2950: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2951: <ul>
1.157 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2954: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2955: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2956: </strong></font><br>
2957:
2958: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2959: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2960: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2961: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2962: <p>
2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2965: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2966: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2967: </strong></font><br>
2968:
2969: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2970: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2971: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2972: it because they love coding...
2973: <p>
2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2976: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2977: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2978: </strong></font><br>
2979:
2980: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2981: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2982: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2983: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2984: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2985: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2986: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2987: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2988: <p>
2989:
1.247 jufi 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2991: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2992: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2993: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2994: </strong></font><br>
2995:
2996: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2997: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2998: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2999: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3000: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3001: the pizza.
3002: <p>
3003:
1.247 jufi 3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3005: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3006: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3007: </strong></font><br>
3008:
3009: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3010: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3011: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3012: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3013: problems.
3014: <p>
3015:
1.247 jufi 3016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3017: <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 3018: </strong></font><br>
3019:
1.222 miod 3020: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3021: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3022: - whether they like it or not.
3023: <p>
3024:
1.247 jufi 3025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3026: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3027: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3028: </strong></font><br>
3029:
3030: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3031: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3032: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3033: <p>
1.148 aaron 3034:
1.247 jufi 3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3036: <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 3037: </strong></font><br>
3038:
3039: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3040: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3041: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3042: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3043: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3044: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3045: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3046: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3047: <p>
3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3050: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3051: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3052: </strong></font><br>
3053:
3054: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3055: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3056: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3057: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3058: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3059: <p>
1.247 jufi 3060: </ul>
1.147 louis 3061:
1.138 louis 3062: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3063: <ul>
1.138 louis 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3066: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3067: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3068: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3069: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3070: </strong></font><br>
3071:
1.227 horacio 3072: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3073: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3074: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3075: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3076: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3077: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3078: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3079: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3080: <p>
3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3083: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3084: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3085: </strong></font><br>
3086:
3087: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3088: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3089: groups, and even Linux.
3090: <p>
3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3093: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3094: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3095: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3096: </strong></font><br>
3097:
3098: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3099: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3100: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3101: library after installing the OS.
3102: <p>
3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3105: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3106: Sys Admin, September 2000
3107: </strong></font><br>
3108:
3109: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3110: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3111: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3112: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3113: (<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>,
3114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3115: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3116: <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 3117: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3118: out of the system.
3119: <p>
3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3122: <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
3123: </strong></font><br>
3124:
3125: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3126: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3127: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3128: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3129: the IP filtering and address translation.
3130: <p>
1.301 jose 3131:
3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3133: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3134: </strong></font><br>
3135:
3136: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3137: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3138: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3139: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3140: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3141: <p>
1.247 jufi 3142: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3143:
1.131 louis 3144: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3145: <ul>
1.131 louis 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3148: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3149: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3150: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3151: </strong></font><br>
3152:
3153: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3154: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3155: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3156: <p>
3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3159: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3160: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3161: </strong></font><br>
3162:
3163: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3164: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3165: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3166: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3167: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3168: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3169: note of"</i>.
3170: <p>
3171:
1.247 jufi 3172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3173: <a
1.247 jufi 3174: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3175: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3176: </strong></font><br>
3177:
3178: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3179: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3180: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3181: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3182: <p>
3183:
1.247 jufi 3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3185: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3186: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3187: </strong></font><br>
3188:
3189: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3190: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3191: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3192: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3193: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3194: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3195: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3196: <p>
3197:
1.247 jufi 3198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3199: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3200: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3201: 2000
3202: </strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3205: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3206: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3207: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3208: against current industry practices.
3209: <p>
3210:
1.247 jufi 3211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3212: <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
3213: </strong></font><br>
3214:
3215: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3216: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3217: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3218: <p>
3219:
1.247 jufi 3220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3221: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3222: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3223: </strong></font><br>
3224:
3225: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3226: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3227: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3228: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3229: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3230: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3231: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3232: <p>
3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3235: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3236: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3237: </strong></font><br>
3238:
3239: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3240: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3241: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3242: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3243: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3244: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3245: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3246: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3247: <p>
1.247 jufi 3248: </ul>
1.131 louis 3249:
1.118 louis 3250: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3251: <ul>
1.118 louis 3252:
1.247 jufi 3253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3254: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3255: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3256: </strong></font><br>
3257:
3258: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3259: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3260: about time. The article mentions that
3261: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3262: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3263: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3264: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3265: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3266: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3267: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3268: <p>
3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3271: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3272: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3273: </strong></font><br>
3274:
3275: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3276: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3277: of OpenSSH.
3278: <p>
3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3281: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3282: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3283: </strong></font><br>
3284:
3285: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3286: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3287: bridging.
3288: <p>
3289:
1.247 jufi 3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3291: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3292: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3293: </strong></font><br>
3294:
1.121 deraadt 3295: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3296: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3297: <p>
3298:
1.247 jufi 3299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3300: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3301: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3302: </strong></font><br>
3303:
3304: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3305: <p>
3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3308: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3309: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3310: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
1.120 deraadt 3313: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3314: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3315: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3316: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3317: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3318: <p>
3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3321: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3322: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3323: </strong></font><br>
3324:
1.222 miod 3325: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3326: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3327: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3328: protocols and their quirks.
3329: <p>
3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3332: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3333: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3334: </strong></font><br>
3335:
3336: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3337: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3338: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3339: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3340: <p>
3341:
1.247 jufi 3342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3343: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3344: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3345: </strong></font><br>
3346:
3347: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3348: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3349: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3350: <p>
3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3353: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3354: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3355: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3356: </strong></font><br>
3357:
3358: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3359: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3360: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3361: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3362: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3363: <p>
1.247 jufi 3364: </ul>
1.118 louis 3365:
1.104 louis 3366: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3367: <ul>
1.104 louis 3368:
1.247 jufi 3369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3370: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3371: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3372: </strong></font><br>
3373:
3374: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3375: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3376: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3377: be a bit dry.
3378: <p>
3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3381: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3382: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3383: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3384: </strong></font><br>
3385: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3386: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3387: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3388: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3389: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3390: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3391: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3392: <p>
3393:
1.247 jufi 3394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3395: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3396: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3397: 2000
1.128 louis 3398: </strong></font><br>
3399:
3400: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3401: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3402: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3403: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3404: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3405: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3406: <p>
3407:
1.247 jufi 3408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3409: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3410: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3411: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3412:
3413: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3414: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3415: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3416: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3417: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3418: <p>
1.110 louis 3419:
1.247 jufi 3420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3421: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3422: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3423: </strong></font><br>
3424:
3425: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3426: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3427: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3428: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3429: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3430: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3431: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3432: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3433: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3434: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3435: <p>
3436:
1.247 jufi 3437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3438: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3439: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3440:
3441: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3442: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3443: <p>
1.108 louis 3444:
1.247 jufi 3445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3446: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3447: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3448: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3449:
3450: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3451: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3452: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3453: <p>
1.106 louis 3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3456: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3457: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3458: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3459:
3460: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3461: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3462: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3463: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3464: <p>
1.107 louis 3465:
1.247 jufi 3466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3467: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3468: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3469: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3470:
3471: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3472: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3473: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3474: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3475: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3476: <p>
1.105 louis 3477:
1.247 jufi 3478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3479: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3480: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3481: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3482:
1.113 naddy 3483: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3484: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3485: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3486: <p>
1.104 louis 3487:
1.247 jufi 3488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3489: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3490: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3491: </strong></font><br>
3492:
3493: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3494: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3495: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3496: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3497: <p>
1.301 jose 3498:
3499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3500: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3501: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3502: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3503:
3504: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3505: hardware-supported cryptography.
3506: <p>
1.247 jufi 3507: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3508:
1.85 louis 3509: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3510: <ul>
1.85 louis 3511:
1.247 jufi 3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3513: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3514: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3515: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3516:
3517: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3518: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3519: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3520: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3521: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3522: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3523: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3524: <p>
1.99 louis 3525:
1.247 jufi 3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3527: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3528: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3529: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3530:
3531: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3532: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3533: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3534: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3535: <p>
1.100 louis 3536:
1.247 jufi 3537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3538: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3539: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3540: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3541:
3542: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3543: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3544: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3545: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3546: <p>
1.95 louis 3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3549: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3550: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3551: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3552:
3553: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3554: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3555: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3556: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3557: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3558: <p>
1.92 louis 3559:
1.247 jufi 3560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3561: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3562: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3563: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3564:
3565: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3566: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3567: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3568: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3569: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3570: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3571: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3572: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3573: <p>
1.91 louis 3574:
1.247 jufi 3575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3576: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3577: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3578: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3579:
3580: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3581: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3582: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3583: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3584: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3585: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3586: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3587: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3588: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3589: <p>
1.90 louis 3590:
1.247 jufi 3591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3592: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3593: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3594: </strong></font><br>
3595: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3596: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3597: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3598: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3599: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3600: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3601: <p>
3602:
1.247 jufi 3603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3604: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3605: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3606: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3607:
1.113 naddy 3608: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3609: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3610: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3611: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3612: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3613: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3614: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3615: <p>
1.87 louis 3616:
1.247 jufi 3617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3618: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3619: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3620: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3621:
3622: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3623: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3624: <p>
1.85 louis 3625:
1.247 jufi 3626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3627: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3628: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3629: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3630:
3631: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3632: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3633: <p>
3634:
3635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3636: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3637: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3638: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3639:
3640: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3641: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3642: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3643: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3644: <p>
1.89 louis 3645:
1.247 jufi 3646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3647: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3648: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3649: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3650:
3651: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3652: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3653: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3654: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3655: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3656: </ul>
1.85 louis 3657:
1.78 deraadt 3658: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3659: <ul>
1.74 louis 3660:
1.247 jufi 3661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3662: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3663: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3664: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3665: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3666:
3667: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3668: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3669: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3670: <p>
1.83 louis 3671:
1.247 jufi 3672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3673: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3674: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3675: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3676:
3677: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3678: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3679: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3680: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3681: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3682: <p>
1.93 louis 3683:
1.247 jufi 3684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3685: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3686: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3687: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3688: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3689:
1.83 louis 3690: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3691: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3692: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3693: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3694: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3695: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3696: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3697: <p>
1.82 aaron 3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3700: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3701: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3702: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3703:
1.83 louis 3704: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3705: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3706: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3707: <p>
1.80 louis 3708:
1.247 jufi 3709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3710: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3711: Bad Press</a>,
3712: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3713: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3714:
3715: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3716: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3717: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3718: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3719: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3720: <p>
1.247 jufi 3721: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3722:
3723: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3724: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3725:
1.247 jufi 3726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3727: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3728: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3729: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3730: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3731:
3732: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3733: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3734: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3735: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3736: <p>
1.74 louis 3737:
1.247 jufi 3738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3739: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3740: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3741: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3742:
1.219 horacio 3743: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3744: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3745: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3746: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3747: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3748: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3749: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3750: <p>
1.88 louis 3751:
1.247 jufi 3752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3753: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3754: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3755: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3756:
3757: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3758: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3759: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3760: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3761: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3762: <p>
1.81 louis 3763:
1.247 jufi 3764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3765: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3766: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3767: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3768:
3769: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3770: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3771: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3772: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3773: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3774: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3775: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3776: <p>
1.90 louis 3777:
1.247 jufi 3778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3779: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3780: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3781: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3782:
3783: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3784: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3785: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3786: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3787: <p>
1.247 jufi 3788: </ul>
1.71 louis 3789:
1.69 deraadt 3790: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3791: <ul>
1.70 louis 3792:
1.247 jufi 3793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3794: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3795: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3796: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3797:
3798: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3799: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3800: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3801: <p>
1.70 louis 3802:
1.247 jufi 3803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3804: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3805: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3806: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3807:
3808: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3809: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3810: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3811: <p>
1.68 louis 3812:
1.247 jufi 3813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3814: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3815: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3816: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3817: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3818:
1.111 jufi 3819: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3820: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3821: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3822: "secure by default" installation.
3823: <p>
1.64 louis 3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3826: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3827: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3828: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3829:
1.113 naddy 3830: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3831: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3832: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3833: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3834: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3835: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3836: <p>
1.66 louis 3837:
1.247 jufi 3838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3839: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3840: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3841: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3842:
3843: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3844: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3845: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3846: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3847: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3848: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3849: <p>
1.83 louis 3850:
1.247 jufi 3851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3852: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3853: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3854: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3855:
3856: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3857: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3858: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3859: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3860: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3861: <p>
1.64 louis 3862:
1.247 jufi 3863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3864: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3865: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3866: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3867:
3868: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3869: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3870: <p>
1.301 jose 3871:
3872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3873: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3874: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3875: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3876: </strong></font><br>
3877:
3878: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3879: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3880: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3881: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3882: Giving way to
3883: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3884: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3885: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3886: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3887: <p>
1.247 jufi 3888: </ul>
1.65 louis 3889:
1.69 deraadt 3890: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3891: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3892:
1.247 jufi 3893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3894: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3895: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3896: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3897:
3898: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3899: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3900: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3901: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3902: <p>
1.88 louis 3903:
1.247 jufi 3904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3905: <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 3906: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3907:
3908: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3909: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3910: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3911: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3912: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3913: <p>
1.60 louis 3914:
1.247 jufi 3915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3916: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3917: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3918: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3919: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3920:
3921: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3922: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3923: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3924: <p>
1.58 louis 3925:
1.247 jufi 3926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3927: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3928: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3929:
3930: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3931: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3932: <p>
1.53 louis 3933:
1.247 jufi 3934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3935: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3936: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3938:
3939: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3940: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3941: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3942: <p>
1.99 louis 3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3945: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3946: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3947:
3948: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3949: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3950: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3951: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3952: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3953:
1.247 jufi 3954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3955: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3956: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3957: </strong></font><br>
3958:
3959: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3960: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3961: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3962: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3963: <p>
3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3966: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3967: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3968: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3969:
3970: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3971: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3972: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3973:
1.247 jufi 3974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3975: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3976: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3977:
3978: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3979: in
1.247 jufi 3980: <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 3981: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3982: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3983: <p>
1.53 louis 3984:
1.247 jufi 3985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3986: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3987: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3988: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3989: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3990:
1.58 louis 3991: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3992: <p>
1.301 jose 3993:
3994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3995: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3996: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3997: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3998: Informacyjny, January 2000
3999: </strong></font><br>
4000:
4001: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4002: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4003: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4004: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4005: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4006: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4007: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4008: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4009: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4010: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4011: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4012: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4013: <p>
4014:
4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4016: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4017: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4018: </strong></font><br>
4019:
4020: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4021: <p>
4022: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4023:
1.69 deraadt 4024: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4025: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4026:
1.247 jufi 4027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4028: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4029: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4030: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4031: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4032:
1.58 louis 4033: Kurt Seifried
4034: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4035: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4036: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4037: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4038:
1.247 jufi 4039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4040: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4041: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4042: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4043:
4044: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4045: <p>
1.96 louis 4046:
1.247 jufi 4047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4048: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4049: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4050: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4051: </strong></font><br>
4052:
4053: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4054: <p>
4055:
4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4057: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4058: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4059: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4060:
4061: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4062: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4063: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4064: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4065: <p>
1.247 jufi 4066: </ul>
1.86 louis 4067:
1.69 deraadt 4068: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4069: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4070:
1.247 jufi 4071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4072: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4073: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4074: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4075:
4076: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4077: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4078: <p>
1.61 louis 4079:
1.247 jufi 4080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4081: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4082: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4083: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4084: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4085:
4086: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4087: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4088: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4089: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4090: right -- or at least strives to".
4091: <p>
1.48 louis 4092:
1.247 jufi 4093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4094: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4095: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4096: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4097: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4098: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4099: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4100: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4101: <p>
1.61 louis 4102:
1.247 jufi 4103: <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 4104: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4105: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4106:
4107: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4108: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4109: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4110: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4111: <p>
1.46 louis 4112:
1.247 jufi 4113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4114: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4115: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4116: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4117:
4118: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4119: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4120: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4121:
1.247 jufi 4122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4123: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4124: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4125: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4126:
4127: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4128: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4129: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4130: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4131: <p>
1.247 jufi 4132: </ul>
1.70 louis 4133:
1.69 deraadt 4134: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4135: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4136:
1.247 jufi 4137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4138: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4139: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4140: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4141: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4142:
4143: Kurt Seifried
4144: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4145: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4146: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4147: <p>
1.44 philen 4148:
1.247 jufi 4149: <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 4150: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4151: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4152:
4153: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4154: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4155:
1.247 jufi 4156: <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 4157: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4158: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4159:
4160: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4161: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4162:
1.247 jufi 4163: <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 4164: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4165: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4166:
4167: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4168: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4169: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4170: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4171: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4172:
1.247 jufi 4173: <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 4174: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4175: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4176:
1.36 louis 4177: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4178: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4179:
1.247 jufi 4180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4181: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4182: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4183: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4184:
4185: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4186: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4187: </ul>
1.38 louis 4188:
1.69 deraadt 4189: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4190: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4191:
1.247 jufi 4192: <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 4193: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4194: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4195:
4196: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4197: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4198: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4199:
1.113 naddy 4200: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4201: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4202: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4203: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4204:
4205: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4206: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4207: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4208: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4209: <blockquote>
4210: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4211: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4212: <br>
4213: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4214: </code>
4215: </blockquote>
4216: <p>
4217:
1.247 jufi 4218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4219: <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 4220: <p>
4221:
4222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4223: <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 4224: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4225:
4226: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4227: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4228: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4229: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4230:
1.247 jufi 4231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4232: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4233: Sept. 28, 1999
4234: </strong></font><br>
4235:
4236: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4237: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4238: translating and reprinting articles from
4239: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4240: <p>
4241:
4242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4243: <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 4244: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4245:
4246: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4247: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4248: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4249: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4250: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4251: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4252: <p>
1.19 louis 4253:
1.113 naddy 4254: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4255: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4256: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4257:
4258: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4259: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4260: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4261: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4262: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4263: <p>
1.16 louis 4264:
1.247 jufi 4265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4266: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4267: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4268: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4269:
1.57 louis 4270: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4271: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4272: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4273: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4274:
1.247 jufi 4275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4276: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4277: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4278: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4279:
1.113 naddy 4280: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4281:
1.247 jufi 4282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4283: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4284: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4285: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4286:
1.23 louis 4287: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4288: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4289: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4290: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4291: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4292: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4293:
1.247 jufi 4294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4295: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4296: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4297: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4298:
1.199 pvalchev 4299: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4300: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4301: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4302: installation.
1.113 naddy 4303: <p>
1.47 louis 4304:
1.247 jufi 4305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4306: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4307: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4308: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4309:
1.301 jose 4310: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4311: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4312: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4313: </ul>
1.57 louis 4314:
1.69 deraadt 4315: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4316: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4317:
1.247 jufi 4318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4319: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4320: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4321: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4322:
4323: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4324: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4325: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4326: <p>
1.12 louis 4327:
1.247 jufi 4328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4329: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4330: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4331: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4332:
4333: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4334: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4335: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4336: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4337: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4338: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4339: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4340: <p>
1.247 jufi 4341: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4342:
1.69 deraadt 4343: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4344: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4345:
1.247 jufi 4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4347: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4348: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4349:
4350: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4351: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4352: available."
1.113 naddy 4353: <p>
1.301 jose 4354:
4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4356: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4357: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4358: </strong></font><br>
4359:
4360: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4361: <p>
1.247 jufi 4362: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4363:
1.69 deraadt 4364: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4365: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4366:
1.247 jufi 4367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4368: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4369: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4370:
4371: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4372: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4373: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4374: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4375: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4376: <p>
1.33 louis 4377:
1.247 jufi 4378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4379: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4380: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4381: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4382:
1.113 naddy 4383: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4384: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4385: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4386: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4387: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4388: <p>
1.247 jufi 4389: </ul>
1.57 louis 4390:
1.69 deraadt 4391: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4392: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4393:
1.247 jufi 4394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4395: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4396: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4397: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4398:
4399: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4400: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4401: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4402:
1.247 jufi 4403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4404: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4405: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4406: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4407: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4408:
4409: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4410: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4411:
1.247 jufi 4412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4413: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4414:
1.113 naddy 4415: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4416:
1.247 jufi 4417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4418: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4419: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4420: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4421:
4422: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4423: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4424: </ul>
1.23 louis 4425:
1.69 deraadt 4426: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4427: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4428:
1.247 jufi 4429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4430: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4431: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4432:
4433: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4434: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4435: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4436:
1.247 jufi 4437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4438: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4439: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4440: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4441:
4442: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4443: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4444: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4445: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4446: </ul>
1.57 louis 4447:
1.69 deraadt 4448: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4449: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4450:
1.247 jufi 4451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4452: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4453: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4454: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4455:
4456: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4457: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4458: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4459: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4460: <p>
1.15 louis 4461:
1.247 jufi 4462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4463: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4464: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4465: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4466:
4467: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4468: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4469: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4470: columns."
1.113 naddy 4471: <p>
1.247 jufi 4472: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4473:
1.69 deraadt 4474: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4475: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4476:
1.247 jufi 4477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4478: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4479: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4480: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4481:
4482: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4483: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4484:
1.113 naddy 4485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4486: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4487: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4488:
4489: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4490: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4491: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4492: </ul>
1.57 louis 4493:
1.69 deraadt 4494: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4495: <ul>
1.301 jose 4496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4497: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4498: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4499: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4500:
4501: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4502: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4503: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4504: <p>
4505:
4506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4507: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4508: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4509: Nov 13, 1998 and
4510: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4511: Datateknik</a>,
4512: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4513:
1.380 saad 4514: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4515: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4516: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4517: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4518: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4519:
1.113 naddy 4520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4521: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4522: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4523: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4524:
1.222 miod 4525: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4526: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4527: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4528: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4529: <p>
1.247 jufi 4530: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4531:
1.69 deraadt 4532: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4533: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4534:
1.247 jufi 4535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4536: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4537: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4538:
1.69 deraadt 4539: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4540: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4541: <p>
1.247 jufi 4542: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4543:
1.69 deraadt 4544: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4545: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4546:
1.247 jufi 4547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4548: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4549: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4550: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4551:
1.383 jcs 4552: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4553: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4554: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4555:
1.247 jufi 4556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4557: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4558: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4559: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4560: <p>
1.247 jufi 4561: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4562:
1.69 deraadt 4563: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4564: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4565:
1.247 jufi 4566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4567: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4568: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4569: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4570: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4571: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4572:
4573: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4574: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4575: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4576: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4577: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4578: <p>
1.247 jufi 4579: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4580:
4581: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4582: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4583:
1.247 jufi 4584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4585: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4586: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4587:
1.69 deraadt 4588: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4589: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4590: <p>
1.112 naddy 4591:
1.247 jufi 4592: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4593: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4594:
1.292 camield 4595: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4596: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4597: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.435 ! reyk 4598: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.434 2005/03/04 02:16:13 ian Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4599:
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