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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.436 henning 19: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 ! espie 22: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
! 23: </strong></font><br>
! 24: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
! 25: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
! 26: <p>
! 27:
! 28: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 29: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
30: </strong></font><br>
31: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
32: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 33: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 34: the issues we had with IETF.
35: </ul>
36:
1.431 ian 37: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
38: <ul>
39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 40: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
41: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
42: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
43: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
44: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
45: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
46: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
47: <p>
48:
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 50: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
51: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
52: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
53: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
54: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
55: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 56: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 57: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
58: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
59: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
60: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
61: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
62: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
63: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
64: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
65:
66: </ul>
67:
1.427 matthieu 68: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
69: <ul>
70:
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 72: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
73: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
74: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
75: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
76: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
77: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
78: firmware.
1.434 ian 79: Similar articles can be found online at:
80: <ul>
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
82: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
83: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
84: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
86: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
87: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
88: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
89: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
90: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
91: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
92: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
94: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
95: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
96: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
97: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 98: </ul>
99:
1.426 ian 100: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
101: <ul>
102:
103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
104: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
105: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
106: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
107: This article talks about our systrace
108: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
109: mechanism: what it is and why and
110: how to use it, with examples.
111: Another excerpt from the book
112: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
113: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
114: <p>
115:
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
117: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
118: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
119: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
120: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
121: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
122: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
123: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
124: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
125: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
126: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
127: This article is a sample chapter from
128: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
129: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
130: <p>
131: </ul>
132:
1.424 ian 133: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
134: <ul>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 137: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
138: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
139: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
140: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
141: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
142: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
143: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
144: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
145: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
146: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
147: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
148: <p>
149: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
150: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
151: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
152: <p>
153:
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 155: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
156: Closed Source Hardware</a>
157: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
158: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
159: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
160: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
161: operating systems.
162: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
163: OpenBSD on his firewall.
164: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
165: systems, he writes:
166: <blockquote>
167: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
168: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
169: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
170: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
171: to the operating system...
172: <br/>
173: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
174: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
175: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
176: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
177: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
178: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
179: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
180: in a closed source operating system).
181: <br/>
182: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
183: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
184: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
185: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
186: </blockquote>
187: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
188: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
189: their hardware and software operates.
190: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
191: reverse-engineering the
192: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
193: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
194: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
195: <p>
196: </ul>
197:
1.417 pvalchev 198: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
199: <ul>
1.421 ian 200:
1.417 pvalchev 201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 202: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
203: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
204: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
205: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
206: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
207: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
208: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
209: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
210: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
211: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
212: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 213: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 214: <p>
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 216: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
217: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
218: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
219: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
220: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
221: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
222: it claims to do".
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 226: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
227: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
228: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
229: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
230: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 231: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 232: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
233: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
234: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
235: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
236: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
237: (yes, this is a hint).
238: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
239: picked up on the
240: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
241: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
242: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
243: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
244: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
245: <p>
246:
247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 248: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
249: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
250: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
251: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
252: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
253: questions about the significance and rationale behind
254: the current efforts.
255: <p>
256: </ul>
257:
1.407 henning 258: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
259: <ul>
260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 261: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
262: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
263: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
264: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
265: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
266: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
267: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
268: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
269: <p>
270:
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 272: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
273: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
274: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
275: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
276: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
277: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
278: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
279: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
280: of the important changes in 3.6.
281: </p>
282:
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 284: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
285: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
286: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
287: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
288: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
289: overflow attacks... because
290: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
291: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
292: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
293: and propolice.
294: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
295: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
296: and that's when the science falls apart."
297: <p>
298:
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 300: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
301: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
302: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
303: Starts with the question:
304: <blockquote>
305: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
306: <br/>
307: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
308: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
309: <br/>
310: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
311: Should we believe them?"
312: </blockquote>
313: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
314: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
315: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
316: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
317: for your mail, web and other online activities.
318: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
319: <p>
320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 322: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
323: Simple Simon</a>,
324: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
325: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
326: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
327: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
328: routing/firewall, and more.
329: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
330: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
331: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
332: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
333: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
334: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
335: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
336: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
337: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
338: </blockquote>
339: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
340: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
341: <p>
342:
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 344: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
345: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 346: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 347: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 348: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
349: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
350: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 351: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 352: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
353: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
354: in spite of it
355: (registration required, but worth it).
356: <p>
357:
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
359: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
360: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
361: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
362: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
363: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
364: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
365: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 366: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 367: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
368: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
369: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
370: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
371: <p>
372:
373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 374: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
375: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
376: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
377: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
378: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
379: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
380: <blockquote>
381: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
382: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
383: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
384: a lot of analysis.
385: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
386: </blockquote>
387: <p>
388: </ul>
389:
1.400 marco 390: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
391: <ul>
392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 393: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
394: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
395: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
396: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
397: UNIX-like systems.
398: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
399: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
400: <p>
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 402: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
403: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 404: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
405: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
406: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
407: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
408: At one point, the article states:
409: <blockquote>
410: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
411: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
412: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
413: </blockquote>
414: And then quotes Theo as saying:
415: <blockquote>
416: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
417: fewer are reading or auditing code."
418: </blockquote>
419: <p>
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
421: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
422: marks its fifth birthday</a>
423: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
424: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
425: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
426: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
427: required).
428: <p>
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 430: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
431: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
432: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
433: </strong></font><br>
434: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
435: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
436: <p>
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 438: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
439: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 440: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 441: </strong></font><br>
442: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
443: <p>
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 445: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
446: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 447: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 448: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 449: 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 450: <p>
451: </ul>
452:
1.396 henning 453: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
454: <ul>
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 456: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
457: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
458: Unix Review, July, 2004
459: </strong></font><br>
460: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
461: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
462: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
463: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
464: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
465: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
466: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
467: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
468: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
469: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
470: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
471: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
472: and even spelling/wording errors.
473: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
474: <p>
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 476: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 477: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
478: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
479: </strong></font><br>
480: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
481: <p>
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 483: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 484: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
485: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
486: </strong></font><br>
487: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
488: <p>
489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 490: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
491: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
492: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
493: </strong></font><br>
494: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
495: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
496: <p>
497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 498: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
499: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
500: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
501: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
502: <p>
503: </ul>
504:
1.405 jolan 505: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
506: <ul>
507: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
508: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
509: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
510: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
511: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
512: details on how funds are dispersed.
513: <p>
514: </ul>
515:
1.393 david 516: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
517: <ul>
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 519: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
520: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
521: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
522: </strong></font><br>
523: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
524: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
525: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
526: on inserting large number of SQL records.
527: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
528: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
529: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
530: <p>
531:
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 533: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
534: Secure by Default</a>,
535: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
536: </strong></font><br>
537: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
538: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
539: <p>
540:
541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
542: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
543: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
544: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
545: </strong></font><br>
546: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
547: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
548: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
549: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
550: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
551: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
552: <p>
553:
554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
555: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
556: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
557: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
558: </strong></font><br>
559: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
560: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
561: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
562: <p>
563:
564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
565: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
566: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
567: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
568: </strong></font><br>
569: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
570: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
571: <p>
572: </ul>
573:
1.388 mcbride 574: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
575: <ul>
1.394 jolan 576:
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
578: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
579: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
580: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
581: </strong></font><br>
582: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
583: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
584: available for sparc64.
585: <p>
586:
1.390 beck 587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 588: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
589: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
590: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
591: </strong></font><br>
592: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
593: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
594: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
595: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 599: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
600: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 601: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 602: </strong></font><br>
603: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
604: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
605: it does: CARP provides sharing
606: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
607: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
608: detail to get you started using it.
609: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
610: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
611: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
612: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
613: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
614: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
615: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 616: <p>
1.391 ian 617:
618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 619: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 620: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
621: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 622: </strong></font><br>
623: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 624: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 625: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 626: <p>
1.388 mcbride 627:
628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
629: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
630: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 631: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 632: </strong></font><br>
633: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
634: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
635: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
636: unencumbered by patents.
637: <p>
638: </ul>
639:
1.378 henning 640: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
641: <ul>
1.384 jose 642:
643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 644: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
645: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
646: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
647: </strong></font><br>
648: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
649: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
650: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
651: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
652: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
653: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
654: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
655: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
656: in the page tables."
657: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
658: <p>
659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 661: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
662: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
663: </strong></font><br>
664: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
665: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
666: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
667: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 668: <p>
1.384 jose 669:
1.378 henning 670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 671: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
672: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 673: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
674: </strong></font><br>
675: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
676: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
677: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
678: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
679: (quote:
680: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
681: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 682: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 683: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
684: the other developers for their work on the system.
685: <p>
686:
687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 688: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
689: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
690: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 691: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 692: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
693: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
694: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
695: too.
696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 699: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
700: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 701: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 702: OpenBSD source code using
703: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
704: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
705: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
706: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
707: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
708: <p>
709: </ul>
710:
1.374 jose 711: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
712: <ul>
713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 714: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 715: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
716: </strong></font><br>
717: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
718: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
719: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
720: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
721: it."
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 725: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
726: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
727: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
728: </strong></font><br/>
729: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
730: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
731: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
732: <p>
733: </ul>
734:
1.369 ian 735: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
736: <ul>
737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 738: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
739: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
740: </strong></font><br/>
741: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
742: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
743: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
744: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
745: <p>
746:
747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 748: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
749: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
750: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
751: </strong></font><br/>
752: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
753: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
754: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
755: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
756: form factor.
757: <p>
758:
759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
760: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
761: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
762: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
763: Features</a>,
764: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
765: </strong></font><br/>
766: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
767: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
768: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
769: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
770: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
771: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
772: <p>
773: This article can also be found online at:
774: <ul>
775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 776: <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 777: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
778: </strong></font>
779: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
780: </ul>
781: <p>
1.392 david 782:
1.371 jose 783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 784: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
785: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 786: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
787: </strong></font><br/>
788: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
789: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
790: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 791: <p>
1.371 jose 792:
793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 794: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 795: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 796: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 797: </strong></font><br/>
798: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
799: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
800: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
801: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
802: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
803: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
804: and its history with OpenBSD.
805: </ul>
806:
1.368 henning 807: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
808: <ul>
809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 810: [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 811: </strong></font><br>
812: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
813: </ul>
814:
1.364 jose 815: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
816: <ul>
817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 818: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
819: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
820: UNIX Review,
821: July, 2003.
822: </strong></font><br>
823: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
824: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
825: who want more information.
826: <p>
827:
828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 829: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
830: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
831: Government Computer News,
832: July 22, 2003.
833: </strong></font><br>
834: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
835: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
836: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
837: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
838: <p>
839:
840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
841: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
842: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
843: SANS Institute,
844: July 22, 2003.
845: </strong></font><br>
846: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 847: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 848: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
849: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
850: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
851: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
852: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
853: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
854: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
855: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
856: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
857: <p>
858:
859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 860: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
861: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
862: OnLamp.com,
863: July 17, 2003.
864: </strong></font><br>
865: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
866: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
867: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
868: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
869: have been working on.
870:
871: </ul>
872:
1.356 jose 873: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 874: <ul>
875:
876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 877: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
878: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
879: UNIX Review,
880: June, 2003.
881: </strong></font><br>
882: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
883: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
884: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
885: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
886: <p>
887:
888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 889: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
890: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
891: eWeek,
892: June 23, 2003.
893: </strong></font><br>
894: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
895: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
896: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
897: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
898: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
899: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
900: <p>
901:
902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 903: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
904: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
905: Software Development Online,
906: June, 2003.
907: </strong></font><br>
908: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
909: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
910: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
911: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
912: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
913: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
914: current activities.
915: <p>
916:
917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 918: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
919: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 920: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
921: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
922: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
923: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 924: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 925: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
926: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
927: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 928: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 929: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
930: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 931: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 932: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
933: decisions.
934: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
935: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 936: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 937: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 938: <p>
939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 941: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
942: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
943: Page 58, eWeek,
944: June 2, 2003.
945: </strong></font><br>
946: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
947: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
948: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
949: been addressed in -current.
950: <p>
951:
1.356 jose 952: </ul>
953:
954: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
955: <ul>
956:
1.355 jose 957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 958: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
959: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
960: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
961: </strong></font><br>
962: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
963: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
964: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
965: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
966: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
967: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
968: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
969: <p>
970:
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 972: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
973: Beyond Linux</a>,
974: InfoWorld,
975: May 23, 2003.
976: </strong></font><br>
977: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
978: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
979: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
980: compared to the GPL.
981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 984: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
985: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
986: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 987: May 17, 2003.
988: </strong></font><br>
989: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
990: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
991: the business section and half of another page inside
992: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
993: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
994: in talking about the project's history and goals.
995: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
996: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
997: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
998: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 999: <br>
1000: This article can also be found online at:
1001: <ul>
1002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1003: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1004: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1005: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1006: May 17, 2003
1007: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1008: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1010: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1011: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1012: Montreal Gazette,
1013: May 21, 2003
1014: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1015: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1016: <p>
1.346 ian 1017:
1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1019: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1020: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1021: May 7, 2003.
1022: </strong></font><br>
1023: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1024: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1025: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1029: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1030: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1031: OsOpinion,
1032: May 6, 2003.
1033: </strong></font><br>
1034: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1035: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1036: <br>
1037: This article can also be found online at:
1038: <ul>
1039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1040: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1041: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1042: NewsFactor Network.
1043: </strong></font>
1044: </ul>
1045: <p>
1046:
1047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1048: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1049: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1050: ITBusiness,
1051: May 2, 2003.
1052: </strong></font><br>
1053: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1054: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1055: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1056: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1057: <p>
1058:
1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1060: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1061: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1062: InfoWorld,
1063: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1064: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1065: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1066: <br>
1067: This article can also be found online at:
1068: <ul>
1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1070: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1071: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1072: IDG Singapore.
1073: </strong></font>
1074: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1075: <p>
1076:
1.339 jose 1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1078: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1079: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1080: ZDNet,
1081: May 1, 2003.
1082: </strong></font><br>
1083: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1084: someone using parts from previous articles.
1085: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1086: This article can also be found online at:
1087: <ul>
1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1089: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1090: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1091: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1092: </strong></font>
1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1094: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1095: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1096: CNET News.com.
1097: </strong></font>
1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1099: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1100: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1101: ZDNet UK.
1102: </strong></font>
1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1104: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1105: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1106: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1107: </strong></font>
1108: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1109: <p>
1.339 jose 1110:
1.341 deraadt 1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1112: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1113: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1114: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1115: May 1, 2003.
1116: </strong></font><br>
1117: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1118: that have been added
1119: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1120: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1121: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1122: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1123: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1124: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1125: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1126: <p>
1127:
1128: </ul>
1129:
1.253 ian 1130: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1131: <ul>
1.255 ian 1132:
1.260 ian 1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1134: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1135: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1136: TechRepublic,
1137: April 28, 2003.
1138: </strong></font><br>
1139: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1140: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1141: work.<br>
1142: Can also be found online at:
1143: <ul>
1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1145: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1146: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1147: ZDNet UK.
1148: </strong></font>
1149: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1150: <p>
1151:
1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1153: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1154: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1155: IDG,
1156: April 24, 2003.
1157: </strong></font><br>
1158: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1159: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1160: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1161: Can also be found online at:
1162: <ul>
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1164: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1165: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1166: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1167: </strong></font>
1168: </ul>
1169: <p>
1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1172: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1173: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1174: Slate,
1175: April 24, 2003.
1176: </strong></font><br>
1177: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1178: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1179: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1180: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1181: <p>
1182:
1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1184: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1185: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1186: April 24, 2003.
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1189: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1190: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1191: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1192: <p>
1193:
1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1195: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1196: April 24, 2003.
1197: </strong></font><br>
1198: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1199: the free software community".
1200: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1201: other articles.
1202: <p>
1203:
1204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1205: <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 1206: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1207: </strong></font><br>
1208: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1209: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1210: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1211: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1212: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1213: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1214: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1215: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1216: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1217: <br/>
1218: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1219: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1220: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1221: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1222: <br>
1223: Can also be found online at:
1224: <ul>
1225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1226: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1227: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1228: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1229: </strong></font>
1230: </ul>
1.324 ian 1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1234: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1235: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1236: </strong></font><br>
1237: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1238: article above.
1239: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1240: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1241: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1242: <br>
1243: Can also be found online at:
1244: <ul>
1245: <li>
1246: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1247: </strong></font>
1248: </ul>
1.324 ian 1249: <p>
1250:
1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1252: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1253: </strong></font><br>
1254: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1255: <p>
1256:
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1258: <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.
1259: </strong></font><br>
1260: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1261: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1262: <p>
1263:
1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1265: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1266: April 23, 2003.
1267: </strong></font><br>
1268: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1269: <p>
1270:
1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1272: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1273: April 22, 2003.
1274: </strong></font><br>
1275: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1276: <p>
1277:
1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1279: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1280: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1281: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1282: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1283: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1284: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1285: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1286: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1287: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1288: Can also be found online at:
1289: <ul>
1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1291: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1292: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1293: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1294: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1296: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1297: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1298: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1299: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1300: </ul>
1301: <p>
1302:
1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1304: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1305: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1306: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1307: </strong></font><br>
1308: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1309: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1310: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1311: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1312: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1313: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1314: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1315: <p>
1316:
1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1318: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1319: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1320: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1321: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1322: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1323: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1324: at UPenn and DARPA.
1325: <p>
1326:
1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1328: [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,
1329: France
1.315 deraadt 1330: April 18, 2003.
1331: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1332: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1333: <p>
1334:
1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1336: [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 1337: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1338: </strong></font><br>
1339: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1340: <p>
1341:
1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1343: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1344: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1345: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1346: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1347: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1348: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1349: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1350: <p>
1351:
1352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1353: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1354: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1355: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1356: </strong></font><br>
1357: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1358: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1359: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1360: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1361: <p>
1362:
1363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1364: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1365: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1366: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1367: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1368: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1369: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1370: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1371: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1372: Can also be found online at:
1373: <ul>
1374: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1375: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1376: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1377: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1378: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1379: <p>
1380:
1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1382: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1383: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1384: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1385: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1388: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1389: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1390: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1391: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1392:
1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1394: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1395: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1396: New York Times.
1397: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1398:
1.273 deraadt 1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1400: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1401: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1402: ABC News.
1403: </strong></font>
1404:
1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1406: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1407: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1408: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1409: </strong></font>
1410:
1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1412: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1413: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1414: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1415: </strong></font>
1416:
1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1418: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1419: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1420: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1421: </strong></font>
1422:
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1424: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1425: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1426: Times Daily, AL.
1427: </strong></font>
1428:
1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1430: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1431: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1432: Boston.com, MA.
1433: </strong></font>
1434:
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1436: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1437: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1438: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1439: </strong></font>
1440:
1441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1442: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1443: [Article was pulled]</a>
1444: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1445: </strong></font>
1446:
1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1448: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1449: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1450: Infoshop News.
1451: </strong></font>
1452:
1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1454: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1455: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1456: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1457: </strong></font>
1458:
1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1460: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1461: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1462: Raleigh News, NC.
1463: </strong></font>
1464:
1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1466: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1467: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1468: Napa News, CA.
1469: </strong></font>
1470:
1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1472: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1473: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1474: NEPA News, PA.
1475: </strong></font>
1476:
1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1478: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1479: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1480: Wired News.
1481: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1482: <br>
1483: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1484: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1485: [JAPANESE]
1486: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1487: Wired News Japan</a>
1488: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1489:
1.271 deraadt 1490: </ul>
1491: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1492: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1493: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1494: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1495: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1496: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1497: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1498: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1499: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1500: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1501: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1502: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1503: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1504: <p>
1505: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1506:
1507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1508: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1509: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1510: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1511: </strong></font>
1512:
1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1514: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1515: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1516: Miami Herald, FL.
1517: </strong></font>
1518:
1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1520: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1521: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1522: </strong></font>
1523:
1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1525: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1526: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1527: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1528: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1529:
1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1531: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1532: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1533: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1534: ABC News.
1535: </strong></font>
1536:
1.276 deraadt 1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1538: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1539: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1540: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1541: </strong></font>
1542:
1.286 dhartmei 1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1544: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1545: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1546: Wilmington Star, NC.
1547: </strong></font>
1548:
1.300 jose 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1550: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1551: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1552: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1553: </strong></font>
1554:
1.309 jose 1555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1556: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1557: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1558: Globe Technology.
1559: </strong></font>
1560:
1.263 deraadt 1561: </ul>
1.262 beck 1562: <p>
1563:
1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1565: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1566: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1567: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1568: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1569: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1570: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1571: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1572: <p>
1573:
1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1575: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1576: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1577: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1578: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1579: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1580: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1581: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1582: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1583: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1584: and simply restates other press reports.
1585: <p>
1586:
1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1588: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1589: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1590: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1591: </strong></font><br>
1592: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1593: <p>
1594:
1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1596: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1597: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1598: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1599: </strong></font><br>
1600: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1601: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1602: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1603: <p>
1604:
1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1606: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1607: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1608: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1609: April 17, 2003.
1610: </strong></font><br>
1611: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1612: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1613: Tech Anthems</a>
1614: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1615: 4 so far.
1616: <p>
1617:
1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1619: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1620: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1621: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1622: </strong></font><br>
1623: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1624: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1625: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1626: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1627: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1628: Goes on to say:
1629: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1630: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1631: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1632: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1633: This article is also found online at:
1634: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1636: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1637: BusinessWeek.com</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://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1642: ZDnet</a>,
1643: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1644: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1646: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1647: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1648: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1649: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1650: </ul>
1.260 ian 1651: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1652:
1.260 ian 1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1654: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1655: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1656: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1657: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1658: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1659: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1660: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1661: without notice or justification.
1662: <p>
1663:
1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1665: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1666: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1667: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1668: </strong></font><br>
1669: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1670: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1671: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1672: effective today, without any warning..."
1673: <p>
1.257 ian 1674:
1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1676: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1677: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1678: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1679: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1680: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1681: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1682: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1683: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1684: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1685: <p>
1686:
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1688: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1689: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1690: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1691: </strong></font><br>
1692: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1693: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1694: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1695: quoting two of them:
1696: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1697: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1698: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1699: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1700: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1701: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1702: <p>
1703:
1.255 ian 1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1705: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1706: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1707: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1708: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1709: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1710: <p>
1711:
1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1713: [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 1714: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1715: </strong></font><br>
1716: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1717: <p>
1718:
1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1720: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1721: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1722: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1723: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1724: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1725: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1726: security experts for more than three decades."
1727: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1728: <p>
1.261 ian 1729:
1.254 drahn 1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1731: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1732: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1733: </strong></font><br>
1734: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1735: <p>
1736:
1737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1738: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1739: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1740: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1741: </strong></font><br>
1742: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1743: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1744: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1745: <p>
1746:
1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1748: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1749: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1750: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1751: </strong></font><br>
1752: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1753: from US DARPA.
1754: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1755: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1756: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1757: the BSD license.
1758: <p>
1759: </ul>
1760:
1.251 ian 1761: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1762: <ul>
1763:
1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1765: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1766: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1767: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1768: </strong></font><br>
1769:
1770: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1771: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1772: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1773: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1774: <p>
1775:
1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1777: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1778: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1779: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1780: </strong></font><br>
1781: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1782: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1783: Mentions
1784: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1785: and
1786: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1787: programs.
1788: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1789: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1790: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1791: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1792: <p>
1.325 ian 1793: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1794: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1795:
1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1797: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1798: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1799: </strong></font><br>
1800: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1801: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1802: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1803: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1804: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1805: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1806: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1807: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1808: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1809: put into service."
1810: <p>
1811: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1812: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1813: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1814: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1815: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1816: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1817: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1818: computers with security features."
1819: <p>
1.329 ian 1820:
1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1822: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1823: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1824: Slate,
1825: March 3, 2003.
1826: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1827: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1828: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1829: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1830: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1831: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1832: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1833: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1834: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1835: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1836: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1837: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1838: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1839: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1840: of more secure open-source solutions like
1841: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1842: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1843: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1844: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1845: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1846: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1847: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1848: the Beltway."
1849: <p>
1.251 ian 1850: </ul>
1851:
1.249 jufi 1852: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1853: <ul>
1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1855: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1856: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1857: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1858: </strong></font><br>
1859: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1860: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1861: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1862: <p>
1.334 ian 1863:
1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1865: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1866: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1867: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1868: </strong></font><br>
1869: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1870: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1871: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1872: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1873: "... the hypothetical question ...
1874: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1875: <br>
1876: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1877: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1878: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1879: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1880: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1881: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1882: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1883: support network security.
1884: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1885: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1886: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1887: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1888: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1889: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1890: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1891: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1892: <br>
1893: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1894: <p>
1895:
1.249 jufi 1896: </ul>
1897:
1.246 jufi 1898: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1899: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1902: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1903: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1904: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1905: </strong></font><br>
1906: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1907: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1908: <p>
1909:
1.247 jufi 1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1911: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1912: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1913: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1914: </strong></font><br>
1915: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1916: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1917: <p>
1918:
1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1920: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1921: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1922: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1923: </strong></font><br>
1924: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1925: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1926: <p>
1.247 jufi 1927: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1928:
1.244 jufi 1929: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1930: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1933: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1934: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1935: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1936: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1937: </strong></font><br>
1938: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1939: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1940: md5 digests.
1941: <p>
1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1944: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1945: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1946: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1947: </strong></font><br>
1948: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1949: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1950: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1951: right the first time."
1952: <p>
1.247 jufi 1953: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1954:
1955:
1956: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1957: <ul>
1.244 jufi 1958:
1.247 jufi 1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1960: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1961: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
1962: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1963: </strong></font><br>
1964: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
1965: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1966: part 6</a>.
1967: <p>
1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1970: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 1971: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
1972: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1973: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1974: </strong></font><br>
1975: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
1976: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
1977: <p>
1.301 jose 1978:
1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1980: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
1981: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
1982: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
1983: </strong></font><br>
1984:
1985: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1986: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1987: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
1988: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
1989: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
1990: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
1991: <i>Here's the
1992: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
1993: <p>
1.247 jufi 1994: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1995:
1996: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1997: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1998:
1.247 jufi 1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2000: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2001: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2002: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2003: </strong></font><br>
2004: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2005: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2006: <p>
2007:
1.247 jufi 2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2009: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2010: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2011: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2012: </strong></font><br>
2013: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2014: this time using pf.
2015: <p>
1.247 jufi 2016: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2017:
2018: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2019: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2020:
1.247 jufi 2021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2022: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2023: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2024: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2025: </strong></font><br>
2026: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2027: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2028: their rotation.
2029: <p>
2030:
1.247 jufi 2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2032: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2033: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2034: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2035: </strong></font><br>
2036: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2037: <p>
1.247 jufi 2038: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2039:
1.239 jufi 2040: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2041: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2044: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2045: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2046: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2047: </strong></font><br>
2048: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2049: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2050: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2051: <p>
2052:
1.247 jufi 2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2054: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2055: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2056: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2057: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2058: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2059: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2060: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2061: <p>
1.247 jufi 2062: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2063:
1.235 lebel 2064: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2065: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2066:
1.239 jufi 2067:
1.247 jufi 2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2069: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2070: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2071: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2072: </strong></font><br>
2073: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2074: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2075: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2076: <p>
1.301 jose 2077:
1.247 jufi 2078: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2079:
1.228 horacio 2080: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2081: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2084: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2085: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2086: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2087: </strong></font><br>
2088: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2089: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2090: <p>
2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2093: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2094: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2095: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2096: </strong></font><br>
2097: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2098: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2099: <p>
2100:
1.247 jufi 2101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2102: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2103: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2104: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2105: </strong></font><br>
2106: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2107: on the desktop of his parents.
2108: <p>
2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2111: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2112: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2113: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2114: </strong></font><br>
2115: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2116: using IPFilter.
2117:
2118: <p>
2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2121: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2122: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2123: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2124: </strong></font><br>
2125: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2126: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2127: perspectives of the four OS.
2128: <br>
2129: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2130: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2131: <p>
2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2134: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2135: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2136: software and security</a>,
2137: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2138: </strong></font><br>
2139:
2140: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2141: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2142: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2143: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2144: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2145: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2146: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2147: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2148: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2149: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2150: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2151: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2152: <p>
1.247 jufi 2153: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2154:
1.225 horacio 2155: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2156: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2159: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2160: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2161: Interview</a>,
2162: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2163: </strong></font><br>
2164:
2165: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2166: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2167: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2168: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2169: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2170: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2171: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2172: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2173: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2174: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2175: of choice.
2176: <p>
1.247 jufi 2177: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2178:
2179: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2180: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2181:
1.247 jufi 2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2183: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2184: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2185: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2186: </strong></font><br>
2187:
2188: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2189: <p>
2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2192: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2193: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2194: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2195: </strong></font><br>
2196:
2197: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2198: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2199: <p>
1.247 jufi 2200: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2201:
1.218 horacio 2202: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2203: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2204:
1.247 jufi 2205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2206: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2207: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2208: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2209: </strong></font><br>
2210:
2211: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2212: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2213: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2214: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2215: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2216: subjects. Worth a read.
2217: <p>
2218:
2219:
1.247 jufi 2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2221: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2222: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2223: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2224: </strong></font><br>
2225:
2226: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2227: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2228: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2229: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2230: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2231: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2232: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2233: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2234: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2235: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2236: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2237: on other operating systems.<br>
2238: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2239: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2240: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2241: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2242: <p>
2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2245: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2246: Operating System 2010</a>,
2247: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2248: </strong></font><br>
2249:
2250: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2251: covering the level of software integration into the core
2252: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2253: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2254: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2255: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2256: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2257: <p>
2258:
1.247 jufi 2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2260: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2261: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2262: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2263: </strong></font><br>
2264:
2265: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2266: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2267: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2268: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2269: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2270: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2271: <p>
1.247 jufi 2272: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2273:
1.210 jufi 2274: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2275: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2278: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2279: Already a Contender</a>,
2280: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2284: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2285: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2286: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2287: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2288: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2289: <p>
2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2292: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2293: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2294: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2295: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2296:
1.224 horacio 2297: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2298: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2299: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2300: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2301: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2302: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2303: <p>
1.247 jufi 2304: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2305:
2306: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2307: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2310: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2311: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2312: Division</a>,
2313: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2314: </strong></font><br>
2315:
2316: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2317: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2318: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2319: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2320: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2321: investment</em>.<br>
2322: The implementation details can be seen on their
2323: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2324: <p>
2325:
1.247 jufi 2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2327: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2328: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2329: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2330: </strong></font><br>
2331:
2332: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2333: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2334: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2335: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2336: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2337: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2338: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2339: <p>
2340:
2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2342: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2343: Thinking about Security</a>,
2344: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2345: </strong></font><br>
2346:
2347: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2348: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2349: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2350: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2351: to time.<br>
2352: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2353: system and just the most secure system.
2354: <p>
2355:
1.247 jufi 2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2357: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2358: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2359: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2360: </strong></font><br>
2361:
2362: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2363: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2364: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2365: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2366: choice:<br>
2367: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2368: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2369: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2370: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2371: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2372: network security devices and as such must be well
2373: armored."</em><br>
2374: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2375: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2376: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2377: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2378: <br>
2379: Bravo!
2380: <p>
1.247 jufi 2381: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2382:
1.207 ian 2383: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2384: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2387: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2388: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2389: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2390:
1.207 ian 2391: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2392: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2393: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2394: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2395: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2396: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2397: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2398: <p>
1.247 jufi 2399: </ul>
1.207 ian 2400:
1.194 jufi 2401: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2402: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2405: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2406: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2407: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2408: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2409:
1.240 miod 2410: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2411: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2412: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2413: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2414: <p>
2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2417: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2418: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2419: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2420:
2421: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2422: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2423: <p>
2424:
2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2426: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2427: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2428: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2429:
2430: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2431: <p>
2432:
2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2434: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2435: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2436: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2437: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2438:
1.240 miod 2439: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2440: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2441: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2442: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2443: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2444: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2445: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2446: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2447: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2448: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2449: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2450: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2451: <p>
2452:
1.247 jufi 2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2454: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2455: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2456: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2457: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2458:
1.194 jufi 2459: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2460: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2461: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2462: <br>
2463: The new
2464: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2465: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2466: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2467: <p>
1.247 jufi 2468: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2469:
1.190 horacio 2470: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2471: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2474:
2475: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2476: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2477:
1.301 jose 2478:
1.191 jufi 2479: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2480: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2481:
2482: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2483: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2484:
1.212 horacio 2485: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2486: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2487: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2488:
1.211 horacio 2489: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2490: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2491: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2494: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2495:
1.247 jufi 2496: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2497: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2498:
1.212 horacio 2499: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2500: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2501: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2502:
2503: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2504: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2505:
2506: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2507: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2508:
1.301 jose 2509: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2510: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2511:
1.191 jufi 2512: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2513: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2514:
2515: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2516: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2517:
1.192 jufi 2518: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2519: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2520: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2521:
1.193 deraadt 2522: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2523: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2524: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2527: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2528:
1.247 jufi 2529: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2530: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2531: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2532:
1.213 horacio 2533: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2534: 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 2535: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2536:
1.190 horacio 2537: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2538: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2539: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2540: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2541: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2542: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2543: <p>
1.190 horacio 2544:
1.247 jufi 2545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2546: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2547: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2548: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2549: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2550:
1.195 jufi 2551: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2552: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2553: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2554: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2555: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2556: <p>
2557:
1.247 jufi 2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2559: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2560: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2561: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2562: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2563:
1.191 jufi 2564: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2565: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2566: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2567: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2568: <p>
2569:
2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2571: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2572: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2573: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2574:
2575: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2576: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2577: <p>
1.247 jufi 2578: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2579:
1.191 jufi 2580:
1.186 jufi 2581: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2582: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2583:
1.247 jufi 2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2585: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2586: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2587: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2588: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2589:
1.188 jufi 2590: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2591: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2592: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2593: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2594: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2595: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2596: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2597: <p>
2598:
1.301 jose 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2600: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2601: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2602: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2603:
2604: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2605: <p>
1.191 jufi 2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2608: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2609: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2610: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2611: </strong></font><br>
2612:
2613: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2614: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2615: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2616: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2617: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2618: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2619: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2620: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2621: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2622: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2623: familiar?
2624: <p>
1.247 jufi 2625: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2626:
1.178 louis 2627: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2628: <ul>
1.178 louis 2629:
1.247 jufi 2630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2631: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2632: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2633: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2634: </strong></font><br>
2635:
2636: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2637: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2638: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2639: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2640: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2641: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2642: <p>
2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2645: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2646: Open source under the hood</a>,
2647: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2648: </strong></font><br>
2649:
2650: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2651: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2652: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2653: <p>
2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2656: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2657: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2658: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2659: </strong></font><br>
2660:
2661: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2662: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2663: <p>
1.247 jufi 2664: </ul>
1.179 louis 2665:
1.174 louis 2666:
1.175 louis 2667: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2668: <ul>
1.175 louis 2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2671: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2672: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2673: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2674: </strong></font><br>
2675:
2676: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2677: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2678: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2679: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2680: <p>
2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2683: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2684: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2685: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2686: </strong></font><br>
2687:
2688: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2689: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2690: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2691: <p>
1.247 jufi 2692: </ul>
1.175 louis 2693:
1.176 louis 2694:
1.172 mickey 2695: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2696: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2699: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2700: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2701: </strong></font><br>
2702:
2703: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2704: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2705: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2706: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2707: <p>
2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2710: <a
1.269 deraadt 2711: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2712: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2713: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2714: </strong></font><br>
2715:
2716: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2717: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2718: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2719: <p>
2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2722: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2723: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2724: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2725: </strong></font><br>
2726:
2727: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2728: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2729: <p>
2730:
1.247 jufi 2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2732: <a
1.269 deraadt 2733: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2734: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2735: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2736: </strong></font><br>
2737:
2738: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2739: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2740: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2741: our own Theo de Raadt.
2742: <p>
2743:
1.247 jufi 2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2745: <a
1.269 deraadt 2746: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2747: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2748: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2749: </strong></font><br>
2750:
2751: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2752: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2753: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2754: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2755: shut down.]
2756: <p>
2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2759: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2760: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2761: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2762: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2763: </strong></font><br>
2764:
2765: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2766: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2767: <p>
1.247 jufi 2768: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2769:
1.161 louis 2770: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2771: <ul>
1.161 louis 2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2774: <a
1.269 deraadt 2775: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2776: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2777: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2778: </strong></font><br>
2779:
2780: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2781: by John Wolley
2782: <p>
2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2785: <a
1.269 deraadt 2786: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2787: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2788: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2789: </strong></font><br>
2790:
2791: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2792: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2793: OpenBSD).
2794: <p>
2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2797: <a
1.247 jufi 2798: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2799: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2800: </strong></font><br>
2801:
2802: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2803: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2804: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2805: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2806: and hindsight.
2807: <p>
2808:
1.247 jufi 2809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2810: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2811: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2812: </strong></font><br>
2813:
2814: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2815: <p>
2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2818: <a
1.168 provos 2819: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2820: December 7, 2000
2821: </strong></font><br>
2822:
2823: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2824: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2825: us explain.
2826: <p>
2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2829: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2830: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2831: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2832: December 6, 2000
2833: </strong></font><br>
2834:
2835: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2836: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2837: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2838: <p>
2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2841: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2842: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2843: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2844: </strong></font><br>
2845:
2846: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2847: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2848: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2849: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2850: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2851: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2852: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2853: <p>
2854:
2855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2856: <a
1.226 horacio 2857: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2858: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2859: </strong></font><br>
2860:
2861: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2862: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2863: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2864: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2865: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2866: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2867: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2868: <p>
1.162 millert 2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2871: <a
1.161 louis 2872: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2873: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2874: </strong></font><br>
2875:
2876: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2877: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2878: <p>
2879:
1.247 jufi 2880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2881: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2882: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2883: </strong></font><br>
2884:
2885: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2886: <p>
2887:
2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2890: <a
1.226 horacio 2891: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2892: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2893: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2894: </strong></font><br>
2895:
2896: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2897: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2898: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2899: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2900: <p>
1.247 jufi 2901: </ul>
1.169 louis 2902:
1.158 louis 2903: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2904: <ul>
1.147 louis 2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2907: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2908: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2909: </strong></font><br>
2910:
2911: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2912: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2913: <p>
2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2916: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2917: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2918: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2919: </strong></font><br>
2920: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2921: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2922: <p>
2923:
1.247 jufi 2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2925: <a
2926: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2927: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2928: </strong></font><br>
2929:
2930: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2931: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2932: <p>
2933:
1.247 jufi 2934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2935: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2936: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2937: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2938:
1.213 horacio 2939: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2940: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2941: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2942: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2943: <p>
1.215 horacio 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2946: <a
2947: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2948: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2949: </strong></font><br>
2950:
2951: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2952: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2953: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2954: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2955: much of the attitude too).
2956: <p>
1.161 louis 2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2959: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2960: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 2961: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2962:
1.157 louis 2963: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
2964: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
2965: <p>
1.247 jufi 2966: </ul>
1.157 louis 2967:
2968: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2969: <ul>
1.157 louis 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2972: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2973: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 2974: </strong></font><br>
2975:
2976: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
2977: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
2978: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
2979: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
2980: <p>
2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 2983: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
2984: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
2985: </strong></font><br>
2986:
2987: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
2988: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
2989: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
2990: it because they love coding...
2991: <p>
2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 2994: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
2995: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
2996: </strong></font><br>
2997:
2998: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2999: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3000: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3001: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3002: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3003: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3004: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3005: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3006: <p>
3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3009: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3010: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3011: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3012: </strong></font><br>
3013:
3014: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3015: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3016: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3017: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3018: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3019: the pizza.
3020: <p>
3021:
1.247 jufi 3022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3023: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3024: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3025: </strong></font><br>
3026:
3027: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3028: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3029: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3030: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3031: problems.
3032: <p>
3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3035: <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 3036: </strong></font><br>
3037:
1.222 miod 3038: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3039: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3040: - whether they like it or not.
3041: <p>
3042:
1.247 jufi 3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3044: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3045: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3046: </strong></font><br>
3047:
3048: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3049: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3050: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3051: <p>
1.148 aaron 3052:
1.247 jufi 3053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3054: <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 3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3058: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3059: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3060: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3061: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3062: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3063: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3064: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3065: <p>
3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3068: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3069: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3070: </strong></font><br>
3071:
3072: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3073: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3074: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3075: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3076: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3077: <p>
1.247 jufi 3078: </ul>
1.147 louis 3079:
1.138 louis 3080: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3081: <ul>
1.138 louis 3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3084: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3085: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3086: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3087: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3088: </strong></font><br>
3089:
1.227 horacio 3090: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3091: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3092: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3093: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3094: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3095: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3096: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3097: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3098: <p>
3099:
1.247 jufi 3100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3101: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3102: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3103: </strong></font><br>
3104:
3105: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3106: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3107: groups, and even Linux.
3108: <p>
3109:
1.247 jufi 3110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3111: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3112: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3113: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3114: </strong></font><br>
3115:
3116: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3117: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3118: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3119: library after installing the OS.
3120: <p>
3121:
1.247 jufi 3122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3123: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3124: Sys Admin, September 2000
3125: </strong></font><br>
3126:
3127: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3128: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3129: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3130: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3131: (<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>,
3132: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3133: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3134: <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 3135: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3136: out of the system.
3137: <p>
3138:
1.247 jufi 3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3140: <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
3141: </strong></font><br>
3142:
3143: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3144: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3145: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3146: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3147: the IP filtering and address translation.
3148: <p>
1.301 jose 3149:
3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3151: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3152: </strong></font><br>
3153:
3154: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3155: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3156: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3157: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3158: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3159: <p>
1.247 jufi 3160: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3161:
1.131 louis 3162: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3163: <ul>
1.131 louis 3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3166: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3167: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3168: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3169: </strong></font><br>
3170:
3171: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3172: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3173: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3174: <p>
3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3177: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3178: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3179: </strong></font><br>
3180:
3181: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3182: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3183: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3184: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3185: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3186: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3187: note of"</i>.
3188: <p>
3189:
1.247 jufi 3190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3191: <a
1.247 jufi 3192: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3193: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3194: </strong></font><br>
3195:
3196: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3197: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3198: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3199: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3200: <p>
3201:
1.247 jufi 3202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3203: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3204: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3205: </strong></font><br>
3206:
3207: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3208: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3209: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3210: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3211: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3212: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3213: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3214: <p>
3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3217: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3218: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3219: 2000
3220: </strong></font><br>
3221:
3222: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3223: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3224: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3225: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3226: against current industry practices.
3227: <p>
3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3230: <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
3231: </strong></font><br>
3232:
3233: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3234: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3235: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3236: <p>
3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3239: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3240: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3241: </strong></font><br>
3242:
3243: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3244: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3245: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3246: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3247: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3248: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3249: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3250: <p>
3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3253: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3254: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3255: </strong></font><br>
3256:
3257: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3258: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3259: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3260: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3261: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3262: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3263: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3264: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3265: <p>
1.247 jufi 3266: </ul>
1.131 louis 3267:
1.118 louis 3268: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3269: <ul>
1.118 louis 3270:
1.247 jufi 3271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3272: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3273: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3274: </strong></font><br>
3275:
3276: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3277: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3278: about time. The article mentions that
3279: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3280: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3281: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3282: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3283: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3284: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3285: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3286: <p>
3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3289: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3290: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3291: </strong></font><br>
3292:
3293: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3294: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3295: of OpenSSH.
3296: <p>
3297:
1.247 jufi 3298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3299: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3300: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3301: </strong></font><br>
3302:
3303: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3304: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3305: bridging.
3306: <p>
3307:
1.247 jufi 3308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3309: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3310: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3311: </strong></font><br>
3312:
1.121 deraadt 3313: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3314: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3315: <p>
3316:
1.247 jufi 3317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3318: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3319: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3320: </strong></font><br>
3321:
3322: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3323: <p>
3324:
1.247 jufi 3325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3326: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3327: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3328: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3329: </strong></font><br>
3330:
1.120 deraadt 3331: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3332: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3333: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3334: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3335: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3336: <p>
3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3339: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3340: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3341: </strong></font><br>
3342:
1.222 miod 3343: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3344: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3345: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3346: protocols and their quirks.
3347: <p>
3348:
1.247 jufi 3349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3350: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3351: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3352: </strong></font><br>
3353:
3354: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3355: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3356: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3357: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3358: <p>
3359:
1.247 jufi 3360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3361: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3362: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3363: </strong></font><br>
3364:
3365: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3366: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3367: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3368: <p>
3369:
1.247 jufi 3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3371: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3372: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3373: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3374: </strong></font><br>
3375:
3376: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3377: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3378: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3379: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3380: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3381: <p>
1.247 jufi 3382: </ul>
1.118 louis 3383:
1.104 louis 3384: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3385: <ul>
1.104 louis 3386:
1.247 jufi 3387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3388: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3389: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3390: </strong></font><br>
3391:
3392: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3393: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3394: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3395: be a bit dry.
3396: <p>
3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3399: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3400: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3401: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3402: </strong></font><br>
3403: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3404: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3405: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3406: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3407: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3408: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3409: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3410: <p>
3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3413: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3414: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3415: 2000
1.128 louis 3416: </strong></font><br>
3417:
3418: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3419: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3420: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3421: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3422: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3423: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3424: <p>
3425:
1.247 jufi 3426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3427: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3428: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3429: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3430:
3431: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3432: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3433: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3434: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3435: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3436: <p>
1.110 louis 3437:
1.247 jufi 3438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3439: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3440: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3441: </strong></font><br>
3442:
3443: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3444: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3445: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3446: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3447: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3448: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3449: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3450: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3451: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3452: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3453: <p>
3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3456: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3457: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3458:
3459: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3460: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3461: <p>
1.108 louis 3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3464: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3465: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3466: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3467:
3468: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3469: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3470: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3471: <p>
1.106 louis 3472:
1.247 jufi 3473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3474: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3475: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3476: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3477:
3478: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3479: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3480: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3481: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3482: <p>
1.107 louis 3483:
1.247 jufi 3484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3485: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3486: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3487: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3488:
3489: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3490: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3491: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3492: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3493: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3494: <p>
1.105 louis 3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3497: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3498: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3499: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3500:
1.113 naddy 3501: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3502: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3503: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3504: <p>
1.104 louis 3505:
1.247 jufi 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3507: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3508: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3509: </strong></font><br>
3510:
3511: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3512: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3513: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3514: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3515: <p>
1.301 jose 3516:
3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3518: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3519: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3520: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3521:
3522: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3523: hardware-supported cryptography.
3524: <p>
1.247 jufi 3525: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3526:
1.85 louis 3527: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3528: <ul>
1.85 louis 3529:
1.247 jufi 3530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3531: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3532: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3533: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3534:
3535: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3536: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3537: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3538: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3539: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3540: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3541: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3542: <p>
1.99 louis 3543:
1.247 jufi 3544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3545: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3546: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3547: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3548:
3549: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3550: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3551: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3552: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3553: <p>
1.100 louis 3554:
1.247 jufi 3555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3556: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3557: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3558: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3559:
3560: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3561: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3562: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3563: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3564: <p>
1.95 louis 3565:
1.247 jufi 3566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3567: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3568: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3569: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3570:
3571: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3572: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3573: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3574: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3575: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3576: <p>
1.92 louis 3577:
1.247 jufi 3578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3579: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3580: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3581: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3582:
3583: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3584: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3585: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3586: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3587: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3588: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3589: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3590: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3591: <p>
1.91 louis 3592:
1.247 jufi 3593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3594: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3595: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3596: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3597:
3598: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3599: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3600: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3601: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3602: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3603: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3604: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3605: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3606: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3607: <p>
1.90 louis 3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3610: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3611: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3612: </strong></font><br>
3613: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3614: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3615: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3616: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3617: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3618: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3619: <p>
3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3622: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3623: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3624: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3625:
1.113 naddy 3626: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3627: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3628: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3629: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3630: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3631: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3632: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3633: <p>
1.87 louis 3634:
1.247 jufi 3635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3636: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3637: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3638: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3639:
3640: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3641: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3642: <p>
1.85 louis 3643:
1.247 jufi 3644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3645: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3646: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3647: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3648:
3649: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3650: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3651: <p>
3652:
3653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3654: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3655: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3656: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3657:
3658: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3659: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3660: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3661: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3662: <p>
1.89 louis 3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3665: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3666: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3667: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3668:
3669: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3670: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3671: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3672: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3673: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3674: </ul>
1.85 louis 3675:
1.78 deraadt 3676: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3677: <ul>
1.74 louis 3678:
1.247 jufi 3679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3680: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3681: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3682: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3683: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3684:
3685: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3686: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3687: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3688: <p>
1.83 louis 3689:
1.247 jufi 3690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3691: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3692: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3693: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3694:
3695: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3696: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3697: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3698: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3699: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3700: <p>
1.93 louis 3701:
1.247 jufi 3702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3703: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3704: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3705: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3706: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3707:
1.83 louis 3708: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3709: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3710: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3711: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3712: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3713: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3714: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3715: <p>
1.82 aaron 3716:
1.247 jufi 3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3718: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3719: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3720: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3721:
1.83 louis 3722: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3723: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3724: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3725: <p>
1.80 louis 3726:
1.247 jufi 3727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3728: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3729: Bad Press</a>,
3730: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3731: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3732:
3733: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3734: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3735: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3736: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3737: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3738: <p>
1.247 jufi 3739: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3740:
3741: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3742: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3743:
1.247 jufi 3744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3745: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3746: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3747: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3748: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3749:
3750: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3751: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3752: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3753: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3754: <p>
1.74 louis 3755:
1.247 jufi 3756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3757: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3758: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3759: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3760:
1.219 horacio 3761: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3762: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3763: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3764: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3765: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3766: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3767: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3768: <p>
1.88 louis 3769:
1.247 jufi 3770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3771: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3772: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3773: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3774:
3775: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3776: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3777: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3778: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3779: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3780: <p>
1.81 louis 3781:
1.247 jufi 3782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3783: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3784: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3785: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3786:
3787: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3788: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3789: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3790: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3791: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3792: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3793: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3794: <p>
1.90 louis 3795:
1.247 jufi 3796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3797: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3798: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3799: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3800:
3801: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3802: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3803: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3804: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3805: <p>
1.247 jufi 3806: </ul>
1.71 louis 3807:
1.69 deraadt 3808: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3809: <ul>
1.70 louis 3810:
1.247 jufi 3811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3812: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3813: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3814: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3815:
3816: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3817: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3818: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3819: <p>
1.70 louis 3820:
1.247 jufi 3821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3822: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3823: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3824: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3825:
3826: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3827: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3828: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3829: <p>
1.68 louis 3830:
1.247 jufi 3831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3832: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3833: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3834: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3835: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3836:
1.111 jufi 3837: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3838: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3839: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3840: "secure by default" installation.
3841: <p>
1.64 louis 3842:
1.247 jufi 3843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3844: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3845: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3846: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3847:
1.113 naddy 3848: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3849: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3850: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3851: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3852: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3853: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3854: <p>
1.66 louis 3855:
1.247 jufi 3856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3857: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3858: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3859: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3860:
3861: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3862: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3863: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3864: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3865: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3866: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3867: <p>
1.83 louis 3868:
1.247 jufi 3869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3870: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3871: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3872: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3873:
3874: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3875: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3876: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3877: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3878: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3879: <p>
1.64 louis 3880:
1.247 jufi 3881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3882: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3883: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3884: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3885:
3886: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3887: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3888: <p>
1.301 jose 3889:
3890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3891: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3892: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3893: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3894: </strong></font><br>
3895:
3896: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3897: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3898: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3899: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3900: Giving way to
3901: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3902: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3903: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3904: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3905: <p>
1.247 jufi 3906: </ul>
1.65 louis 3907:
1.69 deraadt 3908: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3909: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3910:
1.247 jufi 3911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3912: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3913: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3914: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3915:
3916: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3917: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3918: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3919: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3920: <p>
1.88 louis 3921:
1.247 jufi 3922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3923: <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 3924: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3925:
3926: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3927: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3928: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3929: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3930: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3931: <p>
1.60 louis 3932:
1.247 jufi 3933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3934: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3935: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3936: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3937: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3938:
3939: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3940: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3941: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3942: <p>
1.58 louis 3943:
1.247 jufi 3944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3945: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3946: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3947:
3948: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3949: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3950: <p>
1.53 louis 3951:
1.247 jufi 3952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3953: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3954: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3955: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3956:
3957: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
3958: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
3959: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 3960: <p>
1.99 louis 3961:
1.247 jufi 3962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 3963: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 3964: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3965:
3966: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
3967: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 3968: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 3969: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 3970: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 3971:
1.247 jufi 3972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3973: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
3974: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 3975: </strong></font><br>
3976:
3977: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
3978: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
3979: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
3980: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
3981: <p>
3982:
1.247 jufi 3983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3984: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 3985: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3986: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3987:
3988: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
3989: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 3990: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 3991:
1.247 jufi 3992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 3993: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 3994: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3995:
3996: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 3997: in
1.247 jufi 3998: <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 3999: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4000: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4001: <p>
1.53 louis 4002:
1.247 jufi 4003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4004: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4005: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4006: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4007: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4008:
1.58 louis 4009: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4010: <p>
1.301 jose 4011:
4012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4013: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4014: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4015: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4016: Informacyjny, January 2000
4017: </strong></font><br>
4018:
4019: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4020: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4021: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4022: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4023: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4024: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4025: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4026: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4027: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4028: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4029: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4030: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4031: <p>
4032:
4033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4034: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4035: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4036: </strong></font><br>
4037:
4038: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4039: <p>
4040: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4041:
1.69 deraadt 4042: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4043: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4044:
1.247 jufi 4045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4046: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4047: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4048: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4049: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4050:
1.58 louis 4051: Kurt Seifried
4052: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4053: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4054: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4055: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4056:
1.247 jufi 4057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4058: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4059: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4060: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4061:
4062: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4063: <p>
1.96 louis 4064:
1.247 jufi 4065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4066: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4067: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4068: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4069: </strong></font><br>
4070:
4071: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4072: <p>
4073:
4074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4075: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4076: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4077: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4078:
4079: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4080: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4081: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4082: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4083: <p>
1.247 jufi 4084: </ul>
1.86 louis 4085:
1.69 deraadt 4086: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4087: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4088:
1.247 jufi 4089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4090: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4091: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4092: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4093:
4094: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4095: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4096: <p>
1.61 louis 4097:
1.247 jufi 4098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4099: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4100: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4101: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4102: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4103:
4104: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4105: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4106: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4107: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4108: right -- or at least strives to".
4109: <p>
1.48 louis 4110:
1.247 jufi 4111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4112: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4113: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4114: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4115: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4116: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4117: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4118: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4119: <p>
1.61 louis 4120:
1.247 jufi 4121: <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 4122: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4123: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4124:
4125: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4126: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4127: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4128: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4129: <p>
1.46 louis 4130:
1.247 jufi 4131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4132: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4133: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4134: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4135:
4136: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4137: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4138: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4139:
1.247 jufi 4140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4141: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4142: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4143: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4144:
4145: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4146: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4147: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4148: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4149: <p>
1.247 jufi 4150: </ul>
1.70 louis 4151:
1.69 deraadt 4152: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4153: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4154:
1.247 jufi 4155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4156: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4157: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4158: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4159: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4160:
4161: Kurt Seifried
4162: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4163: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4164: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4165: <p>
1.44 philen 4166:
1.247 jufi 4167: <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 4168: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4169: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4170:
4171: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4172: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4173:
1.247 jufi 4174: <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 4175: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4176: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4177:
4178: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4179: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4180:
1.247 jufi 4181: <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 4182: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4183: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4184:
4185: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4186: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4187: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4188: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4189: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4190:
1.247 jufi 4191: <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 4192: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4193: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4194:
1.36 louis 4195: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4196: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4199: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4200: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4201: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4202:
4203: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4204: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4205: </ul>
1.38 louis 4206:
1.69 deraadt 4207: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4208: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4209:
1.247 jufi 4210: <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 4211: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4212: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4213:
4214: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4215: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4216: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4217:
1.113 naddy 4218: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4219: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4220: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4221: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4222:
4223: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4224: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4225: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4226: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4227: <blockquote>
4228: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4229: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4230: <br>
4231: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4232: </code>
4233: </blockquote>
4234: <p>
4235:
1.247 jufi 4236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4237: <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 4238: <p>
4239:
4240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4241: <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 4242: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4243:
4244: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4245: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4246: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4247: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4248:
1.247 jufi 4249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4250: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4251: Sept. 28, 1999
4252: </strong></font><br>
4253:
4254: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4255: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4256: translating and reprinting articles from
4257: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4258: <p>
4259:
4260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4261: <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 4262: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4263:
4264: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4265: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4266: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4267: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4268: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4269: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4270: <p>
1.19 louis 4271:
1.113 naddy 4272: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4273: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4274: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4275:
4276: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4277: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4278: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4279: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4280: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4281: <p>
1.16 louis 4282:
1.247 jufi 4283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4284: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4285: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4286: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4287:
1.57 louis 4288: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4289: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4290: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4291: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4292:
1.247 jufi 4293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4294: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4295: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4296: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4297:
1.113 naddy 4298: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4301: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4302: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4303: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4304:
1.23 louis 4305: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4306: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4307: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4308: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4309: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4310: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4311:
1.247 jufi 4312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4313: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4314: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4315: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4316:
1.199 pvalchev 4317: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4318: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4319: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4320: installation.
1.113 naddy 4321: <p>
1.47 louis 4322:
1.247 jufi 4323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4324: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4325: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4326: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4327:
1.301 jose 4328: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4329: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4330: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4331: </ul>
1.57 louis 4332:
1.69 deraadt 4333: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4334: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4335:
1.247 jufi 4336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4337: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4338: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4339: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4340:
4341: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4342: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4343: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4344: <p>
1.12 louis 4345:
1.247 jufi 4346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4347: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4348: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4349: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4350:
4351: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4352: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4353: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4354: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4355: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4356: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4357: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4358: <p>
1.247 jufi 4359: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4360:
1.69 deraadt 4361: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4362: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4365: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4366: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4367:
4368: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4369: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4370: available."
1.113 naddy 4371: <p>
1.301 jose 4372:
4373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4374: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4375: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4376: </strong></font><br>
4377:
4378: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4379: <p>
1.247 jufi 4380: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4381:
1.69 deraadt 4382: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4383: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4384:
1.247 jufi 4385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4386: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4387: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4388:
4389: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4390: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4391: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4392: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4393: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4394: <p>
1.33 louis 4395:
1.247 jufi 4396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4397: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4398: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4399: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4400:
1.113 naddy 4401: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4402: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4403: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4404: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4405: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4406: <p>
1.247 jufi 4407: </ul>
1.57 louis 4408:
1.69 deraadt 4409: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4410: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4411:
1.247 jufi 4412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4413: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4414: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4415: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4416:
4417: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4418: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4419: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4420:
1.247 jufi 4421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4422: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4423: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4424: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4425: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4426:
4427: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4428: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4429:
1.247 jufi 4430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4431: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4432:
1.113 naddy 4433: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4434:
1.247 jufi 4435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4436: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4437: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4438: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4439:
4440: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4441: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4442: </ul>
1.23 louis 4443:
1.69 deraadt 4444: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4445: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4446:
1.247 jufi 4447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4448: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4449: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4450:
4451: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4452: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4453: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4454:
1.247 jufi 4455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4456: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4457: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4458: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4459:
4460: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4461: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4462: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4463: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4464: </ul>
1.57 louis 4465:
1.69 deraadt 4466: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4467: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4468:
1.247 jufi 4469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4470: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4471: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4472: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4473:
4474: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4475: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4476: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4477: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4478: <p>
1.15 louis 4479:
1.247 jufi 4480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4481: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4482: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4483: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4484:
4485: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4486: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4487: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4488: columns."
1.113 naddy 4489: <p>
1.247 jufi 4490: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4491:
1.69 deraadt 4492: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4493: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4494:
1.247 jufi 4495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4496: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4497: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4498: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4499:
4500: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4501: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4502:
1.113 naddy 4503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4504: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4505: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4506:
4507: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4508: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4509: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4510: </ul>
1.57 louis 4511:
1.69 deraadt 4512: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4513: <ul>
1.301 jose 4514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4515: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4516: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4517: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4518:
4519: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4520: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4521: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4522: <p>
4523:
4524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4525: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4526: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4527: Nov 13, 1998 and
4528: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4529: Datateknik</a>,
4530: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4531:
1.380 saad 4532: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4533: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4534: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4535: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4536: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4537:
1.113 naddy 4538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4539: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4540: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4541: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4542:
1.222 miod 4543: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4544: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4545: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4546: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4547: <p>
1.247 jufi 4548: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4549:
1.69 deraadt 4550: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4551: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4552:
1.247 jufi 4553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4554: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4555: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4556:
1.69 deraadt 4557: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4558: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4559: <p>
1.247 jufi 4560: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4561:
1.69 deraadt 4562: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4563: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4564:
1.247 jufi 4565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4566: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4567: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4568: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4569:
1.383 jcs 4570: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4571: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4572: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4573:
1.247 jufi 4574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4575: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4576: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4577: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4578: <p>
1.247 jufi 4579: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4580:
1.69 deraadt 4581: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4582: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4583:
1.247 jufi 4584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4585: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4586: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4587: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4588: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4589: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4590:
4591: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4592: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4593: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4594: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4595: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4596: <p>
1.247 jufi 4597: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4598:
4599: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4600: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4601:
1.247 jufi 4602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4603: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4604: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4605:
1.69 deraadt 4606: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4607: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4608: <p>
1.112 naddy 4609:
1.247 jufi 4610: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4611: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4612:
1.292 camield 4613: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4614: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4615: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.439 ! espie 4616: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.438 2005/04/09 15:55:08 martin Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 4617:
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