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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.441 deraadt 19: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 22: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
23: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
24: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 25: </strong></font><br>
26: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
27: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
28: with OpenBSD.
29: </ul>
30:
1.436 henning 31: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
32: <ul>
33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 34: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
35: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
36: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
37: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
38: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
39: than closed source, as we have long contended.
40: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
41: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
42: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
43: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
44: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
45: <p>
46: This article can also be found online as
47: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
48: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
49: <p>
50:
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 52: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
53: </strong></font><br>
54: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
55: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 59: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
60: </strong></font><br>
61: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
62: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 63: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 64: the issues we had with IETF.
65: </ul>
66:
1.431 ian 67: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
68: <ul>
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 70: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
71: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
72: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
73: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
74: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
75: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
76: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 80: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
81: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
82: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
83: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
84: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
85: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 86: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 87: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
88: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
89: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
90: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
91: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
92: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
93: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
94: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
95:
96: </ul>
97:
1.427 matthieu 98: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
99: <ul>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 102: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
103: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
104: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
105: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
106: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
107: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
108: firmware.
1.434 ian 109: Similar articles can be found online at:
110: <ul>
111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
112: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
113: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
114: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
116: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
117: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
118: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
120: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
121: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
122: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
124: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
125: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
126: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
127: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 128: </ul>
129:
1.426 ian 130: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
131: <ul>
132:
133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
134: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
135: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
136: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
137: This article talks about our systrace
138: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
139: mechanism: what it is and why and
140: how to use it, with examples.
141: Another excerpt from the book
142: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
143: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
147: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
148: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
149: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
150: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
151: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
152: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
153: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
154: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
155: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
156: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
157: This article is a sample chapter from
158: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
159: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
160: <p>
1.443 ! ian 161:
! 162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 163: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
! 164: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
! 165: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 166: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
! 167: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
! 168: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
! 169: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
! 170: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
! 171: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
! 172: ends with a sidebar on security.
! 173: <p>
1.426 ian 174: </ul>
175:
1.424 ian 176: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
177: <ul>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 180: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
181: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
182: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
183: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
184: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
185: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
186: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
187: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
188: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
189: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
190: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
191: <p>
192: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
193: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
194: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 198: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
199: Closed Source Hardware</a>
200: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
201: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
202: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
203: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
204: operating systems.
205: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
206: OpenBSD on his firewall.
207: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
208: systems, he writes:
209: <blockquote>
210: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
211: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
212: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
213: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
214: to the operating system...
215: <br/>
216: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
217: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
218: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
219: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
220: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
221: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
222: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
223: in a closed source operating system).
224: <br/>
225: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
226: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
227: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
228: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
229: </blockquote>
230: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
231: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
232: their hardware and software operates.
233: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
234: reverse-engineering the
235: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
236: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
237: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
238: <p>
239: </ul>
240:
1.417 pvalchev 241: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
242: <ul>
1.421 ian 243:
1.417 pvalchev 244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 245: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
246: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
247: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
248: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
249: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
250: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
251: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
252: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
253: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
254: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
255: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 256: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 257: <p>
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 259: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
260: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
261: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
262: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
263: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
264: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
265: it claims to do".
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 269: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
270: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
271: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
272: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
273: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 274: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 275: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
276: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
277: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
278: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
279: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
280: (yes, this is a hint).
281: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
282: picked up on the
283: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
284: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
285: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
286: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
287: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
288: <p>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 291: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
292: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
293: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
294: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
295: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
296: questions about the significance and rationale behind
297: the current efforts.
298: <p>
299: </ul>
300:
1.407 henning 301: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
302: <ul>
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 304: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
305: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
306: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
307: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
308: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
309: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
310: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
311: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 315: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
316: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
317: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
318: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
319: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
320: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
321: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
322: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
323: of the important changes in 3.6.
324: </p>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 327: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
328: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
329: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
330: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
331: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
332: overflow attacks... because
333: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
334: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
335: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
336: and propolice.
337: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
338: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
339: and that's when the science falls apart."
340: <p>
341:
342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 343: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
344: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
345: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
346: Starts with the question:
347: <blockquote>
348: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
349: <br/>
350: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
351: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
352: <br/>
353: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
354: Should we believe them?"
355: </blockquote>
356: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
357: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
358: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
359: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
360: for your mail, web and other online activities.
361: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
362: <p>
363:
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 365: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
366: Simple Simon</a>,
367: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
368: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
369: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
370: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
371: routing/firewall, and more.
372: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
373: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
374: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
375: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
376: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
377: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
378: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
379: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
380: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
381: </blockquote>
382: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
383: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
384: <p>
385:
386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 387: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
388: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 389: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 390: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 391: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
392: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
393: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 394: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 395: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
396: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
397: in spite of it
398: (registration required, but worth it).
399: <p>
400:
401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
402: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
403: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
404: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
405: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
406: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
407: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
408: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 409: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 410: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
411: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
412: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
413: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 417: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
418: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
419: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
420: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
421: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
422: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
423: <blockquote>
424: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
425: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
426: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
427: a lot of analysis.
428: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
429: </blockquote>
430: <p>
431: </ul>
432:
1.400 marco 433: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
434: <ul>
435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 436: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
437: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
438: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
439: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
440: UNIX-like systems.
441: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
442: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
443: <p>
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 445: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
446: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 447: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
448: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
449: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
450: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
451: At one point, the article states:
452: <blockquote>
453: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
454: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
455: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
456: </blockquote>
457: And then quotes Theo as saying:
458: <blockquote>
459: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
460: fewer are reading or auditing code."
461: </blockquote>
462: <p>
463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
464: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
465: marks its fifth birthday</a>
466: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
467: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
468: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
469: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
470: required).
471: <p>
472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 473: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
474: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
475: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
476: </strong></font><br>
477: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
478: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
479: <p>
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 481: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
482: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 483: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 484: </strong></font><br>
485: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
486: <p>
487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 488: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
489: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 490: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 491: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 492: 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 493: <p>
494: </ul>
495:
1.396 henning 496: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
497: <ul>
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 499: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
500: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
501: Unix Review, July, 2004
502: </strong></font><br>
503: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
504: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
505: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
506: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
507: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
508: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
509: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
510: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
511: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
512: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
513: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
514: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
515: and even spelling/wording errors.
516: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
517: <p>
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 519: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 520: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
521: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
522: </strong></font><br>
523: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
524: <p>
525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 526: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 527: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
528: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
529: </strong></font><br>
530: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
531: <p>
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 533: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
534: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
535: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
536: </strong></font><br>
537: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
538: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
539: <p>
540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 541: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
542: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
543: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
544: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
545: <p>
546: </ul>
547:
1.405 jolan 548: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
549: <ul>
550: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
551: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
552: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
553: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
554: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
555: details on how funds are dispersed.
556: <p>
557: </ul>
558:
1.393 david 559: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
560: <ul>
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 562: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
563: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
564: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
565: </strong></font><br>
566: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
567: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
568: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
569: on inserting large number of SQL records.
570: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
571: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
572: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
573: <p>
574:
575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 576: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
577: Secure by Default</a>,
578: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
579: </strong></font><br>
580: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
581: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
582: <p>
583:
584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
585: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
586: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
587: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
588: </strong></font><br>
589: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
590: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
591: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
592: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
593: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
594: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
595: <p>
596:
597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
598: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
599: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
600: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
601: </strong></font><br>
602: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
603: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
604: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
605: <p>
606:
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
608: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
609: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
610: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
611: </strong></font><br>
612: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
613: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
614: <p>
615: </ul>
616:
1.388 mcbride 617: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
618: <ul>
1.394 jolan 619:
620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
621: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
622: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
623: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
624: </strong></font><br>
625: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
626: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
627: available for sparc64.
628: <p>
629:
1.390 beck 630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 631: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
632: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
633: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
634: </strong></font><br>
635: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
636: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
637: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
638: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
639: <p>
640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 642: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
643: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 644: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 645: </strong></font><br>
646: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
647: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
648: it does: CARP provides sharing
649: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
650: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
651: detail to get you started using it.
652: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
653: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
654: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
655: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
656: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
657: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
658: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 659: <p>
1.391 ian 660:
661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 662: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 663: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
664: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 665: </strong></font><br>
666: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 667: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 668: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 669: <p>
1.388 mcbride 670:
671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
672: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
673: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 674: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 675: </strong></font><br>
676: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
677: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
678: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
679: unencumbered by patents.
680: <p>
681: </ul>
682:
1.378 henning 683: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
684: <ul>
1.384 jose 685:
686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 687: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
688: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
689: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
690: </strong></font><br>
691: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
692: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
693: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
694: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
695: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
696: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
697: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
698: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
699: in the page tables."
700: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
701: <p>
702:
703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 704: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
705: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
706: </strong></font><br>
707: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
708: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
709: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
710: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 711: <p>
1.384 jose 712:
1.378 henning 713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 714: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
715: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 716: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
717: </strong></font><br>
718: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
719: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
720: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
721: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
722: (quote:
723: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
724: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 725: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 726: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
727: the other developers for their work on the system.
728: <p>
729:
730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 731: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
732: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
733: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 734: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 735: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
736: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
737: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
738: too.
739: <p>
740:
741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 742: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
743: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 744: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 745: OpenBSD source code using
746: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
747: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
748: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
749: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
750: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
751: <p>
752: </ul>
753:
1.374 jose 754: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
755: <ul>
756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 757: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 758: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
759: </strong></font><br>
760: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
761: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
762: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
763: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
764: it."
765: <p>
766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 768: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
769: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
770: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
771: </strong></font><br/>
772: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
773: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
774: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
775: <p>
776: </ul>
777:
1.369 ian 778: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
779: <ul>
780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 781: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
782: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
783: </strong></font><br/>
784: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
785: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
786: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
787: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
788: <p>
789:
790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 791: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
792: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
793: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
794: </strong></font><br/>
795: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
796: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
797: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
798: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
799: form factor.
800: <p>
801:
802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
803: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
804: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
805: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
806: Features</a>,
807: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
808: </strong></font><br/>
809: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
810: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
811: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
812: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
813: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
814: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
815: <p>
816: This article can also be found online at:
817: <ul>
818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 819: <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 820: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
821: </strong></font>
822: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
823: </ul>
824: <p>
1.392 david 825:
1.371 jose 826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 827: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
828: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 829: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
830: </strong></font><br/>
831: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
832: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
833: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 834: <p>
1.371 jose 835:
836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 837: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 838: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 839: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 840: </strong></font><br/>
841: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
842: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
843: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
844: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
845: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
846: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
847: and its history with OpenBSD.
848: </ul>
849:
1.368 henning 850: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
851: <ul>
852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 853: [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 854: </strong></font><br>
855: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
856: </ul>
857:
1.364 jose 858: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
859: <ul>
860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 861: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
862: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
863: UNIX Review,
864: July, 2003.
865: </strong></font><br>
866: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
867: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
868: who want more information.
869: <p>
870:
871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 872: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
873: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
874: Government Computer News,
875: July 22, 2003.
876: </strong></font><br>
877: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
878: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
879: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
880: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
881: <p>
882:
883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
884: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
885: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
886: SANS Institute,
887: July 22, 2003.
888: </strong></font><br>
889: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 890: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 891: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
892: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
893: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
894: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
895: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
896: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
897: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
898: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
899: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
900: <p>
901:
902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 903: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
904: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
905: OnLamp.com,
906: July 17, 2003.
907: </strong></font><br>
908: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
909: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
910: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
911: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
912: have been working on.
913:
914: </ul>
915:
1.356 jose 916: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 917: <ul>
918:
919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 920: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
921: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
922: UNIX Review,
923: June, 2003.
924: </strong></font><br>
925: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
926: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
927: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
928: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
929: <p>
930:
931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 932: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
933: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
934: eWeek,
935: June 23, 2003.
936: </strong></font><br>
937: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
938: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
939: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
940: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
941: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
942: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
943: <p>
944:
945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 946: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
947: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
948: Software Development Online,
949: June, 2003.
950: </strong></font><br>
951: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
952: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
953: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
954: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
955: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
956: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
957: current activities.
958: <p>
959:
960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 961: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
962: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 963: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
964: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
965: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
966: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 967: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 968: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
969: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
970: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 971: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 972: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
973: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 974: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 975: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
976: decisions.
977: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
978: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 979: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 980: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 984: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
985: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
986: Page 58, eWeek,
987: June 2, 2003.
988: </strong></font><br>
989: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
990: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
991: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
992: been addressed in -current.
993: <p>
994:
1.356 jose 995: </ul>
996:
997: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
998: <ul>
999:
1.355 jose 1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1001: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1002: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1003: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1004: </strong></font><br>
1005: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1006: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1007: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1008: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1009: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1010: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1011: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1012: <p>
1013:
1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1015: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1016: Beyond Linux</a>,
1017: InfoWorld,
1018: May 23, 2003.
1019: </strong></font><br>
1020: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1021: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1022: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1023: compared to the GPL.
1024: <p>
1025:
1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1027: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1028: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1029: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1030: May 17, 2003.
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1033: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1034: the business section and half of another page inside
1035: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1036: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1037: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1038: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1039: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1040: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1041: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1042: <br>
1043: This article can also be found online at:
1044: <ul>
1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1046: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1047: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1048: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1049: May 17, 2003
1050: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1051: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1053: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1054: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1055: Montreal Gazette,
1056: May 21, 2003
1057: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1058: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1059: <p>
1.346 ian 1060:
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1062: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1063: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1064: May 7, 2003.
1065: </strong></font><br>
1066: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1067: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1068: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1069: <p>
1070:
1071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1072: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1073: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1074: OsOpinion,
1075: May 6, 2003.
1076: </strong></font><br>
1077: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1078: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1079: <br>
1080: This article can also be found online at:
1081: <ul>
1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1083: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1084: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1085: NewsFactor Network.
1086: </strong></font>
1087: </ul>
1088: <p>
1089:
1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1091: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1092: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1093: ITBusiness,
1094: May 2, 2003.
1095: </strong></font><br>
1096: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1097: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1098: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1099: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1100: <p>
1101:
1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1103: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1104: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1105: InfoWorld,
1106: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1107: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1108: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1109: <br>
1110: This article can also be found online at:
1111: <ul>
1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1113: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1114: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1115: IDG Singapore.
1116: </strong></font>
1117: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1118: <p>
1119:
1.339 jose 1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1121: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1122: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1123: ZDNet,
1124: May 1, 2003.
1125: </strong></font><br>
1126: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1127: someone using parts from previous articles.
1128: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1129: This article can also be found online at:
1130: <ul>
1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1132: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1133: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1134: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1135: </strong></font>
1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1137: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1138: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1139: CNET News.com.
1140: </strong></font>
1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1142: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1143: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1144: ZDNet UK.
1145: </strong></font>
1146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1147: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1148: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1149: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1150: </strong></font>
1151: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1152: <p>
1.339 jose 1153:
1.341 deraadt 1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1155: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1156: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1157: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1158: May 1, 2003.
1159: </strong></font><br>
1160: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1161: that have been added
1162: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1163: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1164: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1165: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1166: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1167: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1168: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1169: <p>
1170:
1171: </ul>
1172:
1.253 ian 1173: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1174: <ul>
1.255 ian 1175:
1.260 ian 1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1177: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1178: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1179: TechRepublic,
1180: April 28, 2003.
1181: </strong></font><br>
1182: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1183: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1184: work.<br>
1185: Can also be found online at:
1186: <ul>
1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1188: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1189: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1190: ZDNet UK.
1191: </strong></font>
1192: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1196: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1197: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1198: IDG,
1199: April 24, 2003.
1200: </strong></font><br>
1201: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1202: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1203: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1204: Can also be found online at:
1205: <ul>
1206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1207: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1208: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1209: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1210: </strong></font>
1211: </ul>
1212: <p>
1213:
1214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1215: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1216: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1217: Slate,
1218: April 24, 2003.
1219: </strong></font><br>
1220: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1221: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1222: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1223: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1224: <p>
1225:
1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1227: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1228: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1229: April 24, 2003.
1230: </strong></font><br>
1231: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1232: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1233: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1234: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1235: <p>
1236:
1237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1238: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1239: April 24, 2003.
1240: </strong></font><br>
1241: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1242: the free software community".
1243: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1244: other articles.
1245: <p>
1246:
1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1248: <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 1249: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1250: </strong></font><br>
1251: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1252: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1253: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1254: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1255: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1256: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1257: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1258: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1259: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1260: <br/>
1261: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1262: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1263: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1264: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1265: <br>
1266: Can also be found online at:
1267: <ul>
1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1269: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1270: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1271: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1272: </strong></font>
1273: </ul>
1.324 ian 1274: <p>
1275:
1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1277: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1278: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1279: </strong></font><br>
1280: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1281: article above.
1282: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1283: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1284: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1285: <br>
1286: Can also be found online at:
1287: <ul>
1288: <li>
1289: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1290: </strong></font>
1291: </ul>
1.324 ian 1292: <p>
1293:
1294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1295: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1296: </strong></font><br>
1297: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1298: <p>
1299:
1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1301: <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.
1302: </strong></font><br>
1303: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1304: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1305: <p>
1306:
1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1308: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1309: April 23, 2003.
1310: </strong></font><br>
1311: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1312: <p>
1313:
1314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1315: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1316: April 22, 2003.
1317: </strong></font><br>
1318: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1319: <p>
1320:
1321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1322: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1323: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1324: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1325: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1326: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1327: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1328: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1329: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1330: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1331: Can also be found online at:
1332: <ul>
1333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1334: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1335: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1336: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1337: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1339: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1340: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1341: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1342: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1343: </ul>
1344: <p>
1345:
1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1347: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1348: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1349: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1350: </strong></font><br>
1351: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1352: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1353: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1354: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1355: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1356: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1357: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1358: <p>
1359:
1360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1361: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1362: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1363: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1364: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1365: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1366: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1367: at UPenn and DARPA.
1368: <p>
1369:
1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1371: [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,
1372: France
1.315 deraadt 1373: April 18, 2003.
1374: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1375: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1376: <p>
1377:
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1379: [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 1380: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1381: </strong></font><br>
1382: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1383: <p>
1384:
1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1386: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1387: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1388: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1389: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1390: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1391: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1392: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1393: <p>
1394:
1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1396: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1397: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1398: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1399: </strong></font><br>
1400: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1401: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1402: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1403: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1404: <p>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1407: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1408: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1409: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1410: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1411: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1412: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1413: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1414: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1415: Can also be found online at:
1416: <ul>
1417: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1418: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1419: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1420: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1421: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1422: <p>
1423:
1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1425: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1426: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1427: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1428: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1429: </strong></font><br>
1430: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1431: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1432: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1433: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1434: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1435:
1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1437: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1438: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1439: New York Times.
1440: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1441:
1.273 deraadt 1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1443: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1444: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1445: ABC News.
1446: </strong></font>
1447:
1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1449: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1450: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1451: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1452: </strong></font>
1453:
1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1455: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1456: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1457: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1458: </strong></font>
1459:
1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1461: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1462: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1463: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1464: </strong></font>
1465:
1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1467: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1468: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1469: Times Daily, AL.
1470: </strong></font>
1471:
1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1473: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1474: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1475: Boston.com, MA.
1476: </strong></font>
1477:
1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1479: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1480: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1481: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1482: </strong></font>
1483:
1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1485: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1486: [Article was pulled]</a>
1487: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1488: </strong></font>
1489:
1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1491: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1492: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1493: Infoshop News.
1494: </strong></font>
1495:
1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1497: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1498: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1499: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1500: </strong></font>
1501:
1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1503: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1504: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1505: Raleigh News, NC.
1506: </strong></font>
1507:
1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1509: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1510: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1511: Napa News, CA.
1512: </strong></font>
1513:
1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1515: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1516: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1517: NEPA News, PA.
1518: </strong></font>
1519:
1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1521: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1522: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1523: Wired News.
1524: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1525: <br>
1526: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1527: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1528: [JAPANESE]
1529: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1530: Wired News Japan</a>
1531: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1532:
1.271 deraadt 1533: </ul>
1534: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1535: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1536: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1537: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1538: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1539: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1540: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1541: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1542: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1543: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1544: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1545: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1546: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1547: <p>
1548: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1549:
1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1551: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1552: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1553: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1554: </strong></font>
1555:
1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1557: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1558: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1559: Miami Herald, FL.
1560: </strong></font>
1561:
1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1563: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1564: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1565: </strong></font>
1566:
1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1568: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1569: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1570: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1571: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1572:
1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1574: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1575: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1576: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1577: ABC News.
1578: </strong></font>
1579:
1.276 deraadt 1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1581: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1582: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1583: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1584: </strong></font>
1585:
1.286 dhartmei 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1587: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1588: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1589: Wilmington Star, NC.
1590: </strong></font>
1591:
1.300 jose 1592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1593: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1594: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1595: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1596: </strong></font>
1597:
1.309 jose 1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1599: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1600: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1601: Globe Technology.
1602: </strong></font>
1603:
1.263 deraadt 1604: </ul>
1.262 beck 1605: <p>
1606:
1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1608: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1609: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1610: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1611: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1612: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1613: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1614: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1615: <p>
1616:
1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1618: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1619: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1620: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1621: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1622: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1623: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1624: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1625: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1626: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1627: and simply restates other press reports.
1628: <p>
1629:
1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1631: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1632: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1633: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1634: </strong></font><br>
1635: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1636: <p>
1637:
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1639: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1640: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1641: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1642: </strong></font><br>
1643: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1644: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1645: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1646: <p>
1647:
1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1649: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1650: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1651: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1652: April 17, 2003.
1653: </strong></font><br>
1654: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1655: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1656: Tech Anthems</a>
1657: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1658: 4 so far.
1659: <p>
1660:
1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1662: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1663: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1664: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1665: </strong></font><br>
1666: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1667: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1668: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1669: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1670: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1671: Goes on to say:
1672: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1673: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1674: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1675: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1676: This article is also found online at:
1677: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1679: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1680: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1681: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1682: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1684: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1685: ZDnet</a>,
1686: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1687: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1689: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1690: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1691: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1692: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1693: </ul>
1.260 ian 1694: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1695:
1.260 ian 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1697: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1698: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1699: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1700: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1701: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1702: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1703: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1704: without notice or justification.
1705: <p>
1706:
1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1708: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1709: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1710: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1711: </strong></font><br>
1712: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1713: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1714: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1715: effective today, without any warning..."
1716: <p>
1.257 ian 1717:
1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1719: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1720: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1721: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1722: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1723: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1724: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1725: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1726: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1727: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1728: <p>
1729:
1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1731: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1732: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1733: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1734: </strong></font><br>
1735: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1736: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1737: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1738: quoting two of them:
1739: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1740: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1741: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1742: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1743: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1744: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1745: <p>
1746:
1.255 ian 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1748: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1749: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1750: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1751: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1752: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1753: <p>
1754:
1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1756: [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 1757: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1758: </strong></font><br>
1759: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1760: <p>
1761:
1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1763: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1764: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1765: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1766: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1767: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1768: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1769: security experts for more than three decades."
1770: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1771: <p>
1.261 ian 1772:
1.254 drahn 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1774: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1775: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1776: </strong></font><br>
1777: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1778: <p>
1779:
1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1781: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1782: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1783: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1784: </strong></font><br>
1785: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1786: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1787: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1788: <p>
1789:
1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1791: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1792: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1793: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1794: </strong></font><br>
1795: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1796: from US DARPA.
1797: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1798: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1799: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1800: the BSD license.
1801: <p>
1802: </ul>
1803:
1.251 ian 1804: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1805: <ul>
1806:
1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1808: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1809: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1810: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1811: </strong></font><br>
1812:
1813: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1814: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1815: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1816: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1817: <p>
1818:
1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1820: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1821: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1822: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1823: </strong></font><br>
1824: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1825: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1826: Mentions
1827: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1828: and
1829: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1830: programs.
1831: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1832: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1833: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1834: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1835: <p>
1.325 ian 1836: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1837: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1838:
1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1840: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1841: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1842: </strong></font><br>
1843: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1844: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1845: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1846: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1847: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1848: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1849: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1850: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1851: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1852: put into service."
1853: <p>
1854: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1855: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1856: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1857: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1858: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1859: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1860: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1861: computers with security features."
1862: <p>
1.329 ian 1863:
1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1865: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1866: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1867: Slate,
1868: March 3, 2003.
1869: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1870: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1871: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1872: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1873: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1874: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1875: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1876: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1877: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1878: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1879: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1880: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1881: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1882: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1883: of more secure open-source solutions like
1884: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1885: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1886: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1887: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1888: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1889: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1890: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1891: the Beltway."
1892: <p>
1.251 ian 1893: </ul>
1894:
1.249 jufi 1895: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1896: <ul>
1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1898: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1899: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1900: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1901: </strong></font><br>
1902: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1903: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1904: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1905: <p>
1.334 ian 1906:
1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1908: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1909: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1910: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1911: </strong></font><br>
1912: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1913: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1914: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1915: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1916: "... the hypothetical question ...
1917: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1918: <br>
1919: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1920: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1921: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1922: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1923: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1924: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1925: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1926: support network security.
1927: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1928: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1929: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1930: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1931: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1932: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1933: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1934: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1935: <br>
1936: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1937: <p>
1938:
1.249 jufi 1939: </ul>
1940:
1.246 jufi 1941: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1942: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1943:
1.247 jufi 1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1945: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1946: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1947: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1948: </strong></font><br>
1949: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1950: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1951: <p>
1952:
1.247 jufi 1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1954: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1955: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1956: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1957: </strong></font><br>
1958: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1959: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1960: <p>
1961:
1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1963: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1964: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1965: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1966: </strong></font><br>
1967: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1968: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1969: <p>
1.247 jufi 1970: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1971:
1.244 jufi 1972: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1973: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1974:
1.247 jufi 1975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1976: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1977: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1978: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1979: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1980: </strong></font><br>
1981: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
1982: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
1983: md5 digests.
1984: <p>
1985:
1.247 jufi 1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 1987: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1988: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
1989: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 1990: </strong></font><br>
1991: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
1992: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
1993: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
1994: right the first time."
1995: <p>
1.247 jufi 1996: </ul>
1.244 jufi 1997:
1998:
1999: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2000: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2001:
1.247 jufi 2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2003: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2004: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2005: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2006: </strong></font><br>
2007: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2008: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2009: part 6</a>.
2010: <p>
2011:
1.247 jufi 2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2013: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2014: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2015: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2016: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2017: </strong></font><br>
2018: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2019: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2020: <p>
1.301 jose 2021:
2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2023: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2024: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2025: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2026: </strong></font><br>
2027:
2028: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2029: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2030: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2031: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2032: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2033: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2034: <i>Here's the
2035: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2036: <p>
1.247 jufi 2037: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2038:
2039: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2040: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2043: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2044: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2045: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2046: </strong></font><br>
2047: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2048: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2049: <p>
2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2052: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2053: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2054: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2055: </strong></font><br>
2056: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2057: this time using pf.
2058: <p>
1.247 jufi 2059: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2060:
2061: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2062: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2063:
1.247 jufi 2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2065: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2066: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2067: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2068: </strong></font><br>
2069: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2070: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2071: their rotation.
2072: <p>
2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2075: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2076: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2077: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2078: </strong></font><br>
2079: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2080: <p>
1.247 jufi 2081: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2082:
1.239 jufi 2083: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2084: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2085:
1.247 jufi 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2087: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2088: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2089: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2090: </strong></font><br>
2091: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2092: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2093: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2094: <p>
2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2097: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2098: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2099: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2100: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2101: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2102: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2103: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2104: <p>
1.247 jufi 2105: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2106:
1.235 lebel 2107: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2108: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2109:
1.239 jufi 2110:
1.247 jufi 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2112: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2113: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2114: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2115: </strong></font><br>
2116: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2117: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2118: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2119: <p>
1.301 jose 2120:
1.247 jufi 2121: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2122:
1.228 horacio 2123: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2124: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2127: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2128: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2129: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2130: </strong></font><br>
2131: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2132: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2133: <p>
2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2136: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2137: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2138: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2139: </strong></font><br>
2140: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2141: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2142: <p>
2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2145: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2146: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2147: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2148: </strong></font><br>
2149: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2150: on the desktop of his parents.
2151: <p>
2152:
1.247 jufi 2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2154: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2155: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2156: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2157: </strong></font><br>
2158: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2159: using IPFilter.
2160:
2161: <p>
2162:
1.247 jufi 2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2164: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2165: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2166: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2167: </strong></font><br>
2168: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2169: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2170: perspectives of the four OS.
2171: <br>
2172: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2173: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2174: <p>
2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2177: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2178: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2179: software and security</a>,
2180: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2184: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2185: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2186: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2187: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2188: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2189: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2190: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2191: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2192: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2193: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2194: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2195: <p>
1.247 jufi 2196: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2197:
1.225 horacio 2198: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2199: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2202: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2203: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2204: Interview</a>,
2205: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2206: </strong></font><br>
2207:
2208: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2209: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2210: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2211: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2212: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2213: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2214: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2215: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2216: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2217: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2218: of choice.
2219: <p>
1.247 jufi 2220: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2221:
2222: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2223: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2226: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2227: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2228: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2229: </strong></font><br>
2230:
2231: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2232: <p>
2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2235: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2236: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2237: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2238: </strong></font><br>
2239:
2240: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2241: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2242: <p>
1.247 jufi 2243: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2244:
1.218 horacio 2245: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2246: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2247:
1.247 jufi 2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2249: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2250: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2251: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2252: </strong></font><br>
2253:
2254: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2255: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2256: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2257: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2258: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2259: subjects. Worth a read.
2260: <p>
2261:
2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2264: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2265: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2266: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2267: </strong></font><br>
2268:
2269: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2270: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2271: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2272: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2273: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2274: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2275: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2276: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2277: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2278: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2279: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2280: on other operating systems.<br>
2281: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2282: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2283: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2284: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2285: <p>
2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2288: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2289: Operating System 2010</a>,
2290: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2291: </strong></font><br>
2292:
2293: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2294: covering the level of software integration into the core
2295: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2296: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2297: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2298: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2299: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2300: <p>
2301:
1.247 jufi 2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2303: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2304: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2305: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2306: </strong></font><br>
2307:
2308: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2309: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2310: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2311: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2312: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2313: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2314: <p>
1.247 jufi 2315: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2316:
1.210 jufi 2317: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2318: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2321: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2322: Already a Contender</a>,
2323: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2324: </strong></font><br>
2325:
2326: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2327: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2328: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2329: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2330: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2331: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2332: <p>
2333:
1.247 jufi 2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2335: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2336: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2337: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2338: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2339:
1.224 horacio 2340: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2341: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2342: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2343: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2344: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2345: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2346: <p>
1.247 jufi 2347: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2348:
2349: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2350: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2353: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2354: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2355: Division</a>,
2356: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2357: </strong></font><br>
2358:
2359: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2360: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2361: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2362: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2363: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2364: investment</em>.<br>
2365: The implementation details can be seen on their
2366: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2367: <p>
2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2370: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2371: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2372: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2373: </strong></font><br>
2374:
2375: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2376: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2377: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2378: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2379: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2380: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2381: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2382: <p>
2383:
2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2385: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2386: Thinking about Security</a>,
2387: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2388: </strong></font><br>
2389:
2390: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2391: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2392: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2393: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2394: to time.<br>
2395: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2396: system and just the most secure system.
2397: <p>
2398:
1.247 jufi 2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2400: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2401: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2402: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2403: </strong></font><br>
2404:
2405: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2406: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2407: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2408: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2409: choice:<br>
2410: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2411: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2412: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2413: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2414: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2415: network security devices and as such must be well
2416: armored."</em><br>
2417: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2418: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2419: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2420: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2421: <br>
2422: Bravo!
2423: <p>
1.247 jufi 2424: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2425:
1.207 ian 2426: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2427: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2430: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2431: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2432: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2433:
1.207 ian 2434: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2435: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2436: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2437: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2438: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2439: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2440: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2441: <p>
1.247 jufi 2442: </ul>
1.207 ian 2443:
1.194 jufi 2444: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2445: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2446:
1.247 jufi 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2448: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2449: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2450: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2451: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2452:
1.240 miod 2453: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2454: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2455: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2456: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2457: <p>
2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2460: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2461: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2462: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2463:
2464: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2465: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2466: <p>
2467:
2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2469: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2470: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2471: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2472:
2473: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2474: <p>
2475:
2476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2477: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2478: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2479: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2480: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2481:
1.240 miod 2482: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2483: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2484: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2485: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2486: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2487: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2488: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2489: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2490: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2491: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2492: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2493: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2494: <p>
2495:
1.247 jufi 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2497: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2498: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2499: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2500: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2501:
1.194 jufi 2502: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2503: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2504: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2505: <br>
2506: The new
2507: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2508: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2509: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2510: <p>
1.247 jufi 2511: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2512:
1.190 horacio 2513: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2514: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2517:
2518: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2519: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2520:
1.301 jose 2521:
1.191 jufi 2522: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2523: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2524:
2525: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2526: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2527:
1.212 horacio 2528: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2529: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2530: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2531:
1.211 horacio 2532: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2533: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2534: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2537: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2538:
1.247 jufi 2539: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2540: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2541:
1.212 horacio 2542: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2543: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2544: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2545:
2546: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2547: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2548:
2549: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2550: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2551:
1.301 jose 2552: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2553: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2554:
1.191 jufi 2555: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2556: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2557:
2558: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2559: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2560:
1.192 jufi 2561: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2562: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2563: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2564:
1.193 deraadt 2565: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2566: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2567: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2570: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2571:
1.247 jufi 2572: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2573: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2574: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2575:
1.213 horacio 2576: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2577: 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 2578: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2579:
1.190 horacio 2580: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2581: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2582: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2583: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2584: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2585: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2586: <p>
1.190 horacio 2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2589: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2590: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2591: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2592: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2593:
1.195 jufi 2594: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2595: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2596: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2597: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2598: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2599: <p>
2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2602: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2603: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2604: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2605: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2606:
1.191 jufi 2607: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2608: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2609: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2610: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2611: <p>
2612:
2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2614: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2615: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2616: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2617:
2618: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2619: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2620: <p>
1.247 jufi 2621: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2622:
1.191 jufi 2623:
1.186 jufi 2624: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2625: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2626:
1.247 jufi 2627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2628: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2629: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2630: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2631: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2632:
1.188 jufi 2633: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2634: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2635: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2636: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2637: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2638: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2639: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2640: <p>
2641:
1.301 jose 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2643: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2644: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2645: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2646:
2647: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2648: <p>
1.191 jufi 2649:
1.247 jufi 2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2651: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2652: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2653: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2654: </strong></font><br>
2655:
2656: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2657: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2658: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2659: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2660: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2661: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2662: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2663: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2664: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2665: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2666: familiar?
2667: <p>
1.247 jufi 2668: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2669:
1.178 louis 2670: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2671: <ul>
1.178 louis 2672:
1.247 jufi 2673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2674: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2675: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2676: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2677: </strong></font><br>
2678:
2679: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2680: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2681: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2682: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2683: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2684: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2685: <p>
2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2688: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2689: Open source under the hood</a>,
2690: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2691: </strong></font><br>
2692:
2693: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2694: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2695: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2696: <p>
2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2699: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2700: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2701: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2702: </strong></font><br>
2703:
2704: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2705: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2706: <p>
1.247 jufi 2707: </ul>
1.179 louis 2708:
1.174 louis 2709:
1.175 louis 2710: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2711: <ul>
1.175 louis 2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2714: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2715: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2716: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2717: </strong></font><br>
2718:
2719: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2720: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2721: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2722: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2723: <p>
2724:
1.247 jufi 2725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2726: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2727: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2728: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2729: </strong></font><br>
2730:
2731: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2732: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2733: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2734: <p>
1.247 jufi 2735: </ul>
1.175 louis 2736:
1.176 louis 2737:
1.172 mickey 2738: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2739: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2742: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2743: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2744: </strong></font><br>
2745:
2746: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2747: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2748: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2749: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2750: <p>
2751:
1.247 jufi 2752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2753: <a
1.269 deraadt 2754: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2755: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2756: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2757: </strong></font><br>
2758:
2759: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2760: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2761: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2762: <p>
2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2765: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2766: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2767: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2768: </strong></font><br>
2769:
2770: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2771: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2772: <p>
2773:
1.247 jufi 2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2775: <a
1.269 deraadt 2776: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2777: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2778: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2779: </strong></font><br>
2780:
2781: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2782: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2783: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2784: our own Theo de Raadt.
2785: <p>
2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2788: <a
1.269 deraadt 2789: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2790: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2791: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2792: </strong></font><br>
2793:
2794: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2795: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2796: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2797: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2798: shut down.]
2799: <p>
2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2802: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2803: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2804: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2805: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2806: </strong></font><br>
2807:
2808: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2809: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2810: <p>
1.247 jufi 2811: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2812:
1.161 louis 2813: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2814: <ul>
1.161 louis 2815:
1.247 jufi 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2817: <a
1.269 deraadt 2818: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2819: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2820: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2821: </strong></font><br>
2822:
2823: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2824: by John Wolley
2825: <p>
2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2828: <a
1.269 deraadt 2829: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2830: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2831: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2832: </strong></font><br>
2833:
2834: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2835: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2836: OpenBSD).
2837: <p>
2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2840: <a
1.247 jufi 2841: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2842: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2843: </strong></font><br>
2844:
2845: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2846: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2847: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2848: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2849: and hindsight.
2850: <p>
2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2853: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2854: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2855: </strong></font><br>
2856:
2857: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2858: <p>
2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2861: <a
1.168 provos 2862: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2863: December 7, 2000
2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
2866: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2867: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2868: us explain.
2869: <p>
2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2872: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2873: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2874: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2875: December 6, 2000
2876: </strong></font><br>
2877:
2878: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2879: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2880: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2881: <p>
2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2884: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2885: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2886: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2887: </strong></font><br>
2888:
2889: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2890: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2891: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2892: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2893: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2894: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2895: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2896: <p>
2897:
2898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2899: <a
1.226 horacio 2900: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2901: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2902: </strong></font><br>
2903:
2904: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2905: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2906: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2907: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2908: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2909: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2910: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2911: <p>
1.162 millert 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2914: <a
1.161 louis 2915: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2916: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2917: </strong></font><br>
2918:
2919: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2920: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2921: <p>
2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2924: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2925: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2926: </strong></font><br>
2927:
2928: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2929: <p>
2930:
2931:
1.247 jufi 2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2933: <a
1.226 horacio 2934: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2935: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2936: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2937: </strong></font><br>
2938:
2939: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2940: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2941: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2942: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2943: <p>
1.247 jufi 2944: </ul>
1.169 louis 2945:
1.158 louis 2946: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2947: <ul>
1.147 louis 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2950: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2951: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2952: </strong></font><br>
2953:
2954: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2955: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2959: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2960: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2961: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2962: </strong></font><br>
2963: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2964: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2965: <p>
2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2968: <a
2969: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2970: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2971: </strong></font><br>
2972:
2973: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2974: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2975: <p>
2976:
1.247 jufi 2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2978: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 2979: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
2980: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 2981:
1.213 horacio 2982: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 2983: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 2984: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
2985: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
2986: <p>
1.215 horacio 2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2989: <a
2990: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
2991: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
2992: </strong></font><br>
2993:
2994: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
2995: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
2996: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
2997: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
2998: much of the attitude too).
2999: <p>
1.161 louis 3000:
1.247 jufi 3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3002: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3003: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3004: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3005:
1.157 louis 3006: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3007: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3008: <p>
1.247 jufi 3009: </ul>
1.157 louis 3010:
3011: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3012: <ul>
1.157 louis 3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3015: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3016: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3017: </strong></font><br>
3018:
3019: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3020: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3021: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3022: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3023: <p>
3024:
1.247 jufi 3025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3026: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3027: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3028: </strong></font><br>
3029:
3030: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3031: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3032: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3033: it because they love coding...
3034: <p>
3035:
1.247 jufi 3036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3037: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3038: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3039: </strong></font><br>
3040:
3041: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3042: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3043: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3044: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3045: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3046: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3047: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3048: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3049: <p>
3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3052: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3053: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3054: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3058: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3059: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3060: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3061: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3062: the pizza.
3063: <p>
3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3066: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3067: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3068: </strong></font><br>
3069:
3070: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3071: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3072: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3073: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3074: problems.
3075: <p>
3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3078: <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 3079: </strong></font><br>
3080:
1.222 miod 3081: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3082: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3083: - whether they like it or not.
3084: <p>
3085:
1.247 jufi 3086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3087: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3088: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3092: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3093: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3094: <p>
1.148 aaron 3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3097: <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 3098: </strong></font><br>
3099:
3100: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3101: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3102: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3103: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3104: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3105: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3106: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3107: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3108: <p>
3109:
1.247 jufi 3110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3111: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3112: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3113: </strong></font><br>
3114:
3115: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3116: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3117: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3118: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3119: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3120: <p>
1.247 jufi 3121: </ul>
1.147 louis 3122:
1.138 louis 3123: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3124: <ul>
1.138 louis 3125:
1.247 jufi 3126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3127: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3128: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3129: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3130: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3131: </strong></font><br>
3132:
1.227 horacio 3133: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3134: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3135: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3136: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3137: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3138: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3139: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3140: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3141: <p>
3142:
1.247 jufi 3143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3144: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3145: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3146: </strong></font><br>
3147:
3148: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3149: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3150: groups, and even Linux.
3151: <p>
3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3154: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3155: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3156: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3157: </strong></font><br>
3158:
3159: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3160: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3161: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3162: library after installing the OS.
3163: <p>
3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3166: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3167: Sys Admin, September 2000
3168: </strong></font><br>
3169:
3170: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3171: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3172: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3173: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3174: (<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>,
3175: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3176: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3177: <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 3178: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3179: out of the system.
3180: <p>
3181:
1.247 jufi 3182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3183: <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
3184: </strong></font><br>
3185:
3186: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3187: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3188: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3189: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3190: the IP filtering and address translation.
3191: <p>
1.301 jose 3192:
3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3194: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3195: </strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3198: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3199: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3200: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3201: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3202: <p>
1.247 jufi 3203: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3204:
1.131 louis 3205: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3206: <ul>
1.131 louis 3207:
1.247 jufi 3208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3209: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3210: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3211: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3212: </strong></font><br>
3213:
3214: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3215: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3216: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3217: <p>
3218:
1.247 jufi 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3220: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3221: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3222: </strong></font><br>
3223:
3224: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3225: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3226: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3227: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3228: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3229: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3230: note of"</i>.
3231: <p>
3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3234: <a
1.247 jufi 3235: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3236: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3237: </strong></font><br>
3238:
3239: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3240: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3241: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3242: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3243: <p>
3244:
1.247 jufi 3245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3246: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3247: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3248: </strong></font><br>
3249:
3250: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3251: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3252: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3253: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3254: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3255: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3256: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3257: <p>
3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3260: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3261: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3262: 2000
3263: </strong></font><br>
3264:
3265: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3266: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3267: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3268: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3269: against current industry practices.
3270: <p>
3271:
1.247 jufi 3272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3273: <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
3274: </strong></font><br>
3275:
3276: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3277: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3278: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3279: <p>
3280:
1.247 jufi 3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3282: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3283: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3284: </strong></font><br>
3285:
3286: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3287: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3288: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3289: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3290: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3291: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3292: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3293: <p>
3294:
1.247 jufi 3295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3296: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3297: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3298: </strong></font><br>
3299:
3300: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3301: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3302: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3303: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3304: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3305: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3306: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3307: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3308: <p>
1.247 jufi 3309: </ul>
1.131 louis 3310:
1.118 louis 3311: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3312: <ul>
1.118 louis 3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3315: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3316: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3317: </strong></font><br>
3318:
3319: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3320: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3321: about time. The article mentions that
3322: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3323: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3324: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3325: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3326: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3327: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3328: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3329: <p>
3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3332: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3333: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3334: </strong></font><br>
3335:
3336: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3337: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3338: of OpenSSH.
3339: <p>
3340:
1.247 jufi 3341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3342: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3343: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3344: </strong></font><br>
3345:
3346: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3347: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3348: bridging.
3349: <p>
3350:
1.247 jufi 3351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3352: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3353: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3354: </strong></font><br>
3355:
1.121 deraadt 3356: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3357: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3358: <p>
3359:
1.247 jufi 3360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3361: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3362: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3363: </strong></font><br>
3364:
3365: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3366: <p>
3367:
1.247 jufi 3368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3369: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3370: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3371: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3372: </strong></font><br>
3373:
1.120 deraadt 3374: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3375: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3376: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3377: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3378: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3379: <p>
3380:
1.247 jufi 3381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3382: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3383: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3384: </strong></font><br>
3385:
1.222 miod 3386: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3387: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3388: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3389: protocols and their quirks.
3390: <p>
3391:
1.247 jufi 3392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3393: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3394: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3395: </strong></font><br>
3396:
3397: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3398: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3399: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3400: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3401: <p>
3402:
1.247 jufi 3403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3404: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3405: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3406: </strong></font><br>
3407:
3408: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3409: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3410: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3411: <p>
3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3414: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3415: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3416: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3417: </strong></font><br>
3418:
3419: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3420: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3421: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3422: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3423: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3424: <p>
1.247 jufi 3425: </ul>
1.118 louis 3426:
1.104 louis 3427: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3428: <ul>
1.104 louis 3429:
1.247 jufi 3430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3431: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3432: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3433: </strong></font><br>
3434:
3435: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3436: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3437: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3438: be a bit dry.
3439: <p>
3440:
1.247 jufi 3441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3442: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3443: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3444: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3445: </strong></font><br>
3446: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3447: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3448: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3449: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3450: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3451: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3452: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3453: <p>
3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3456: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3457: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3458: 2000
1.128 louis 3459: </strong></font><br>
3460:
3461: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3462: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3463: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3464: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3465: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3466: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3467: <p>
3468:
1.247 jufi 3469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3470: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3471: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3472: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3473:
3474: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3475: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3476: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3477: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3478: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3479: <p>
1.110 louis 3480:
1.247 jufi 3481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3482: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3483: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3484: </strong></font><br>
3485:
3486: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3487: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3488: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3489: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3490: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3491: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3492: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3493: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3494: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3495: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3496: <p>
3497:
1.247 jufi 3498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3499: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3500: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3501:
3502: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3503: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3504: <p>
1.108 louis 3505:
1.247 jufi 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3507: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3508: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3509: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3510:
3511: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3512: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3513: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3514: <p>
1.106 louis 3515:
1.247 jufi 3516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3517: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3518: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3519: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3520:
3521: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3522: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3523: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3524: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3525: <p>
1.107 louis 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3528: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3529: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3530: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3531:
3532: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3533: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3534: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3535: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3536: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3537: <p>
1.105 louis 3538:
1.247 jufi 3539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3540: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3541: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3542: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3543:
1.113 naddy 3544: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3545: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3546: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3547: <p>
1.104 louis 3548:
1.247 jufi 3549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3550: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3551: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3552: </strong></font><br>
3553:
3554: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3555: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3556: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3557: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3558: <p>
1.301 jose 3559:
3560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3561: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3562: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3563: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3564:
3565: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3566: hardware-supported cryptography.
3567: <p>
1.247 jufi 3568: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3569:
1.85 louis 3570: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3571: <ul>
1.85 louis 3572:
1.247 jufi 3573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3574: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3575: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3576: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3577:
3578: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3579: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3580: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3581: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3582: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3583: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3584: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3585: <p>
1.99 louis 3586:
1.247 jufi 3587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3588: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3589: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3590: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3591:
3592: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3593: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3594: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3595: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3596: <p>
1.100 louis 3597:
1.247 jufi 3598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3599: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3600: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3601: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3602:
3603: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3604: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3605: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3606: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3607: <p>
1.95 louis 3608:
1.247 jufi 3609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3610: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3611: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3612: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3613:
3614: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3615: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3616: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3617: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3618: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3619: <p>
1.92 louis 3620:
1.247 jufi 3621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3622: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3623: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3624: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3625:
3626: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3627: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3628: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3629: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3630: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3631: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3632: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3633: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3634: <p>
1.91 louis 3635:
1.247 jufi 3636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3637: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3638: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3639: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3640:
3641: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3642: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3643: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3644: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3645: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3646: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3647: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3648: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3649: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3650: <p>
1.90 louis 3651:
1.247 jufi 3652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3653: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3654: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3655: </strong></font><br>
3656: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3657: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3658: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3659: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3660: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3661: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3662: <p>
3663:
1.247 jufi 3664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3665: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3666: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3667: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3668:
1.113 naddy 3669: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3670: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3671: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3672: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3673: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3674: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3675: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3676: <p>
1.87 louis 3677:
1.247 jufi 3678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3679: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3680: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3681: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3682:
3683: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3684: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3685: <p>
1.85 louis 3686:
1.247 jufi 3687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3688: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3689: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3690: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3691:
3692: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3693: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3694: <p>
3695:
3696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3697: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3698: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3699: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3700:
3701: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3702: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3703: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3704: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3705: <p>
1.89 louis 3706:
1.247 jufi 3707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3708: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3709: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3710: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3711:
3712: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3713: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3714: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3715: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3716: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3717: </ul>
1.85 louis 3718:
1.78 deraadt 3719: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3720: <ul>
1.74 louis 3721:
1.247 jufi 3722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3723: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3724: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3725: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3726: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3727:
3728: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3729: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3730: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3731: <p>
1.83 louis 3732:
1.247 jufi 3733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3734: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3735: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3736: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3737:
3738: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3739: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3740: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3741: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3742: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3743: <p>
1.93 louis 3744:
1.247 jufi 3745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3746: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3747: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3748: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3749: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3750:
1.83 louis 3751: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3752: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3753: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3754: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3755: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3756: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3757: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3758: <p>
1.82 aaron 3759:
1.247 jufi 3760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3761: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3762: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3763: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3764:
1.83 louis 3765: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3766: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3767: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3768: <p>
1.80 louis 3769:
1.247 jufi 3770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3771: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3772: Bad Press</a>,
3773: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3774: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3775:
3776: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3777: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3778: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3779: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3780: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3781: <p>
1.247 jufi 3782: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3783:
3784: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3785: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3786:
1.247 jufi 3787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3788: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3789: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3790: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3791: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3792:
3793: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3794: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3795: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3796: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3797: <p>
1.74 louis 3798:
1.247 jufi 3799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3800: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3801: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3802: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3803:
1.219 horacio 3804: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3805: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3806: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3807: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3808: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3809: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3810: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3811: <p>
1.88 louis 3812:
1.247 jufi 3813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3814: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3815: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3816: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3817:
3818: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3819: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3820: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3821: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3822: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3823: <p>
1.81 louis 3824:
1.247 jufi 3825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3826: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3827: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3828: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3829:
3830: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3831: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3832: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3833: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3834: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3835: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3836: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3837: <p>
1.90 louis 3838:
1.247 jufi 3839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3840: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3841: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3842: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3843:
3844: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3845: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3846: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3847: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3848: <p>
1.247 jufi 3849: </ul>
1.71 louis 3850:
1.69 deraadt 3851: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3852: <ul>
1.70 louis 3853:
1.247 jufi 3854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3855: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3856: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3857: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3858:
3859: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3860: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3861: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3862: <p>
1.70 louis 3863:
1.247 jufi 3864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3865: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3866: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3867: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3868:
3869: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3870: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3871: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3872: <p>
1.68 louis 3873:
1.247 jufi 3874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3875: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3876: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3877: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3878: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3879:
1.111 jufi 3880: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3881: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3882: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3883: "secure by default" installation.
3884: <p>
1.64 louis 3885:
1.247 jufi 3886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3887: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3888: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3889: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3890:
1.113 naddy 3891: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3892: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3893: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3894: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3895: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3896: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3897: <p>
1.66 louis 3898:
1.247 jufi 3899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3900: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3901: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3902: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3903:
3904: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3905: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3906: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3907: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3908: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3909: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3910: <p>
1.83 louis 3911:
1.247 jufi 3912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3913: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3914: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3915: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3916:
3917: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3918: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3919: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3920: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3921: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3922: <p>
1.64 louis 3923:
1.247 jufi 3924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3925: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3926: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3927: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3928:
3929: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3930: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3931: <p>
1.301 jose 3932:
3933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3934: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3935: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3936: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3937: </strong></font><br>
3938:
3939: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3940: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3941: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3942: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3943: Giving way to
3944: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3945: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3946: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3947: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3948: <p>
1.247 jufi 3949: </ul>
1.65 louis 3950:
1.69 deraadt 3951: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3952: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3953:
1.247 jufi 3954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3955: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3956: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3957: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3958:
3959: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3960: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3961: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3962: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3963: <p>
1.88 louis 3964:
1.247 jufi 3965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3966: <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 3967: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3968:
3969: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3970: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3971: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3972: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3973: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3974: <p>
1.60 louis 3975:
1.247 jufi 3976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3977: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3978: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 3979: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 3980: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3981:
3982: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
3983: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
3984: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3985: <p>
1.58 louis 3986:
1.247 jufi 3987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 3988: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 3989: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 3990:
3991: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
3992: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 3993: <p>
1.53 louis 3994:
1.247 jufi 3995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 3996: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
3997: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3998: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3999:
4000: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4001: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4002: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4003: <p>
1.99 louis 4004:
1.247 jufi 4005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4006: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4007: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4008:
4009: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4010: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4011: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4012: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4013: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4014:
1.247 jufi 4015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4016: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4017: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4018: </strong></font><br>
4019:
4020: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4021: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4022: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4023: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4024: <p>
4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4027: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4028: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4029: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4030:
4031: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4032: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4033: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4034:
1.247 jufi 4035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4036: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4037: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4038:
4039: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4040: in
1.247 jufi 4041: <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 4042: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4043: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4044: <p>
1.53 louis 4045:
1.247 jufi 4046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4047: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4048: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4049: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4050: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4051:
1.58 louis 4052: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4053: <p>
1.301 jose 4054:
4055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4056: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4057: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4058: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4059: Informacyjny, January 2000
4060: </strong></font><br>
4061:
4062: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4063: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4064: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4065: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4066: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4067: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4068: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4069: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4070: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4071: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4072: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4073: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4074: <p>
4075:
4076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4077: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4078: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4079: </strong></font><br>
4080:
4081: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4082: <p>
4083: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4084:
1.69 deraadt 4085: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4086: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4087:
1.247 jufi 4088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4089: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4090: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4091: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4092: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4093:
1.58 louis 4094: Kurt Seifried
4095: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4096: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4097: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4098: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4099:
1.247 jufi 4100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4101: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4102: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4103: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4104:
4105: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4106: <p>
1.96 louis 4107:
1.247 jufi 4108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4109: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4110: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4111: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4112: </strong></font><br>
4113:
4114: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4115: <p>
4116:
4117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4118: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4119: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4120: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4121:
4122: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4123: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4124: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4125: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4126: <p>
1.247 jufi 4127: </ul>
1.86 louis 4128:
1.69 deraadt 4129: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4130: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4131:
1.247 jufi 4132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4133: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4134: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4135: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4136:
4137: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4138: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4139: <p>
1.61 louis 4140:
1.247 jufi 4141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4142: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4143: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4144: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4145: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4146:
4147: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4148: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4149: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4150: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4151: right -- or at least strives to".
4152: <p>
1.48 louis 4153:
1.247 jufi 4154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4155: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4156: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4157: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4158: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4159: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4160: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4161: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4162: <p>
1.61 louis 4163:
1.247 jufi 4164: <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 4165: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4166: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4167:
4168: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4169: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4170: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4171: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4172: <p>
1.46 louis 4173:
1.247 jufi 4174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4175: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4176: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4177: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4178:
4179: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4180: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4181: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4182:
1.247 jufi 4183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4184: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4185: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4186: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4187:
4188: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4189: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4190: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4191: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4192: <p>
1.247 jufi 4193: </ul>
1.70 louis 4194:
1.69 deraadt 4195: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4196: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4197:
1.247 jufi 4198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4199: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4200: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4201: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4202: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4203:
4204: Kurt Seifried
4205: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4206: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4207: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4208: <p>
1.44 philen 4209:
1.247 jufi 4210: <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 4211: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4212: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4213:
4214: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4215: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4216:
1.247 jufi 4217: <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 4218: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4219: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4220:
4221: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4222: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4223:
1.247 jufi 4224: <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 4225: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4226: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4227:
4228: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4229: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4230: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4231: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4232: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4233:
1.247 jufi 4234: <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 4235: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4236: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4237:
1.36 louis 4238: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4239: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4240:
1.247 jufi 4241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4242: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4243: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4244: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4245:
4246: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4247: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4248: </ul>
1.38 louis 4249:
1.69 deraadt 4250: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4251: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4252:
1.247 jufi 4253: <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 4254: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4255: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4256:
4257: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4258: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4259: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4260:
1.113 naddy 4261: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4262: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4263: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4264: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4265:
4266: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4267: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4268: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4269: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4270: <blockquote>
4271: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4272: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4273: <br>
4274: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4275: </code>
4276: </blockquote>
4277: <p>
4278:
1.247 jufi 4279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4280: <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 4281: <p>
4282:
4283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4284: <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 4285: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4286:
4287: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4288: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4289: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4290: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4291:
1.247 jufi 4292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4293: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4294: Sept. 28, 1999
4295: </strong></font><br>
4296:
4297: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4298: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4299: translating and reprinting articles from
4300: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4301: <p>
4302:
4303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4304: <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 4305: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4306:
4307: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4308: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4309: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4310: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4311: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4312: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4313: <p>
1.19 louis 4314:
1.113 naddy 4315: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4316: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4317: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4318:
4319: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4320: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4321: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4322: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4323: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4324: <p>
1.16 louis 4325:
1.247 jufi 4326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4327: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4328: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4329: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4330:
1.57 louis 4331: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4332: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4333: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4334: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4335:
1.247 jufi 4336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4337: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4338: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4339: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4340:
1.113 naddy 4341: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4342:
1.247 jufi 4343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4344: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4345: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4346: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4347:
1.23 louis 4348: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4349: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4350: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4351: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4352: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4353: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4354:
1.247 jufi 4355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4356: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4357: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4358: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4359:
1.199 pvalchev 4360: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4361: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4362: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4363: installation.
1.113 naddy 4364: <p>
1.47 louis 4365:
1.247 jufi 4366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4367: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4368: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4369: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4370:
1.301 jose 4371: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4372: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4373: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4374: </ul>
1.57 louis 4375:
1.69 deraadt 4376: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4377: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4378:
1.247 jufi 4379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4380: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4381: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4382: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4383:
4384: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4385: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4386: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4387: <p>
1.12 louis 4388:
1.247 jufi 4389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4390: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4391: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4392: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4393:
4394: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4395: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4396: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4397: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4398: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4399: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4400: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4401: <p>
1.247 jufi 4402: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4403:
1.69 deraadt 4404: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4405: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4406:
1.247 jufi 4407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4408: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4409: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4410:
4411: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4412: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4413: available."
1.113 naddy 4414: <p>
1.301 jose 4415:
4416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4417: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4418: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4419: </strong></font><br>
4420:
4421: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4422: <p>
1.247 jufi 4423: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4424:
1.69 deraadt 4425: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4426: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4427:
1.247 jufi 4428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4429: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4430: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4431:
4432: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4433: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4434: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4435: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4436: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4437: <p>
1.33 louis 4438:
1.247 jufi 4439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4440: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4441: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4442: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4443:
1.113 naddy 4444: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4445: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4446: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4447: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4448: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4449: <p>
1.247 jufi 4450: </ul>
1.57 louis 4451:
1.69 deraadt 4452: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4453: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4454:
1.247 jufi 4455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4456: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4457: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4458: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4459:
4460: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4461: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4462: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4463:
1.247 jufi 4464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4465: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4466: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4467: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4468: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4469:
4470: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4471: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4472:
1.247 jufi 4473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4474: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4475:
1.113 naddy 4476: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4477:
1.247 jufi 4478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4479: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4480: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4481: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4482:
4483: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4484: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4485: </ul>
1.23 louis 4486:
1.69 deraadt 4487: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4488: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4489:
1.247 jufi 4490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4491: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4492: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4493:
4494: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4495: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4496: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4497:
1.247 jufi 4498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4499: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4500: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4501: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4502:
4503: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4504: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4505: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4506: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4507: </ul>
1.57 louis 4508:
1.69 deraadt 4509: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4510: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4511:
1.247 jufi 4512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4513: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4514: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4515: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4516:
4517: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4518: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4519: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4520: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4521: <p>
1.15 louis 4522:
1.247 jufi 4523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4524: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4525: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4526: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4527:
4528: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4529: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4530: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4531: columns."
1.113 naddy 4532: <p>
1.247 jufi 4533: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4534:
1.69 deraadt 4535: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4536: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4537:
1.247 jufi 4538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4539: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4540: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4541: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4542:
4543: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4544: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4545:
1.113 naddy 4546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4547: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4548: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4549:
4550: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4551: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4552: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4553: </ul>
1.57 louis 4554:
1.69 deraadt 4555: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4556: <ul>
1.301 jose 4557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4558: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4559: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4560: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4561:
4562: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4563: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4564: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4565: <p>
4566:
4567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4568: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4569: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4570: Nov 13, 1998 and
4571: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4572: Datateknik</a>,
4573: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4574:
1.380 saad 4575: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4576: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4577: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4578: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4579: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4580:
1.113 naddy 4581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4582: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4583: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4584: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4585:
1.222 miod 4586: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4587: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4588: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4589: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4590: <p>
1.247 jufi 4591: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4592:
1.69 deraadt 4593: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4594: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4595:
1.247 jufi 4596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4597: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4598: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4599:
1.69 deraadt 4600: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4601: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4602: <p>
1.247 jufi 4603: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4604:
1.69 deraadt 4605: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4606: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4607:
1.247 jufi 4608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4609: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4610: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4611: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4612:
1.383 jcs 4613: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4614: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4615: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4616:
1.247 jufi 4617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4618: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4619: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4620: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4621: <p>
1.247 jufi 4622: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4623:
1.69 deraadt 4624: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4625: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4626:
1.247 jufi 4627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4628: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4629: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4630: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4631: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4632: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4633:
4634: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4635: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4636: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4637: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4638: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4639: <p>
1.247 jufi 4640: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4641:
4642: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4643: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4644:
1.247 jufi 4645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4646: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4647: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4648:
1.69 deraadt 4649: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4650: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4651: <p>
1.112 naddy 4652:
1.247 jufi 4653: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4654: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4655:
1.292 camield 4656: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4657: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4658: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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