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1.436 ! henning 19: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
! 20: <ul>
! 21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
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! 23: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 24: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
! 25: </strong></font><br>
! 26: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
! 27: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
! 28: on explaining CARP and pfsync procotols, and does not forget to cover
! 29: the issues we had with IETF.
! 30: </ul>
! 31:
1.431 ian 32: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
33: <ul>
34: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 35: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
36: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
37: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
38: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
39: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
40: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
41: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
42: <p>
43:
44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 45: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
46: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
47: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
48: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
49: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
50: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 51: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 52: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
53: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
54: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
55: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
56: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
57: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
58: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
59: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
60:
61: </ul>
62:
1.427 matthieu 63: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
64: <ul>
65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 67: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
68: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
69: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
70: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
71: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
72: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
73: firmware.
1.434 ian 74: Similar articles can be found online at:
75: <ul>
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
77: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
78: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
79: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
81: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
82: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
83: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
84: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
85: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
86: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
87: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
89: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
90: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
91: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
92: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 93: </ul>
94:
1.426 ian 95: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
96: <ul>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
100: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
101: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
102: This article talks about our systrace
103: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
104: mechanism: what it is and why and
105: how to use it, with examples.
106: Another excerpt from the book
107: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
108: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
109: <p>
110:
111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
112: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
113: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
114: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
115: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
116: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
117: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
118: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
119: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
120: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
121: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
122: This article is a sample chapter from
123: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
124: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
125: <p>
126: </ul>
127:
1.424 ian 128: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
129: <ul>
130:
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 132: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
133: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
134: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
135: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
136: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
137: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
138: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
139: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
140: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
141: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
142: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
143: <p>
144: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
145: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
146: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 150: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
151: Closed Source Hardware</a>
152: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
153: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
154: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
155: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
156: operating systems.
157: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
158: OpenBSD on his firewall.
159: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
160: systems, he writes:
161: <blockquote>
162: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
163: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
164: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
165: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
166: to the operating system...
167: <br/>
168: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
169: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
170: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
171: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
172: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
173: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
174: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
175: in a closed source operating system).
176: <br/>
177: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
178: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
179: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
180: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
181: </blockquote>
182: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
183: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
184: their hardware and software operates.
185: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
186: reverse-engineering the
187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
188: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
189: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
190: <p>
191: </ul>
192:
1.417 pvalchev 193: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
194: <ul>
1.421 ian 195:
1.417 pvalchev 196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 197: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
198: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
199: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
200: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
201: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
202: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
203: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
204: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
205: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
206: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
207: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 208: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 209: <p>
210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 211: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
212: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
213: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
214: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
215: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
216: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
217: it claims to do".
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 221: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
222: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
223: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
224: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
225: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 226: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 227: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
228: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
229: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
230: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
231: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
232: (yes, this is a hint).
233: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
234: picked up on the
235: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
236: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
237: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
238: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
239: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
240: <p>
241:
242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 243: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
244: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
245: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
246: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
247: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
248: questions about the significance and rationale behind
249: the current efforts.
250: <p>
251: </ul>
252:
1.407 henning 253: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
254: <ul>
255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 256: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
257: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
258: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
259: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
260: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
261: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
262: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
263: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 267: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
268: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
269: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
270: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
271: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
272: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
273: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
274: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
275: of the important changes in 3.6.
276: </p>
277:
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 279: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
280: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
281: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
282: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
283: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
284: overflow attacks... because
285: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
286: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
287: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
288: and propolice.
289: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
290: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
291: and that's when the science falls apart."
292: <p>
293:
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 295: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
296: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
297: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
298: Starts with the question:
299: <blockquote>
300: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
301: <br/>
302: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
303: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
304: <br/>
305: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
306: Should we believe them?"
307: </blockquote>
308: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
309: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
310: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
311: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
312: for your mail, web and other online activities.
313: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
314: <p>
315:
316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 317: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
318: Simple Simon</a>,
319: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
320: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
321: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
322: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
323: routing/firewall, and more.
324: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
325: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
326: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
327: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
328: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
329: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
330: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
331: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
332: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
333: </blockquote>
334: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
335: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 339: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
340: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 341: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 342: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 343: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
344: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
345: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 346: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 347: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
348: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
349: in spite of it
350: (registration required, but worth it).
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
354: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
355: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
356: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
357: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
358: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
359: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
360: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 361: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 362: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
363: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
364: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
365: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
366: <p>
367:
368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 369: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
370: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
371: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
372: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
373: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
374: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
375: <blockquote>
376: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
377: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
378: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
379: a lot of analysis.
380: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
381: </blockquote>
382: <p>
383: </ul>
384:
1.400 marco 385: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
386: <ul>
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 388: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
389: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
390: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
391: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
392: UNIX-like systems.
393: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
394: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
395: <p>
396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 397: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
398: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 399: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
400: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
401: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
402: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
403: At one point, the article states:
404: <blockquote>
405: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
406: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
407: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
408: </blockquote>
409: And then quotes Theo as saying:
410: <blockquote>
411: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
412: fewer are reading or auditing code."
413: </blockquote>
414: <p>
415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
416: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
417: marks its fifth birthday</a>
418: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
419: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
420: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
421: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
422: required).
423: <p>
424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 425: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
426: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
427: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
428: </strong></font><br>
429: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
430: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
431: <p>
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 433: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
434: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 435: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 436: </strong></font><br>
437: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
438: <p>
439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 440: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
441: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 442: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 443: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 444: 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 445: <p>
446: </ul>
447:
1.396 henning 448: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
449: <ul>
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 451: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
452: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
453: Unix Review, July, 2004
454: </strong></font><br>
455: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
456: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
457: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
458: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
459: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
460: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
461: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
462: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
463: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
464: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
465: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
466: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
467: and even spelling/wording errors.
468: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
469: <p>
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 471: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 472: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
473: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
474: </strong></font><br>
475: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
476: <p>
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 478: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 479: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
480: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
481: </strong></font><br>
482: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
483: <p>
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 485: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
486: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
487: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
488: </strong></font><br>
489: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
490: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
491: <p>
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 493: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
494: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
495: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
496: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
497: <p>
498: </ul>
499:
1.405 jolan 500: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
501: <ul>
502: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
503: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
504: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
505: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
506: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
507: details on how funds are dispersed.
508: <p>
509: </ul>
510:
1.393 david 511: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
512: <ul>
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 514: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
515: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
516: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
517: </strong></font><br>
518: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
519: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
520: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
521: on inserting large number of SQL records.
522: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
523: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
524: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
525: <p>
526:
527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 528: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
529: Secure by Default</a>,
530: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
531: </strong></font><br>
532: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
533: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
537: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
538: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
539: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
540: </strong></font><br>
541: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
542: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
543: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
544: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
545: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
546: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
547: <p>
548:
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
550: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
551: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
552: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
553: </strong></font><br>
554: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
555: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
556: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
557: <p>
558:
559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
560: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
561: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
562: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
563: </strong></font><br>
564: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
565: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
566: <p>
567: </ul>
568:
1.388 mcbride 569: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
570: <ul>
1.394 jolan 571:
572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
573: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
574: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
575: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
576: </strong></font><br>
577: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
578: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
579: available for sparc64.
580: <p>
581:
1.390 beck 582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 583: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
584: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
585: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
586: </strong></font><br>
587: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
588: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
589: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
590: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 594: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
595: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 596: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 597: </strong></font><br>
598: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
599: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
600: it does: CARP provides sharing
601: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
602: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
603: detail to get you started using it.
604: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
605: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
606: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
607: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
608: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
609: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
610: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 611: <p>
1.391 ian 612:
613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 614: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 615: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
616: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 617: </strong></font><br>
618: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 619: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 620: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 621: <p>
1.388 mcbride 622:
623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
624: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
625: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 626: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 627: </strong></font><br>
628: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
629: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
630: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
631: unencumbered by patents.
632: <p>
633: </ul>
634:
1.378 henning 635: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
636: <ul>
1.384 jose 637:
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 639: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
640: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
641: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
642: </strong></font><br>
643: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
644: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
645: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
646: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
647: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
648: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
649: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
650: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
651: in the page tables."
652: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
653: <p>
654:
655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 656: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
657: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
658: </strong></font><br>
659: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
660: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
661: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
662: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 663: <p>
1.384 jose 664:
1.378 henning 665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 666: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
667: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 668: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
669: </strong></font><br>
670: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
671: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
672: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
673: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
674: (quote:
675: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
676: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 677: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 678: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
679: the other developers for their work on the system.
680: <p>
681:
682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 683: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
684: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
685: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 686: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 687: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
688: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
689: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
690: too.
691: <p>
692:
693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 694: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
695: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 696: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 697: OpenBSD source code using
698: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
699: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
700: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
701: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
702: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
703: <p>
704: </ul>
705:
1.374 jose 706: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
707: <ul>
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 709: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 710: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
711: </strong></font><br>
712: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
713: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
714: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
715: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
716: it."
717: <p>
718:
719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 720: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
721: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
722: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
723: </strong></font><br/>
724: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
725: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
726: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
727: <p>
728: </ul>
729:
1.369 ian 730: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
731: <ul>
732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 733: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
734: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
735: </strong></font><br/>
736: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
737: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
738: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
739: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
740: <p>
741:
742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 743: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
744: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
745: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
746: </strong></font><br/>
747: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
748: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
749: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
750: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
751: form factor.
752: <p>
753:
754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
755: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
756: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
757: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
758: Features</a>,
759: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
760: </strong></font><br/>
761: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
762: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
763: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
764: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
765: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
766: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
767: <p>
768: This article can also be found online at:
769: <ul>
770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 771: <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 772: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
773: </strong></font>
774: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
775: </ul>
776: <p>
1.392 david 777:
1.371 jose 778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 779: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
780: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 781: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
782: </strong></font><br/>
783: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
784: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
785: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 786: <p>
1.371 jose 787:
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 789: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 790: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 791: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 792: </strong></font><br/>
793: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
794: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
795: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
796: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
797: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
798: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
799: and its history with OpenBSD.
800: </ul>
801:
1.368 henning 802: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
803: <ul>
804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 805: [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 806: </strong></font><br>
807: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
808: </ul>
809:
1.364 jose 810: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
811: <ul>
812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 813: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
814: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
815: UNIX Review,
816: July, 2003.
817: </strong></font><br>
818: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
819: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
820: who want more information.
821: <p>
822:
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 824: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
825: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
826: Government Computer News,
827: July 22, 2003.
828: </strong></font><br>
829: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
830: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
831: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
832: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
833: <p>
834:
835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
836: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
837: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
838: SANS Institute,
839: July 22, 2003.
840: </strong></font><br>
841: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 842: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 843: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
844: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
845: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
846: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
847: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
848: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
849: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
850: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
851: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
852: <p>
853:
854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 855: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
856: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
857: OnLamp.com,
858: July 17, 2003.
859: </strong></font><br>
860: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
861: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
862: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
863: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
864: have been working on.
865:
866: </ul>
867:
1.356 jose 868: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 869: <ul>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 872: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
873: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
874: UNIX Review,
875: June, 2003.
876: </strong></font><br>
877: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
878: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
879: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
880: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
881: <p>
882:
883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 884: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
885: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
886: eWeek,
887: June 23, 2003.
888: </strong></font><br>
889: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
890: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
891: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
892: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
893: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
894: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 898: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
899: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
900: Software Development Online,
901: June, 2003.
902: </strong></font><br>
903: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
904: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
905: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
906: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
907: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
908: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
909: current activities.
910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 913: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
914: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 915: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
916: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
917: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
918: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 919: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 920: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
921: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
922: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 923: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 924: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
925: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 926: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 927: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
928: decisions.
929: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
930: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 931: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 932: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 933: <p>
934:
935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 936: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
937: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
938: Page 58, eWeek,
939: June 2, 2003.
940: </strong></font><br>
941: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
942: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
943: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
944: been addressed in -current.
945: <p>
946:
1.356 jose 947: </ul>
948:
949: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
950: <ul>
951:
1.355 jose 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 953: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
954: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
955: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
956: </strong></font><br>
957: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
958: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
959: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
960: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
961: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
962: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
963: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 967: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
968: Beyond Linux</a>,
969: InfoWorld,
970: May 23, 2003.
971: </strong></font><br>
972: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
973: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
974: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
975: compared to the GPL.
976: <p>
977:
978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 979: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
980: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
981: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 982: May 17, 2003.
983: </strong></font><br>
984: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
985: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
986: the business section and half of another page inside
987: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
988: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
989: in talking about the project's history and goals.
990: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
991: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
992: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
993: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 994: <br>
995: This article can also be found online at:
996: <ul>
997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
998: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
999: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1000: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1001: May 17, 2003
1002: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1003: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1005: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1006: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1007: Montreal Gazette,
1008: May 21, 2003
1009: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1010: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1011: <p>
1.346 ian 1012:
1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1014: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1015: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1016: May 7, 2003.
1017: </strong></font><br>
1018: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1019: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1020: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1021: <p>
1022:
1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1024: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1025: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1026: OsOpinion,
1027: May 6, 2003.
1028: </strong></font><br>
1029: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1030: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1031: <br>
1032: This article can also be found online at:
1033: <ul>
1034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1035: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1036: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1037: NewsFactor Network.
1038: </strong></font>
1039: </ul>
1040: <p>
1041:
1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1043: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1044: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1045: ITBusiness,
1046: May 2, 2003.
1047: </strong></font><br>
1048: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1049: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1050: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1051: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1052: <p>
1053:
1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1055: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1056: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1057: InfoWorld,
1058: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1059: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1060: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1061: <br>
1062: This article can also be found online at:
1063: <ul>
1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1065: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1066: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1067: IDG Singapore.
1068: </strong></font>
1069: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1070: <p>
1071:
1.339 jose 1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1073: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1074: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1075: ZDNet,
1076: May 1, 2003.
1077: </strong></font><br>
1078: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1079: someone using parts from previous articles.
1080: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1081: This article can also be found online at:
1082: <ul>
1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1084: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1085: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1086: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1087: </strong></font>
1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1089: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1090: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1091: CNET News.com.
1092: </strong></font>
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1094: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1095: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1096: ZDNet UK.
1097: </strong></font>
1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1099: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1100: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1101: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1102: </strong></font>
1103: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1104: <p>
1.339 jose 1105:
1.341 deraadt 1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1107: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1108: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1109: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1110: May 1, 2003.
1111: </strong></font><br>
1112: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1113: that have been added
1114: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1115: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1116: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1117: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1118: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1119: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1120: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1121: <p>
1122:
1123: </ul>
1124:
1.253 ian 1125: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1126: <ul>
1.255 ian 1127:
1.260 ian 1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1129: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1130: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1131: TechRepublic,
1132: April 28, 2003.
1133: </strong></font><br>
1134: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1135: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1136: work.<br>
1137: Can also be found online at:
1138: <ul>
1139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1140: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1141: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1142: ZDNet UK.
1143: </strong></font>
1144: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1145: <p>
1146:
1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1148: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1149: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1150: IDG,
1151: April 24, 2003.
1152: </strong></font><br>
1153: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1154: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1155: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1156: Can also be found online at:
1157: <ul>
1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1159: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1160: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1161: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1162: </strong></font>
1163: </ul>
1164: <p>
1165:
1166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1167: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1168: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1169: Slate,
1170: April 24, 2003.
1171: </strong></font><br>
1172: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1173: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1174: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1175: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1176: <p>
1177:
1178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1179: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1180: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1181: April 24, 2003.
1182: </strong></font><br>
1183: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1184: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1185: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1186: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1187: <p>
1188:
1189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1190: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1191: April 24, 2003.
1192: </strong></font><br>
1193: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1194: the free software community".
1195: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1196: other articles.
1197: <p>
1198:
1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1200: <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 1201: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1202: </strong></font><br>
1203: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1204: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1205: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1206: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1207: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1208: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1209: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1210: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1211: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1212: <br/>
1213: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1214: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1215: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1216: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1217: <br>
1218: Can also be found online at:
1219: <ul>
1220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1221: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1222: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1223: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1224: </strong></font>
1225: </ul>
1.324 ian 1226: <p>
1227:
1228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1229: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1230: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1231: </strong></font><br>
1232: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1233: article above.
1234: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1235: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1236: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1237: <br>
1238: Can also be found online at:
1239: <ul>
1240: <li>
1241: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1242: </strong></font>
1243: </ul>
1.324 ian 1244: <p>
1245:
1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1247: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1248: </strong></font><br>
1249: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1250: <p>
1251:
1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1253: <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.
1254: </strong></font><br>
1255: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1256: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1257: <p>
1258:
1259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1260: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1261: April 23, 2003.
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1264: <p>
1265:
1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1267: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1268: April 22, 2003.
1269: </strong></font><br>
1270: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1271: <p>
1272:
1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1274: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1275: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1276: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1277: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1278: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1279: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1280: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1281: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1282: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1283: Can also be found online at:
1284: <ul>
1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1286: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1287: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1288: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1289: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1291: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1292: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1293: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1294: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1295: </ul>
1296: <p>
1297:
1298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1299: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1300: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1301: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1302: </strong></font><br>
1303: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1304: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1305: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1306: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1307: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1308: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1309: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1310: <p>
1311:
1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1313: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1314: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1315: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1316: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1317: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1318: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1319: at UPenn and DARPA.
1320: <p>
1321:
1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1323: [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,
1324: France
1.315 deraadt 1325: April 18, 2003.
1326: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1327: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1328: <p>
1329:
1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1331: [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 1332: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1333: </strong></font><br>
1334: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1335: <p>
1336:
1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1338: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1339: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1340: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1341: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1342: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1343: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1344: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1345: <p>
1346:
1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1348: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1349: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1350: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1351: </strong></font><br>
1352: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1353: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1354: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1355: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1356: <p>
1357:
1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1359: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1360: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1361: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1362: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1363: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1364: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1365: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1366: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1367: Can also be found online at:
1368: <ul>
1369: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1370: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1371: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1372: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1373: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1374: <p>
1375:
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1377: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1378: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1379: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1380: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1383: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1384: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1385: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1386: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1387:
1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1389: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1390: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1391: New York Times.
1392: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1393:
1.273 deraadt 1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1395: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1396: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1397: ABC News.
1398: </strong></font>
1399:
1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1401: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1402: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1403: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1404: </strong></font>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1407: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1408: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1409: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1410: </strong></font>
1411:
1412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1413: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1414: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1415: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1416: </strong></font>
1417:
1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1419: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1420: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1421: Times Daily, AL.
1422: </strong></font>
1423:
1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1425: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1426: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1427: Boston.com, MA.
1428: </strong></font>
1429:
1430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1431: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1432: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1433: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1434: </strong></font>
1435:
1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1437: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1438: [Article was pulled]</a>
1439: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1440: </strong></font>
1441:
1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1443: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1444: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1445: Infoshop News.
1446: </strong></font>
1447:
1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1449: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1450: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1451: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1452: </strong></font>
1453:
1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1455: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1456: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1457: Raleigh News, NC.
1458: </strong></font>
1459:
1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1461: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1462: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1463: Napa News, CA.
1464: </strong></font>
1465:
1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1467: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1468: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1469: NEPA News, PA.
1470: </strong></font>
1471:
1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1473: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1474: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1475: Wired News.
1476: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1477: <br>
1478: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1479: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1480: [JAPANESE]
1481: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1482: Wired News Japan</a>
1483: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1484:
1.271 deraadt 1485: </ul>
1486: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1487: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1488: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1489: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1490: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1491: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1492: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1493: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1494: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1495: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1496: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1497: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1498: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1499: <p>
1500: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1501:
1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1503: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1504: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1505: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1506: </strong></font>
1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1509: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1510: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1511: Miami Herald, FL.
1512: </strong></font>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1515: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1516: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1517: </strong></font>
1518:
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1520: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1521: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1522: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1523: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1524:
1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1526: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1527: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1528: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1529: ABC News.
1530: </strong></font>
1531:
1.276 deraadt 1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1533: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1534: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1535: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1536: </strong></font>
1537:
1.286 dhartmei 1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1539: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1540: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1541: Wilmington Star, NC.
1542: </strong></font>
1543:
1.300 jose 1544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1545: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1546: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1547: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1548: </strong></font>
1549:
1.309 jose 1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1551: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1552: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1553: Globe Technology.
1554: </strong></font>
1555:
1.263 deraadt 1556: </ul>
1.262 beck 1557: <p>
1558:
1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1560: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1561: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1562: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1563: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1564: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1565: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1566: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1567: <p>
1568:
1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1570: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1571: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1572: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1573: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1574: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1575: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1576: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1577: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1578: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1579: and simply restates other press reports.
1580: <p>
1581:
1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1583: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1584: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1585: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1586: </strong></font><br>
1587: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1588: <p>
1589:
1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1591: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1592: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1593: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1594: </strong></font><br>
1595: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1596: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1597: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1598: <p>
1599:
1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1601: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1602: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1603: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1604: April 17, 2003.
1605: </strong></font><br>
1606: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1607: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1608: Tech Anthems</a>
1609: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1610: 4 so far.
1611: <p>
1612:
1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1614: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1615: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1616: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1617: </strong></font><br>
1618: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1619: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1620: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1621: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1622: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1623: Goes on to say:
1624: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1625: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1626: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1627: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1628: This article is also found online at:
1629: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1631: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1632: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1633: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1634: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1636: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1637: ZDnet</a>,
1638: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1639: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1641: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1642: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1643: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1644: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1645: </ul>
1.260 ian 1646: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1647:
1.260 ian 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1649: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1650: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1651: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1652: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1653: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1654: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1655: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1656: without notice or justification.
1657: <p>
1658:
1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1660: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1661: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1662: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1663: </strong></font><br>
1664: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1665: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1666: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1667: effective today, without any warning..."
1668: <p>
1.257 ian 1669:
1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1671: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1672: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1673: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1674: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1675: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1676: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1677: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1678: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1679: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1680: <p>
1681:
1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1683: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1684: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1685: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1686: </strong></font><br>
1687: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1688: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1689: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1690: quoting two of them:
1691: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1692: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1693: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1694: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1695: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1696: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1697: <p>
1698:
1.255 ian 1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1700: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1701: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1702: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1703: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1704: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1708: [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 1709: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1710: </strong></font><br>
1711: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1712: <p>
1713:
1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1715: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1716: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1717: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1718: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1719: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1720: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1721: security experts for more than three decades."
1722: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1723: <p>
1.261 ian 1724:
1.254 drahn 1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1726: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1727: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1728: </strong></font><br>
1729: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1730: <p>
1731:
1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1733: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1734: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1735: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1736: </strong></font><br>
1737: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1738: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1739: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1740: <p>
1741:
1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1743: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1744: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1745: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1746: </strong></font><br>
1747: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1748: from US DARPA.
1749: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1750: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1751: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1752: the BSD license.
1753: <p>
1754: </ul>
1755:
1.251 ian 1756: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1757: <ul>
1758:
1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1760: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1761: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1762: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1763: </strong></font><br>
1764:
1765: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1766: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1767: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1768: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1769: <p>
1770:
1771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1772: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1773: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1774: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1775: </strong></font><br>
1776: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1777: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1778: Mentions
1779: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1780: and
1781: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1782: programs.
1783: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1784: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1785: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1786: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1787: <p>
1.325 ian 1788: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1789: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1790:
1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1792: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1793: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1794: </strong></font><br>
1795: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1796: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1797: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1798: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1799: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1800: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1801: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1802: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1803: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1804: put into service."
1805: <p>
1806: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1807: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1808: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1809: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1810: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1811: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1812: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1813: computers with security features."
1814: <p>
1.329 ian 1815:
1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1817: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1818: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1819: Slate,
1820: March 3, 2003.
1821: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1822: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1823: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1824: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1825: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1826: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1827: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1828: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1829: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1830: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1831: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1832: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1833: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1834: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1835: of more secure open-source solutions like
1836: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1837: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1838: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1839: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1840: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1841: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1842: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1843: the Beltway."
1844: <p>
1.251 ian 1845: </ul>
1846:
1.249 jufi 1847: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1848: <ul>
1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1850: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1851: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1852: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1853: </strong></font><br>
1854: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1855: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1856: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1857: <p>
1.334 ian 1858:
1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1860: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1861: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1862: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1863: </strong></font><br>
1864: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1865: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1866: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1867: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1868: "... the hypothetical question ...
1869: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1870: <br>
1871: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1872: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1873: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1874: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1875: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1876: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1877: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1878: support network security.
1879: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1880: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1881: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1882: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1883: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1884: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1885: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1886: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1887: <br>
1888: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1889: <p>
1890:
1.249 jufi 1891: </ul>
1892:
1.246 jufi 1893: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1894: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1895:
1.247 jufi 1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1897: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1898: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1899: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1900: </strong></font><br>
1901: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1902: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1903: <p>
1904:
1.247 jufi 1905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1906: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1907: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1908: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1909: </strong></font><br>
1910: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1911: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1912: <p>
1913:
1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1915: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1916: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1917: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1918: </strong></font><br>
1919: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1920: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1921: <p>
1.247 jufi 1922: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1923:
1.244 jufi 1924: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1925: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1926:
1.247 jufi 1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1928: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1929: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1930: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1931: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1932: </strong></font><br>
1933: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1934: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1935: md5 digests.
1936: <p>
1937:
1.247 jufi 1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1939: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1940: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1941: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1942: </strong></font><br>
1943: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1944: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1945: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1946: right the first time."
1947: <p>
1.247 jufi 1948: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1949:
1950:
1951: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1952: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1955: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1956: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1957: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1958: </strong></font><br>
1959: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1960: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1961: part 6</a>.
1962: <p>
1963:
1.247 jufi 1964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1965: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1966: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1967: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1968: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1969: </strong></font><br>
1970: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1971: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1972: <p>
1.301 jose 1973:
1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1975: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1976: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1977: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1978: </strong></font><br>
1979:
1980: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1981: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1982: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1983: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1984: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1985: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1986: <i>Here's the
1987: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1988: <p>
1.247 jufi 1989: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1990:
1991: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1992: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1993:
1.247 jufi 1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1995: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1996: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1997: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1998: </strong></font><br>
1999: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2000: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2001: <p>
2002:
1.247 jufi 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2004: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2005: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2006: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2007: </strong></font><br>
2008: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2009: this time using pf.
2010: <p>
1.247 jufi 2011: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2012:
2013: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2014: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2017: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2018: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2019: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2020: </strong></font><br>
2021: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2022: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2023: their rotation.
2024: <p>
2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2027: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2028: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2029: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2030: </strong></font><br>
2031: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2032: <p>
1.247 jufi 2033: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2034:
1.239 jufi 2035: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2036: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2037:
1.247 jufi 2038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2039: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2040: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2041: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2042: </strong></font><br>
2043: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2044: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2045: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2046: <p>
2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2049: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2050: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2051: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2052: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2053: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2054: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2055: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2056: <p>
1.247 jufi 2057: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2058:
1.235 lebel 2059: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2060: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2061:
1.239 jufi 2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2064: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2065: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2066: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2067: </strong></font><br>
2068: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2069: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2070: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2071: <p>
1.301 jose 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2074:
1.228 horacio 2075: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2076: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2077:
1.247 jufi 2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2079: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2080: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2081: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2082: </strong></font><br>
2083: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2084: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2085: <p>
2086:
1.247 jufi 2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2088: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2089: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2090: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2091: </strong></font><br>
2092: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2093: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2094: <p>
2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2097: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2098: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2099: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2100: </strong></font><br>
2101: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2102: on the desktop of his parents.
2103: <p>
2104:
1.247 jufi 2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2106: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2107: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2108: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2109: </strong></font><br>
2110: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2111: using IPFilter.
2112:
2113: <p>
2114:
1.247 jufi 2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2116: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2117: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2118: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2119: </strong></font><br>
2120: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2121: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2122: perspectives of the four OS.
2123: <br>
2124: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2125: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2126: <p>
2127:
1.247 jufi 2128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2129: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2130: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2131: software and security</a>,
2132: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2133: </strong></font><br>
2134:
2135: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2136: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2137: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2138: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2139: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2140: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2141: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2142: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2143: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2144: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2145: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2146: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2147: <p>
1.247 jufi 2148: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2149:
1.225 horacio 2150: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2151: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2152:
1.247 jufi 2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2154: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2155: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2156: Interview</a>,
2157: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2158: </strong></font><br>
2159:
2160: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2161: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2162: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2163: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2164: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2165: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2166: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2167: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2168: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2169: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2170: of choice.
2171: <p>
1.247 jufi 2172: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2173:
2174: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2175: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2178: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2179: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2180: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2184: <p>
2185:
1.247 jufi 2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2187: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2188: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2189: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2190: </strong></font><br>
2191:
2192: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2193: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2194: <p>
1.247 jufi 2195: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2196:
1.218 horacio 2197: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2198: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2201: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2202: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2203: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2204: </strong></font><br>
2205:
2206: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2207: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2208: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2209: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2210: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2211: subjects. Worth a read.
2212: <p>
2213:
2214:
1.247 jufi 2215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2216: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2217: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2218: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2219: </strong></font><br>
2220:
2221: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2222: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2223: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2224: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2225: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2226: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2227: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2228: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2229: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2230: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2231: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2232: on other operating systems.<br>
2233: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2234: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2235: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2236: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2237: <p>
2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2240: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2241: Operating System 2010</a>,
2242: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2243: </strong></font><br>
2244:
2245: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2246: covering the level of software integration into the core
2247: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2248: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2249: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2250: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2251: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2252: <p>
2253:
1.247 jufi 2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2255: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2256: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2257: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2258: </strong></font><br>
2259:
2260: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2261: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2262: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2263: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2264: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2265: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2266: <p>
1.247 jufi 2267: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2268:
1.210 jufi 2269: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2270: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2273: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2274: Already a Contender</a>,
2275: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2276: </strong></font><br>
2277:
2278: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2279: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2280: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2281: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2282: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2283: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2284: <p>
2285:
1.247 jufi 2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2287: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2288: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2289: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2290: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2291:
1.224 horacio 2292: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2293: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2294: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2295: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2296: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2297: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2298: <p>
1.247 jufi 2299: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2300:
2301: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2302: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2305: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2306: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2307: Division</a>,
2308: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2309: </strong></font><br>
2310:
2311: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2312: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2313: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2314: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2315: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2316: investment</em>.<br>
2317: The implementation details can be seen on their
2318: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2319: <p>
2320:
1.247 jufi 2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2322: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2323: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2324: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2325: </strong></font><br>
2326:
2327: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2328: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2329: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2330: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2331: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2332: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2333: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2334: <p>
2335:
2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2337: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2338: Thinking about Security</a>,
2339: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2340: </strong></font><br>
2341:
2342: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2343: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2344: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2345: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2346: to time.<br>
2347: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2348: system and just the most secure system.
2349: <p>
2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2352: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2353: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2354: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2355: </strong></font><br>
2356:
2357: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2358: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2359: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2360: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2361: choice:<br>
2362: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2363: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2364: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2365: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2366: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2367: network security devices and as such must be well
2368: armored."</em><br>
2369: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2370: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2371: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2372: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2373: <br>
2374: Bravo!
2375: <p>
1.247 jufi 2376: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2377:
1.207 ian 2378: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2379: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2382: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2383: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2384: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2385:
1.207 ian 2386: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2387: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2388: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2389: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2390: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2391: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2392: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2393: <p>
1.247 jufi 2394: </ul>
1.207 ian 2395:
1.194 jufi 2396: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2397: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2398:
1.247 jufi 2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2400: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2401: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2402: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2403: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2404:
1.240 miod 2405: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2406: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2407: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2408: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2409: <p>
2410:
1.247 jufi 2411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2412: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2413: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2414: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2415:
2416: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2417: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2418: <p>
2419:
2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2421: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2422: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2423: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2424:
2425: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2426: <p>
2427:
2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2429: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2430: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2431: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2432: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2433:
1.240 miod 2434: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2435: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2436: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2437: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2438: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2439: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2440: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2441: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2442: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2443: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2444: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2445: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2446: <p>
2447:
1.247 jufi 2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2449: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2450: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2451: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2452: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2453:
1.194 jufi 2454: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2455: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2456: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2457: <br>
2458: The new
2459: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2460: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2461: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2462: <p>
1.247 jufi 2463: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2464:
1.190 horacio 2465: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2466: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2469:
2470: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2471: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2472:
1.301 jose 2473:
1.191 jufi 2474: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2475: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2476:
2477: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2478: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2479:
1.212 horacio 2480: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2481: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2482: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2483:
1.211 horacio 2484: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2485: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2486: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2489: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2492: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2493:
1.212 horacio 2494: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2495: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2496: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2497:
2498: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2499: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2500:
2501: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2502: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2503:
1.301 jose 2504: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2505: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2506:
1.191 jufi 2507: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2508: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2509:
2510: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2511: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2512:
1.192 jufi 2513: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2514: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2515: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2516:
1.193 deraadt 2517: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2518: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2519: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2520:
1.247 jufi 2521: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2522: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2523:
1.247 jufi 2524: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2525: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2526: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2527:
1.213 horacio 2528: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2529: 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 2530: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2531:
1.190 horacio 2532: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2533: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2534: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2535: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2536: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2537: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2538: <p>
1.190 horacio 2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2541: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2542: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2543: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2544: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2545:
1.195 jufi 2546: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2547: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2548: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2549: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2550: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2551: <p>
2552:
1.247 jufi 2553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2554: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2555: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2556: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2557: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2558:
1.191 jufi 2559: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2560: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2561: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2562: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2563: <p>
2564:
2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2566: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2567: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2568: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2569:
2570: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2571: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2572: <p>
1.247 jufi 2573: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2574:
1.191 jufi 2575:
1.186 jufi 2576: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2577: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2580: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2581: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2582: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2583: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2584:
1.188 jufi 2585: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2586: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2587: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2588: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2589: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2590: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2591: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2592: <p>
2593:
1.301 jose 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2595: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2596: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2597: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2598:
2599: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2600: <p>
1.191 jufi 2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2603: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2604: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2605: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2606: </strong></font><br>
2607:
2608: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2609: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2610: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2611: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2612: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2613: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2614: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2615: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2616: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2617: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2618: familiar?
2619: <p>
1.247 jufi 2620: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2621:
1.178 louis 2622: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2623: <ul>
1.178 louis 2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2626: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2627: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2628: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2629: </strong></font><br>
2630:
2631: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2632: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2633: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2634: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2635: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2636: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2637: <p>
2638:
1.247 jufi 2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2640: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2641: Open source under the hood</a>,
2642: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2643: </strong></font><br>
2644:
2645: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2646: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2647: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2648: <p>
2649:
1.247 jufi 2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2651: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2652: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2653: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2654: </strong></font><br>
2655:
2656: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2657: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2658: <p>
1.247 jufi 2659: </ul>
1.179 louis 2660:
1.174 louis 2661:
1.175 louis 2662: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2663: <ul>
1.175 louis 2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2666: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2667: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2668: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2669: </strong></font><br>
2670:
2671: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2672: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2673: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2674: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2675: <p>
2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2678: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2679: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2680: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2681: </strong></font><br>
2682:
2683: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2684: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2685: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2686: <p>
1.247 jufi 2687: </ul>
1.175 louis 2688:
1.176 louis 2689:
1.172 mickey 2690: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2691: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2692:
1.247 jufi 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2694: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2695: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2696: </strong></font><br>
2697:
2698: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2699: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2700: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2701: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2702: <p>
2703:
1.247 jufi 2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2705: <a
1.269 deraadt 2706: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2707: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2708: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2709: </strong></font><br>
2710:
2711: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2712: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2713: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2714: <p>
2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2717: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2718: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2719: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2720: </strong></font><br>
2721:
2722: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2723: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2724: <p>
2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2727: <a
1.269 deraadt 2728: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2729: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2730: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2731: </strong></font><br>
2732:
2733: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2734: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2735: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2736: our own Theo de Raadt.
2737: <p>
2738:
1.247 jufi 2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2740: <a
1.269 deraadt 2741: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2742: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2743: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2744: </strong></font><br>
2745:
2746: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2747: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2748: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2749: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2750: shut down.]
2751: <p>
2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2754: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2755: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2756: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2757: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2758: </strong></font><br>
2759:
2760: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2761: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2762: <p>
1.247 jufi 2763: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2764:
1.161 louis 2765: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2766: <ul>
1.161 louis 2767:
1.247 jufi 2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2769: <a
1.269 deraadt 2770: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2771: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2772: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2773: </strong></font><br>
2774:
2775: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2776: by John Wolley
2777: <p>
2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2780: <a
1.269 deraadt 2781: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2782: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2783: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2784: </strong></font><br>
2785:
2786: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2787: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2788: OpenBSD).
2789: <p>
2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2792: <a
1.247 jufi 2793: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2794: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2795: </strong></font><br>
2796:
2797: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2798: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2799: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2800: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2801: and hindsight.
2802: <p>
2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2805: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2806: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2807: </strong></font><br>
2808:
2809: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2810: <p>
2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2813: <a
1.168 provos 2814: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2815: December 7, 2000
2816: </strong></font><br>
2817:
2818: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2819: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2820: us explain.
2821: <p>
2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2824: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2825: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2826: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2827: December 6, 2000
2828: </strong></font><br>
2829:
2830: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2831: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2832: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2833: <p>
2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2836: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2837: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2838: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2839: </strong></font><br>
2840:
2841: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2842: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2843: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2844: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2845: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2846: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2847: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2848: <p>
2849:
2850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2851: <a
1.226 horacio 2852: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2853: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2854: </strong></font><br>
2855:
2856: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2857: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2858: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2859: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2860: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2861: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2862: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2863: <p>
1.162 millert 2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2866: <a
1.161 louis 2867: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2868: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2869: </strong></font><br>
2870:
2871: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2872: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2873: <p>
2874:
1.247 jufi 2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2876: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2877: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2878: </strong></font><br>
2879:
2880: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2881: <p>
2882:
2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2885: <a
1.226 horacio 2886: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2887: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2888: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2889: </strong></font><br>
2890:
2891: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2892: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2893: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2894: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2895: <p>
1.247 jufi 2896: </ul>
1.169 louis 2897:
1.158 louis 2898: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2899: <ul>
1.147 louis 2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2902: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2903: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2904: </strong></font><br>
2905:
2906: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2907: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2908: <p>
2909:
1.247 jufi 2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2911: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2912: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2913: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2914: </strong></font><br>
2915: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2916: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2917: <p>
2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2920: <a
2921: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2922: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2923: </strong></font><br>
2924:
2925: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2926: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2927: <p>
2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2930: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2931: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2932: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2933:
1.213 horacio 2934: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2935: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2936: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2937: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2938: <p>
1.215 horacio 2939:
1.247 jufi 2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2941: <a
2942: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2943: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2944: </strong></font><br>
2945:
2946: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2947: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2948: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2949: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2950: much of the attitude too).
2951: <p>
1.161 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2954: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2955: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2956: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2957:
1.157 louis 2958: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2959: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2960: <p>
1.247 jufi 2961: </ul>
1.157 louis 2962:
2963: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2964: <ul>
1.157 louis 2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2967: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2968: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2969: </strong></font><br>
2970:
2971: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2972: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2973: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2974: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2975: <p>
2976:
1.247 jufi 2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2978: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2979: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2980: </strong></font><br>
2981:
2982: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2983: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2984: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2985: it because they love coding...
2986: <p>
2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2989: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2990: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2991: </strong></font><br>
2992:
2993: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2994: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2995: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2996: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2997: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2998: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2999: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3000: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3001: <p>
3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3004: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3005: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3006: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3007: </strong></font><br>
3008:
3009: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3010: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3011: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3012: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3013: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3014: the pizza.
3015: <p>
3016:
1.247 jufi 3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3018: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3019: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3020: </strong></font><br>
3021:
3022: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3023: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3024: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3025: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3026: problems.
3027: <p>
3028:
1.247 jufi 3029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3030: <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 3031: </strong></font><br>
3032:
1.222 miod 3033: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3034: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3035: - whether they like it or not.
3036: <p>
3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3039: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3040: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3041: </strong></font><br>
3042:
3043: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3044: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3045: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3046: <p>
1.148 aaron 3047:
1.247 jufi 3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3049: <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 3050: </strong></font><br>
3051:
3052: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3053: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3054: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3055: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3056: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3057: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3058: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3059: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3060: <p>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3063: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3064: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3065: </strong></font><br>
3066:
3067: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3068: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3069: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3070: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3071: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3072: <p>
1.247 jufi 3073: </ul>
1.147 louis 3074:
1.138 louis 3075: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3076: <ul>
1.138 louis 3077:
1.247 jufi 3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3079: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3080: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3081: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3082: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3083: </strong></font><br>
3084:
1.227 horacio 3085: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3086: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3087: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3088: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3089: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3090: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3091: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3092: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3093: <p>
3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3096: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3097: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3098: </strong></font><br>
3099:
3100: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3101: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3102: groups, and even Linux.
3103: <p>
3104:
1.247 jufi 3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3106: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3107: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3108: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3109: </strong></font><br>
3110:
3111: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3112: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3113: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3114: library after installing the OS.
3115: <p>
3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3118: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3119: Sys Admin, September 2000
3120: </strong></font><br>
3121:
3122: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3123: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3124: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3125: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3126: (<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>,
3127: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3128: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3129: <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 3130: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3131: out of the system.
3132: <p>
3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3135: <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
3136: </strong></font><br>
3137:
3138: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3139: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3140: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3141: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3142: the IP filtering and address translation.
3143: <p>
1.301 jose 3144:
3145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3146: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3147: </strong></font><br>
3148:
3149: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3150: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3151: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3152: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3153: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3154: <p>
1.247 jufi 3155: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3156:
1.131 louis 3157: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3158: <ul>
1.131 louis 3159:
1.247 jufi 3160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3161: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3162: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3163: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3164: </strong></font><br>
3165:
3166: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3167: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3168: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3169: <p>
3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3172: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3173: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3174: </strong></font><br>
3175:
3176: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3177: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3178: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3179: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3180: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3181: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3182: note of"</i>.
3183: <p>
3184:
1.247 jufi 3185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3186: <a
1.247 jufi 3187: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3188: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3189: </strong></font><br>
3190:
3191: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3192: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3193: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3194: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3195: <p>
3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3198: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3199: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3200: </strong></font><br>
3201:
3202: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3203: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3204: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3205: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3206: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3207: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3208: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3209: <p>
3210:
1.247 jufi 3211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3212: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3213: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3214: 2000
3215: </strong></font><br>
3216:
3217: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3218: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3219: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3220: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3221: against current industry practices.
3222: <p>
3223:
1.247 jufi 3224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3225: <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
3226: </strong></font><br>
3227:
3228: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3229: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3230: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3231: <p>
3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3234: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3235: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3236: </strong></font><br>
3237:
3238: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3239: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3240: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3241: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3242: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3243: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3244: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3245: <p>
3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3248: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3249: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3250: </strong></font><br>
3251:
3252: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3253: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3254: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3255: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3256: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3257: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3258: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3259: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3260: <p>
1.247 jufi 3261: </ul>
1.131 louis 3262:
1.118 louis 3263: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3264: <ul>
1.118 louis 3265:
1.247 jufi 3266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3267: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3268: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3269: </strong></font><br>
3270:
3271: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3272: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3273: about time. The article mentions that
3274: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3275: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3276: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3277: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3278: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3279: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3280: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3281: <p>
3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3284: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3285: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3286: </strong></font><br>
3287:
3288: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3289: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3290: of OpenSSH.
3291: <p>
3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3294: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3295: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3296: </strong></font><br>
3297:
3298: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3299: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3300: bridging.
3301: <p>
3302:
1.247 jufi 3303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3304: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3305: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3306: </strong></font><br>
3307:
1.121 deraadt 3308: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3309: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3310: <p>
3311:
1.247 jufi 3312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3313: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3314: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3315: </strong></font><br>
3316:
3317: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3318: <p>
3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3321: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3322: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3323: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3324: </strong></font><br>
3325:
1.120 deraadt 3326: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3327: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3328: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3329: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3330: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3331: <p>
3332:
1.247 jufi 3333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3334: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3335: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3336: </strong></font><br>
3337:
1.222 miod 3338: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3339: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3340: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3341: protocols and their quirks.
3342: <p>
3343:
1.247 jufi 3344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3345: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3346: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3347: </strong></font><br>
3348:
3349: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3350: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3351: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3352: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3353: <p>
3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3356: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3357: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3358: </strong></font><br>
3359:
3360: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3361: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3362: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3363: <p>
3364:
1.247 jufi 3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3366: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3367: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3368: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3369: </strong></font><br>
3370:
3371: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3372: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3373: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3374: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3375: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3376: <p>
1.247 jufi 3377: </ul>
1.118 louis 3378:
1.104 louis 3379: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3380: <ul>
1.104 louis 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3383: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3384: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3385: </strong></font><br>
3386:
3387: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3388: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3389: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3390: be a bit dry.
3391: <p>
3392:
1.247 jufi 3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3394: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3395: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3396: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3397: </strong></font><br>
3398: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3399: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3400: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3401: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3402: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3403: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3404: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3405: <p>
3406:
1.247 jufi 3407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3408: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3409: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3410: 2000
1.128 louis 3411: </strong></font><br>
3412:
3413: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3414: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3415: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3416: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3417: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3418: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3419: <p>
3420:
1.247 jufi 3421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3422: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3423: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3424: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3425:
3426: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3427: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3428: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3429: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3430: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3431: <p>
1.110 louis 3432:
1.247 jufi 3433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3434: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3435: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3436: </strong></font><br>
3437:
3438: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3439: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3440: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3441: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3442: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3443: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3444: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3445: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3446: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3447: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3448: <p>
3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3451: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3452: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3453:
3454: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3455: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3456: <p>
1.108 louis 3457:
1.247 jufi 3458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3459: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3460: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3461: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3462:
3463: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3464: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3465: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3466: <p>
1.106 louis 3467:
1.247 jufi 3468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3469: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3470: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3471: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3472:
3473: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3474: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3475: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3476: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3477: <p>
1.107 louis 3478:
1.247 jufi 3479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3480: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3481: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3482: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3483:
3484: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3485: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3486: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3487: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3488: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3489: <p>
1.105 louis 3490:
1.247 jufi 3491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3492: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3493: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3494: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3495:
1.113 naddy 3496: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3497: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3498: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3499: <p>
1.104 louis 3500:
1.247 jufi 3501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3502: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3503: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3504: </strong></font><br>
3505:
3506: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3507: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3508: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3509: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3510: <p>
1.301 jose 3511:
3512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3513: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3514: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3515: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3516:
3517: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3518: hardware-supported cryptography.
3519: <p>
1.247 jufi 3520: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3521:
1.85 louis 3522: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3523: <ul>
1.85 louis 3524:
1.247 jufi 3525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3526: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3527: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3528: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3529:
3530: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3531: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3532: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3533: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3534: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3535: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3536: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3537: <p>
1.99 louis 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3540: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3541: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3542: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3543:
3544: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3545: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3546: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3547: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3548: <p>
1.100 louis 3549:
1.247 jufi 3550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3551: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3552: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3553: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3554:
3555: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3556: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3557: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3558: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3559: <p>
1.95 louis 3560:
1.247 jufi 3561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3562: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3563: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3564: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3565:
3566: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3567: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3568: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3569: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3570: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3571: <p>
1.92 louis 3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3574: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3575: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3576: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3577:
3578: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3579: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3580: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3581: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3582: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3583: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3584: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3585: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3586: <p>
1.91 louis 3587:
1.247 jufi 3588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3589: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3590: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3591: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3592:
3593: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3594: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3595: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3596: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3597: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3598: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3599: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3600: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3601: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3602: <p>
1.90 louis 3603:
1.247 jufi 3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3605: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3606: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3607: </strong></font><br>
3608: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3609: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3610: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3611: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3612: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3613: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3614: <p>
3615:
1.247 jufi 3616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3617: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3618: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3619: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3620:
1.113 naddy 3621: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3622: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3623: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3624: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3625: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3626: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3627: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3628: <p>
1.87 louis 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3631: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3632: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3633: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3634:
3635: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3636: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3637: <p>
1.85 louis 3638:
1.247 jufi 3639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3640: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3641: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3642: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3643:
3644: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3645: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3646: <p>
3647:
3648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3649: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3650: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3651: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3652:
3653: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3654: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3655: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3656: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3657: <p>
1.89 louis 3658:
1.247 jufi 3659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3660: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3661: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3662: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3663:
3664: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3665: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3666: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3667: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3668: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3669: </ul>
1.85 louis 3670:
1.78 deraadt 3671: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3672: <ul>
1.74 louis 3673:
1.247 jufi 3674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3675: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3676: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3677: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3678: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3679:
3680: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3681: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3682: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3683: <p>
1.83 louis 3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3686: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3687: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3688: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3689:
3690: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3691: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3692: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3693: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3694: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3695: <p>
1.93 louis 3696:
1.247 jufi 3697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3698: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3699: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3700: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3701: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3702:
1.83 louis 3703: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3704: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3705: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3706: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3707: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3708: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3709: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3710: <p>
1.82 aaron 3711:
1.247 jufi 3712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3713: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3714: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3715: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3716:
1.83 louis 3717: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3718: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3719: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3720: <p>
1.80 louis 3721:
1.247 jufi 3722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3723: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3724: Bad Press</a>,
3725: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3726: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3727:
3728: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3729: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3730: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3731: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3732: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3733: <p>
1.247 jufi 3734: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3735:
3736: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3737: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3738:
1.247 jufi 3739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3740: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3741: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3742: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3743: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3744:
3745: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3746: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3747: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3748: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3749: <p>
1.74 louis 3750:
1.247 jufi 3751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3752: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3753: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3754: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3755:
1.219 horacio 3756: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3757: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3758: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3759: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3760: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3761: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3762: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3763: <p>
1.88 louis 3764:
1.247 jufi 3765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3766: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3767: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3768: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3769:
3770: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3771: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3772: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3773: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3774: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3775: <p>
1.81 louis 3776:
1.247 jufi 3777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3778: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3779: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3780: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3781:
3782: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3783: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3784: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3785: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3786: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3787: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3788: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3789: <p>
1.90 louis 3790:
1.247 jufi 3791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3792: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3793: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3794: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3795:
3796: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3797: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3798: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3799: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3800: <p>
1.247 jufi 3801: </ul>
1.71 louis 3802:
1.69 deraadt 3803: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3804: <ul>
1.70 louis 3805:
1.247 jufi 3806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3807: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3808: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3809: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3810:
3811: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3812: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3813: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3814: <p>
1.70 louis 3815:
1.247 jufi 3816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3817: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3818: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3819: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3820:
3821: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3822: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3823: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3824: <p>
1.68 louis 3825:
1.247 jufi 3826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3827: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3828: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3829: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3830: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3831:
1.111 jufi 3832: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3833: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3834: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3835: "secure by default" installation.
3836: <p>
1.64 louis 3837:
1.247 jufi 3838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3839: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3840: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3841: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3842:
1.113 naddy 3843: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3844: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3845: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3846: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3847: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3848: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3849: <p>
1.66 louis 3850:
1.247 jufi 3851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3852: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3853: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3854: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3855:
3856: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3857: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3858: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3859: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3860: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3861: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3862: <p>
1.83 louis 3863:
1.247 jufi 3864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3865: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3866: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3867: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3868:
3869: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3870: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3871: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3872: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3873: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3874: <p>
1.64 louis 3875:
1.247 jufi 3876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3877: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3878: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3879: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3880:
3881: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3882: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3883: <p>
1.301 jose 3884:
3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3886: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3887: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3888: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3889: </strong></font><br>
3890:
3891: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3892: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3893: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3894: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3895: Giving way to
3896: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3897: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3898: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3899: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3900: <p>
1.247 jufi 3901: </ul>
1.65 louis 3902:
1.69 deraadt 3903: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3904: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3905:
1.247 jufi 3906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3907: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3908: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3909: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3910:
3911: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3912: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3913: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3914: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3915: <p>
1.88 louis 3916:
1.247 jufi 3917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3918: <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 3919: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3920:
3921: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3922: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3923: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3924: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3925: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3926: <p>
1.60 louis 3927:
1.247 jufi 3928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3929: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3930: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3931: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3932: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3933:
3934: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3935: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3936: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3937: <p>
1.58 louis 3938:
1.247 jufi 3939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3940: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3941: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3942:
3943: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3944: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3945: <p>
1.53 louis 3946:
1.247 jufi 3947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3948: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3949: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3950: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3951:
3952: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3953: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3954: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3955: <p>
1.99 louis 3956:
1.247 jufi 3957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3958: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3959: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3960:
3961: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3962: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3963: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3964: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3965: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3966:
1.247 jufi 3967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3968: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3969: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3970: </strong></font><br>
3971:
3972: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3973: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3974: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3975: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3976: <p>
3977:
1.247 jufi 3978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3979: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3980: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3981: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3982:
3983: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3984: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3985: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3986:
1.247 jufi 3987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3988: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3989: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3990:
3991: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3992: in
1.247 jufi 3993: <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 3994: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3995: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3996: <p>
1.53 louis 3997:
1.247 jufi 3998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3999: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4000: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4001: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4002: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4003:
1.58 louis 4004: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4005: <p>
1.301 jose 4006:
4007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4008: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4009: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4010: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4011: Informacyjny, January 2000
4012: </strong></font><br>
4013:
4014: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4015: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4016: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4017: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4018: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4019: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4020: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4021: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4022: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4023: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4024: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4025: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4026: <p>
4027:
4028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4029: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4030: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4031: </strong></font><br>
4032:
4033: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4034: <p>
4035: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4036:
1.69 deraadt 4037: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4038: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4039:
1.247 jufi 4040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4041: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4042: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4043: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4044: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4045:
1.58 louis 4046: Kurt Seifried
4047: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4048: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4049: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4050: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4051:
1.247 jufi 4052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4053: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4054: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4055: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4056:
4057: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4058: <p>
1.96 louis 4059:
1.247 jufi 4060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4061: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4062: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4063: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4064: </strong></font><br>
4065:
4066: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4067: <p>
4068:
4069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4070: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4071: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4072: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4073:
4074: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4075: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4076: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4077: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4078: <p>
1.247 jufi 4079: </ul>
1.86 louis 4080:
1.69 deraadt 4081: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4082: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4083:
1.247 jufi 4084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4085: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4086: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4087: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4088:
4089: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4090: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4091: <p>
1.61 louis 4092:
1.247 jufi 4093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4094: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4095: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4096: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4097: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4098:
4099: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4100: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4101: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4102: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4103: right -- or at least strives to".
4104: <p>
1.48 louis 4105:
1.247 jufi 4106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4107: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4108: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4109: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4110: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4111: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4112: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4113: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4114: <p>
1.61 louis 4115:
1.247 jufi 4116: <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 4117: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4118: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4119:
4120: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4121: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4122: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4123: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4124: <p>
1.46 louis 4125:
1.247 jufi 4126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4127: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4128: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4129: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4130:
4131: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4132: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4133: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4134:
1.247 jufi 4135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4136: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4137: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4138: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4139:
4140: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4141: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4142: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4143: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4144: <p>
1.247 jufi 4145: </ul>
1.70 louis 4146:
1.69 deraadt 4147: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4148: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4149:
1.247 jufi 4150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4151: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4152: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4153: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4154: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4155:
4156: Kurt Seifried
4157: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4158: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4159: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4160: <p>
1.44 philen 4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <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 4163: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4164: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4165:
4166: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4167: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4168:
1.247 jufi 4169: <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 4170: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4171: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4172:
4173: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4174: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4175:
1.247 jufi 4176: <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 4177: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4178: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4179:
4180: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4181: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4182: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4183: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4184: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4185:
1.247 jufi 4186: <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 4187: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4188: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4189:
1.36 louis 4190: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4191: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4192:
1.247 jufi 4193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4194: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4195: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4196: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4197:
4198: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4199: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4200: </ul>
1.38 louis 4201:
1.69 deraadt 4202: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4203: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4204:
1.247 jufi 4205: <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 4206: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4207: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4208:
4209: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4210: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4211: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4212:
1.113 naddy 4213: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4214: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4215: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4216: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4217:
4218: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4219: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4220: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4221: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4222: <blockquote>
4223: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4224: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4225: <br>
4226: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4227: </code>
4228: </blockquote>
4229: <p>
4230:
1.247 jufi 4231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4232: <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 4233: <p>
4234:
4235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4236: <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 4237: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4238:
4239: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4240: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4241: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4242: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4243:
1.247 jufi 4244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4245: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4246: Sept. 28, 1999
4247: </strong></font><br>
4248:
4249: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4250: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4251: translating and reprinting articles from
4252: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4253: <p>
4254:
4255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4256: <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 4257: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4258:
4259: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4260: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4261: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4262: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4263: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4264: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4265: <p>
1.19 louis 4266:
1.113 naddy 4267: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4268: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4269: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4270:
4271: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4272: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4273: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4274: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4275: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4276: <p>
1.16 louis 4277:
1.247 jufi 4278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4279: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4280: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4281: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4282:
1.57 louis 4283: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4284: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4285: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4286: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4287:
1.247 jufi 4288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4289: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4290: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4291: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4292:
1.113 naddy 4293: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4294:
1.247 jufi 4295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4296: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4297: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4298: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4299:
1.23 louis 4300: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4301: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4302: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4303: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4304: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4305: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4306:
1.247 jufi 4307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4308: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4309: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4310: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4311:
1.199 pvalchev 4312: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4313: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4314: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4315: installation.
1.113 naddy 4316: <p>
1.47 louis 4317:
1.247 jufi 4318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4319: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4320: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4321: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4322:
1.301 jose 4323: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4324: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4325: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4326: </ul>
1.57 louis 4327:
1.69 deraadt 4328: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4329: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4330:
1.247 jufi 4331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4332: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4333: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4334: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4335:
4336: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4337: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4338: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4339: <p>
1.12 louis 4340:
1.247 jufi 4341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4342: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4343: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4344: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4345:
4346: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4347: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4348: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4349: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4350: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4351: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4352: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4353: <p>
1.247 jufi 4354: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4355:
1.69 deraadt 4356: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4357: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4358:
1.247 jufi 4359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4360: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4361: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4362:
4363: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4364: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4365: available."
1.113 naddy 4366: <p>
1.301 jose 4367:
4368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4369: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4370: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4371: </strong></font><br>
4372:
4373: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4374: <p>
1.247 jufi 4375: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4376:
1.69 deraadt 4377: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4378: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4379:
1.247 jufi 4380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4381: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4382: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4383:
4384: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4385: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4386: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4387: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4388: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4389: <p>
1.33 louis 4390:
1.247 jufi 4391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4392: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4393: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4394: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4395:
1.113 naddy 4396: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4397: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4398: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4399: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4400: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4401: <p>
1.247 jufi 4402: </ul>
1.57 louis 4403:
1.69 deraadt 4404: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4405: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4406:
1.247 jufi 4407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4408: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4409: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4410: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4411:
4412: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4413: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4414: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4415:
1.247 jufi 4416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4417: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4418: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4419: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4420: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4421:
4422: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4423: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4424:
1.247 jufi 4425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4426: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4427:
1.113 naddy 4428: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4429:
1.247 jufi 4430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4431: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4432: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4433: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4434:
4435: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4436: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4437: </ul>
1.23 louis 4438:
1.69 deraadt 4439: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4440: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4441:
1.247 jufi 4442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4443: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4444: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4445:
4446: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4447: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4448: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4449:
1.247 jufi 4450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4451: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4452: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4453: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4454:
4455: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4456: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4457: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4458: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4459: </ul>
1.57 louis 4460:
1.69 deraadt 4461: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4462: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4463:
1.247 jufi 4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4465: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4466: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4467: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4468:
4469: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4470: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4471: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4472: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4473: <p>
1.15 louis 4474:
1.247 jufi 4475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4476: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4477: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4478: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4479:
4480: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4481: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4482: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4483: columns."
1.113 naddy 4484: <p>
1.247 jufi 4485: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4486:
1.69 deraadt 4487: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4488: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4489:
1.247 jufi 4490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4491: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4492: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4493: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4494:
4495: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4496: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4497:
1.113 naddy 4498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4499: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4500: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4501:
4502: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4503: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4504: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4505: </ul>
1.57 louis 4506:
1.69 deraadt 4507: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4508: <ul>
1.301 jose 4509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4510: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4511: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4512: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4513:
4514: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4515: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4516: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4517: <p>
4518:
4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4520: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4521: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4522: Nov 13, 1998 and
4523: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4524: Datateknik</a>,
4525: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4526:
1.380 saad 4527: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4528: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4529: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4530: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4531: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4532:
1.113 naddy 4533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4534: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4535: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4536: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4537:
1.222 miod 4538: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4539: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4540: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4541: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4542: <p>
1.247 jufi 4543: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4544:
1.69 deraadt 4545: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4546: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4547:
1.247 jufi 4548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4549: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4550: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4551:
1.69 deraadt 4552: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4553: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4554: <p>
1.247 jufi 4555: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4556:
1.69 deraadt 4557: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4558: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4559:
1.247 jufi 4560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4561: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4562: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4563: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4564:
1.383 jcs 4565: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4566: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4567: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4568:
1.247 jufi 4569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4570: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4571: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4572: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4573: <p>
1.247 jufi 4574: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4575:
1.69 deraadt 4576: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4577: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4578:
1.247 jufi 4579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4580: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4581: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4582: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4583: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4584: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4585:
4586: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4587: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4588: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4589: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4590: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4591: <p>
1.247 jufi 4592: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4593:
4594: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4595: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4596:
1.247 jufi 4597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4598: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4599: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4600:
1.69 deraadt 4601: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4602: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4603: <p>
1.112 naddy 4604:
1.247 jufi 4605: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4606: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4607:
1.292 camield 4608: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4609: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4610: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.436 ! henning 4611: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.435 2005/03/08 14:21:42 reyk Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4612:
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