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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.441 deraadt 19: <h2>May, 2005</h2>
20: <ul>
21: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.444 ! niallo 22: <a href="http://www.pingwales.co.uk/software/openbsd-3.7-released.html">
! 23: "Next incarnation of OpenBSD released"</a>,
! 24: Ping Wales, May 19, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 25: "OpenBSD is often unjustly overlooked as a free UNIX-like system in favour of
! 26: the more-hyped Linux. While it receives a lot less publicity than other
! 27: operating systems, this is not due to lack of technical merit." says David
! 28: Chisnall, in what is a clear and concise overview of the new features
! 29: in 3.7 and indeed the project as a whole.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 33: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/5114">
! 34: "2005 Calgary Hackathon, KernelTrap Coverage"</a>,
! 35: Kerneltrap, May 16, 2005</strong></font><br>
! 36: A great article about the annual OpenBSD Hackathon, detailing how the event
! 37: functions, work done at previous Hackathons and features which may come out
! 38: of this one. Includes many relevant quotes from developers themselves, and of
! 39: course information about the legendary Hackathon BBQ!
! 40: <p>
! 41:
! 42: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.442 deraadt 43: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9658/sam0505e/">
44: "Failover Firewalls with OpenBSD and CARP"</a>,
45: Sys Admin Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5, p. 33
1.441 deraadt 46: </strong></font><br>
47: Jason Dixon discusses the history of the CARP and pfsync protocols
48: and demonstrates using them to create redundant stateful firewalls
49: with OpenBSD.
50: </ul>
51:
1.436 henning 52: <h2>April, 2005</h2>
53: <ul>
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.440 ian 55: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39195801,00.htm">
56: Security guru wants access to bug databases</a>,
57: ZDNet UK, April 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
58: Ingrid Marson reports on Cambridge professor Ross Anderson's call for analysis of
59: software maintenance records to determine whether open source code is more secure
60: than closed source, as we have long contended.
61: "One of Anderson's research students, Andy Ozment, has already done
62: research using empirical data on bugs found in the open source
63: operating system OpenBSD between 1997 and 2000. This research found
64: that finding and fixing bugs results in a more secure product..."
65: Just as the OpenBSD project has been saying for years.
66: <p>
67: This article can also be found online as
68: <a href="http://uk.builder.com/manage/project/0,39026588,39244080,00.htm">Academic
69: calls for better bug tracking</a> (uk.builder.com).
70: <p>
71:
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.439 espie 73: [FRENCH] "PC Expert", number 152, p. 58
74: </strong></font><br>
75: Very short interview of Marc Espie about OpenBSD as a free OS focusing
76: on security, part of a larger dossier «les secrets des hackers».
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.436 henning 80: [GERMAN] "Doppelwacht", iX 5/2005, p. 150.
81: </strong></font><br>
82: Stephan Tesch gives an introduction to CARP and using a pair of
83: OpenBSD boxes as Firewalls in High Availibility scenarios. He goes
1.438 martin 84: on explaining CARP and pfsync protocols, and does not forget to cover
1.436 henning 85: the issues we had with IETF.
86: </ul>
87:
1.431 ian 88: <h2>March, 2005</h2>
89: <ul>
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.435 reyk 91: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818">
92: OpenBSD's "Out of the Box" Wireless Support</a>,
93: Kerneltrap, March 8, 2005</strong></font><br>
94: This article is about the upcoming wireless support in OpenBSD 3.7 and
95: the outcome of the work to open wireless chipsets. Jeremy Andrews
96: talked with Theo de Raadt and the developers Damien Bergamini and Reyk
97: Floeter who did some efforts to implement free and functional drivers.
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.431 ian 101: <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html">
102: OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets</a>,
103: The Age, March 1, 2005</strong></font><br>
104: "The forthcoming 3.7 release of the OpenBSD operating system has
105: added support for five more wireless chipsets, according to
106: OpenBSD project founder Theo de Raadt...
1.432 ian 107: OpenBSD 3.7 will also have have new drivers for Intel wireless
1.431 ian 108: parts that do not work without the non-redistributable firmware,"
109: namely the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11B
110: and 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11A/B/G wireless network adapters.
111: Mentions OpenBSD's activism in getting vendors to release chip specs.
112: Referring to vendors that still refuse to play ball with open source
113: projects, quotes Damien Miller as saying "Given the number of
114: appliance devices that are built on free OSs, I think that the
115: recalcitrant vendors are missing an important boat."
116:
117: </ul>
118:
1.427 matthieu 119: <h2>February, 2005</h2>
120: <ul>
121:
122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.428 david 123: <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsaward2004.html">
124: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
125: FSF, February 26, 2005</strong></font><br>
126: The Free Software Foundation awarded Theo de Raadt their "2004 Free Software
127: Award" for his unwavering commitment to free software. Most recently he has
128: been fighting hardware manufacturers for free redistribution of wireless card
129: firmware.
1.434 ian 130: Similar articles can be found online at:
131: <ul>
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
133: <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=419">
134: Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award</a>,
135: Tectonic.za, March 3, 2005</strong></font><br>
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
137: <a href="http://www.osdir.com/Article4362.phtml">
138: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
139: OSDir, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
141: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/De-Raadt-gets-free-software-award/2005/02/28/1109546758523.html?oneclick=true">
142: De Raadt gets free software award</a>,
143: The Age, February 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
145: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/02/27/1413255.shtml?tid=99&tid=7">
146: Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award</a>,
147: Slashdot, February 27, 2005</strong></font><br>
148: </ul>
1.427 matthieu 149: </ul>
150:
1.426 ian 151: <h2>January, 2005</h2>
152: <ul>
153:
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
155: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363731">
156: Systrace in OpenBSD</a>,
157: informit.com, January 28, 2005</strong></font><br>
158: This article talks about our systrace
159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>
160: mechanism: what it is and why and
161: how to use it, with examples.
162: Another excerpt from the book
163: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
164: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
165: <p>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
168: <a href="http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=363732">
169: Overview of OpenBSD</a>,
170: informit.com, January 21, 2005</strong></font><br>
171: "OpenBSD is one of the most secure and well-designed operating
172: systems available today. It has its roots in countless hours of
173: research and development based on some of the best UNIX flavors of
174: the past, and it boasts all the features of modern operating systems.
175: The OS is widely considered one of the most secure general-purpose
176: operating systems available today and it supports many key parts
177: of the global Internet infrastructure..."
178: This article is a sample chapter from
179: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321193660/openbsdA/">Secure
180: Architectures with OpenBSD</a> by Brandon Palmer and Jose Nazario.
181: <p>
1.443 ian 182:
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
184: <a href="http://www.pcplus.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=34628&subsectionid=784">
185: OpenBSD operating system</a>,
186: PCPlus.co.uk, January, 2005</strong></font><br>
187: Paul Grosse gives a brief tutorial on installing OpenBSD on i386 for people
188: moving in a Windows->Linux direction, encouraging them to go a bit further for security.
189: "While Linux out-scores Windows substantially (or completely) on [security as well as many other
190: issues], it's still possible to use a more secure operating system on the PC... OpenBSD."
191: Gives a brief but understandable walkthrough on the installation process, right up to
192: downloading and installing the third-party packages, and
193: ends with a sidebar on security.
194: <p>
1.426 ian 195: </ul>
196:
1.424 ian 197: <h2>December, 2004</h2>
198: <ul>
199:
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.425 ian 201: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/01/2329229">
202: What are the real vulnerabilities of Linux?</a>
203: NewsForge.com, December 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
204: Several security consultants were asked about "the real vulnerabilities of
205: Linux". Cybersoure CEO Con Symaris seems to get it better than the rest:
206: "One needs to approach security as a prime requirement and motivator,
207: much as the OpenBSD team do," Zymaris said... "The Linux
208: community mindset is different. Linux development is dynamic and
209: races ahead towards more and broader functionality, drawing a
210: multitude of interested parties in to make interesting extensions
211: and adaptations at a rapid rate."
212: <p>
213: "In order to do security the BSD way, however, much more effort
214: needs to be spent auditing code for holes, which is much less sexy,
215: and attracts a different set of coders," Zymaris added.
216: <p>
217:
218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.424 ian 219: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/281">
220: Closed Source Hardware</a>
221: Security Focus, December 1, 2004</strong></font><br>
222: Symantec Threat Analyst Jason Miller analyzes the potential security threats
223: when hardware vendors won't provide device documentation and
224: instead provide "binary only" driver code for inclusion in open source
225: operating systems.
226: Miller is an open-source fan who says he uses a variety of systems, including
227: OpenBSD on his firewall.
228: Of the recent trend to closed-source binary drivers for open-source
229: systems, he writes:
230: <blockquote>
231: The closed-source component required to support this hardware is
232: completely independent of the associated operating system, and as
233: such, is also independent of the engineering team, security team,
234: auditing process, and quality control procedures normally related
235: to the operating system...
236: <br/>
237: What's possibly even more disturbing is that we're talking about
238: a chunk of code in the operating system, running with the highest
239: possible level of privilege (the kernel), which is supplied by a
240: third-party vendor. This code could do anything once loaded, including
241: leaking active WEP keys, gathering usage statistics, sniffing and
242: disclosing traffic, and it could even introduce a subtle backdoor
243: into the operating system itself (much the same as any device driver
244: in a closed source operating system).
245: <br/>
246: [A]lthough some of these scenarios are a
247: little far-fetched, the possibility for them to exist is there...
248: Ultimately it becomes an issue of trust, which is a cornerstone of
249: good security: whom do you trust, and how much do you trust them?
250: </blockquote>
251: <p>And he comments that trust "seems to be a one-way street": vendors
252: demand that you trust them, but they won't trust you to know how
253: their hardware and software operates.
254: This lack of trust is one reason why OpenBSD has recently completed
255: reverse-engineering the
256: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=4">
257: Atheros wireless chipset driver</a>
258: that was originally provided as a binary insert.
259: <p>
260: </ul>
261:
1.417 pvalchev 262: <h2>November, 2004</h2>
263: <ul>
1.421 ian 264:
1.417 pvalchev 265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.422 ian 266: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1730775,00.asp">
267: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 Widens Its Scope</a>
268: eWEEK, November 22, 2004</strong></font><br>
269: Jason Brooks reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and likes the changes it brings,
270: including the multi-processing support which, he notes,
271: "will be even more important as multicore processors--which occupy space
272: on the road maps of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc. and others--
273: become more prevalent." Comments favorably on OpenNTPD
274: ("the three-line configuration file we needed to modify ... on OpenBSD was
275: much simpler to deal with than the equivalent configuration file on
276: the Linux systems we've tested").
1.423 ian 277: Overall a favorable review of some of the new stuff in 3.6.
1.422 ian 278: <p>
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.420 otto 280: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1544210">
281: Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>
282: NewsForge, November 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
283: Jem Matzan reviews OpenBSD 3.6, and is impressed by the professional
284: way OpenBSD is developed and released:
285: "... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what
286: it claims to do".
287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.421 ian 290: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=109994542424009&w=2">
291: Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>
292: misc@, November 8, 2004</strong></font><br>
293: Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable
294: versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their
1.423 ian 295: ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets' firmware.
1.421 ian 296: Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many
297: corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought
298: to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.
299: At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted
300: by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change
301: (yes, this is a hint).
302: Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was
303: picked up on the
304: <a href="http://www.screamingelectron.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1923">Screaming
305: Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on
306: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/22/1249249&from=rss">
307: SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper
308: on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.417 pvalchev 312: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118">
313: OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets</a>
314: Kerneltrap, November 2, 2004</strong></font><br>
315: A good summary of the battle on the wireless firmware front,
316: including an interview with Theo de Raadt that answers
317: questions about the significance and rationale behind
318: the current efforts.
319: <p>
320: </ul>
321:
1.407 henning 322: <h2>October, 2004</h2>
323: <ul>
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.416 ian 325: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/29/1098992287663.html">
326: Activism Pays Off for OpenBSD</a>,
327: The Age, October 29, 2004</strong></font><br>
328: Favorable report on the project's continuing efforts to get hardware
329: vendors to release documentation and/or binary code under reasonable
330: conditions so that we can include drivers in the system.
331: Names companies that have been naughty and nice, and warns the non-responsive
332: companies that the activism will continue (registration required).
333: <p>
334:
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.415 ian 336: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html">
337: OpenBSD 3.6 Live</a>,
338: ONLamp.com, October 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
339: "There is a mounting excitement for the upcoming OpenBSD 3.6 release,
340: as it is the first release that supports multiprocessor systems."
341: So saying, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed several OpenBSD
342: developers to discuss their current contributions and future plans.
343: Provides interesting social notes, and a good overview of a lot
344: of the important changes in 3.6.
345: </p>
346:
347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.414 ian 348: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/10/26/itfeature/9170256&sec=itfeature">
349: Integer overflows - the next big threat</a>,
350: The Malaysia Star - TechCentral, October 26, 2004</strong></font><br>
351: Interview with Theo after HITBSecConf 2004.
352: "The next big problem the IT security community faces is integer
353: overflow attacks... because
354: the community currently can't see a clear method to circumvent future
355: vulnerabilities" that might arise from integer overflows...
356: Talks about the security improvements in OpenBSD such as stackguard
357: and propolice.
358: Nice quote on the art and science of programming:
359: "Technology is getting sloppier. Sometimes art is taken too far
360: and that's when the science falls apart."
361: <p>
362:
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.412 ian 364: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951615940.html">
365: Which platform will save you from the nasties?</a>,
366: The Age, October 19, 2004</strong></font><br>
367: Starts with the question:
368: <blockquote>
369: "... which is more secure - Windows or Linux?
370: <br/>
371: A snide answer is OpenBSD, which has an exemplary record with respect to
372: security. But let's stick to the two most broadly used platforms in IT today.
373: <br/>
374: Microsoft's hired analysts claim that Windows is more secure than Linux.
375: Should we believe them?"
376: </blockquote>
377: Not surprisingly, the answer is in the negative.
378: Good discussion on why Microsoft's OS is still not really secure.
379: Ends with the conclusion that, if you must use MS-Windows, do so,
380: but have another computer running an OS "which has a lower-risk profile"
381: for your mail, web and other online activities.
382: That could be OpenBSD (registration required).
383: <p>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.411 nick 386: <a href="http://www.onlypunjab.com/fullstory904-insight-Simple+Simon-status-25-newsID-5131.html">
387: Simple Simon</a>,
388: Only Punjab Business News, October 17, 2004</strong></font><br>
389: Report on Lok Technologies and its founder Simon Lok, a 26-year-old with three
390: Masters degrees and most of a PhD. Lok's current product is a box for
391: Wireless ISPs (WISPs) that includes registration, administration,
392: routing/firewall, and more.
393: Of course the "Airlok" is based on OpenBSD.
394: J. Russ Grant, technical manager at American Airlines, likes the Airlok:
395: <blockquote>because it takes a "tough love" approach; when it spots a virus
396: on a computer, it automatically blocks that machine, "blackholing" the user,
397: and notifies Grant... "The Airlok has the best firewall I have ever seen,"
398: says Grant, who believes the product could even change the Web itself.
399: "Imagine if Comcast or other ISPs started using Airloks.
400: If someone got a virus, the system would just shut that person down
401: before it could spread. This could make hackers obsolete."
402: </blockquote>
403: Maybe a bit of hyperbole, but the product does look good, and serves
404: as an example of what you can do with OpenBSD as a base.
405: <p>
406:
407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.408 nick 408: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/07/1097089476287.html">
409: Staying on the Cutting Edge</a>,
1.409 saad 410: The Age, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
1.410 nick 411: Fascinating interview with Theo, not just about OpenBSD but
1.408 nick 412: how he got started in computers and came to know and love BSD, and how the
413: project got started. "Despite the impression generally given out
414: that the founder of the OpenBSD project is a person who is inclined
1.409 saad 415: to be anti-social, I find him to be nothing but warm and friendly...".
1.408 nick 416: Ends with some interesting dark comments about the lack of support
417: for OpenBSD from hardware vendors, and how the project gets so much done
418: in spite of it
419: (registration required, but worth it).
420: <p>
421:
422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
423: <a href="http://communique.portland.or.us/04/10/as_seen_in_the_power_of_many.html">
424: As seen in <i>The Power of Many</i></a>,
425: Portland Communique, October 6, 2004</strong></font><br>
426: The <i>Portland Communique</i> is a small, localized e-zine with an
427: average readership of about 6,000 per month in the Portland, Oregon area.
428: <i>Communique</i>'s publisher is cited in
429: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782143466/qid=1097194721">The
1.409 saad 430: Power of Many</a>,
1.408 nick 431: <a href="http://x-pollen.com/many/wiki/newpom.php/ChristianCrumlish">Christian
432: Crumlish</a>'s book about the web, saying
433: "On the technical end, Communique runs via Movable Type on an OpenBSD
434: box in my apartment, served over a DSL line."
435: <p>
436:
437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 438: <a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1011476,00.html">
439: Schneier: Security outsourcing widespread by 2010</a>,
440: SearchSecurity, October 5, 2004</strong></font><br>
441: Brief interview with Bruce Schneier of
442: <a href="http://schneier.com/crypto-gram.html">Crypto-Gram</a> fame,
443: in which he mentions OpenBSD favorably yet again:
444: <blockquote>
445: There's lots of open-source software out there that no one has analyzed
446: and is no more secure than all the closed-source products that no one has
447: analyzed. But then there are things like Linux, Apache or OpenBSD that get
448: a lot of analysis.
449: When open-source code is properly analyzed, there's nothing better.
450: </blockquote>
451: <p>
452: </ul>
453:
1.400 marco 454: <h2>September, 2004</h2>
455: <ul>
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.407 henning 457: <a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3415651">
458: Protecting the Perimeter With OpenBSD</a>,
459: ServerWatch, September 30, 2004</strong></font><br>
460: Reasonably positive review of OpenBSD 3.5 in the context of other
461: UNIX-like systems.
462: Favorite line: "In the Unix-like family, OpenBSD is akin to the crazy,
463: paranoid uncle. Not necessarily in a bad way."
464: <p>
465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.419 ian 466: <a href="http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/9/28/itfeature/8955042&sec=itfeature">
467: Going further to stop hackers</a>
1.406 nick 468: The Star TechCentral. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
469: An article sprinkled with quotations from our globetrotting Theo de
470: Raadt as he prepares for his talk at the Kuala Lumpur Hack-In-The-Box
471: Security Conference (HITBSecConf2004).
472: At one point, the article states:
473: <blockquote>
474: Just as brilliant scientists are capable of making spelling mistakes,
475: brilliant coders can also make fatal mistakes in their software
476: perhaps because writing good software is both a science and an art.
477: </blockquote>
478: And then quotes Theo as saying:
479: <blockquote>
480: "Also, more people in the coding community are writing code, while
481: fewer are reading or auditing code."
482: </blockquote>
483: <p>
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
485: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/28/1096137217294.html">OpenSSH
486: marks its fifth birthday</a>
487: The Age. September 28, 2004</strong></font><br>
488: Not only is OpenSSH now five years old, but it now commands an
489: <a href="openssh/usage/index.html">88% market share</a>. Article
490: includes a brief history of the OpenSSH project (registration
491: required).
492: <p>
493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.404 jolan 494: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1498222899;fp;16;fpid;0">
495: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt talks software security</a>,
496: Computerworld. September 10, 2004
497: </strong></font><br>
498: An interview with Theo de Raadt touching on the source of security problems,
499: prevention techniques, and what OS vendors are doing wrong.
500: <p>
501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.402 marco 502: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39158189,00.htm">
503: OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset</a>,
1.403 saad 504: ZDNet Australia. September 3, 2004
1.402 marco 505: </strong></font><br>
506: Interview with Theo de Raadt about quality control in OpenBSD. This article also talks about the release cycle of OpenBSD.
507: <p>
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.400 marco 509: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F7679726-EAD5-478B-AF35-7456929201D0">
510: SMP-capable OpenBSD 3.6 set for November</a>,
1.403 saad 511: Computer Business Review Online. September 2, 2004
1.400 marco 512: </strong></font><br>
1.401 saad 513: 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 514: <p>
515: </ul>
516:
1.396 henning 517: <h2>July, 2004</h2>
518: <ul>
519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.418 ian 520: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9233/ur0407d/">
521: Review: Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</a>,
522: Unix Review, July, 2004
523: </strong></font><br>
524: UNIX luminary Peter Salus reviews the book
525: <i>Secure Architectures with OpenBSD</i> by
526: Brandon Palmer & Jose Nazario.
527: "I view OpenBSD as the most secure operating system available. It
528: certainly has far fewer holes than Windows, and fewer than any
529: flavor of Linux I've looked at...
530: Most of the chapters (e.g., XWindow, DNS, etc.) are very fine; the
531: emphasis on security is thorough and well-instantiated. The frequent
532: code examples are appropriate and enlightening. On an information
533: level, Palmer and Nazario are very good."
534: His only criticisms have to do with production issues: incomplete copy editing
535: by the publisher leading to un-explained acronyms, poor cross-referencing
536: and even spelling/wording errors.
537: Overall he seems to like the book (and the operating system, of course).
538: <p>
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 540: <a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/20/180234&tid=8&tid=132">
1.398 henning 541: Review: OpenBSD 3.5</a>,
542: NewsForge, July 22, 2004
543: </strong></font><br>
544: Jem Matzan "really enjoyed using OpenBSD 3.5 for the review".
545: <p>
546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.405 jolan 547: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/04/07/17/1814245.shtml?tid=122&tid=172&tid=130">
1.399 henning 548: OpenBSD Project Releases OpenNTPD</a>,
549: Slashdot, July 17, 2004
550: </strong></font><br>
551: Announcing OpenNTPD, including a quick review.
552: <p>
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.397 otto 554: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-openbsd">
555: OpenBSD - For Your Eyes Only</a>,
556: DistroWatch, July 7, 2004
557: </strong></font><br>
558: Robert Storey reviews OpenBSD 3.5, concluding:
559: "The world owes a debt of gratitude to Theo and his crew for creating OpenBSD."
560: <p>
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.396 henning 562: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.genua.de/news/presseinfo/presse/pi_openbsd_html">
563: GeNUA moves to OpenBSD</a></strong></font><br>
564: German security company GeNUA moves its firewall product line
565: "GeNUgate" from BSD/OS to OpenBSD.
566: <p>
567: </ul>
568:
1.405 jolan 569: <h2>June, 2004</h2>
570: <ul>
571: <li><font color="#00900"><strong>
572: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/06/04/142238.shtml">
573: The Gift Economy and Free Software</a>, NewsForge, June 05, 2004</strong></font>
574: <br>Jem Matzan explores the "gift economy" that has become more prevalent.
575: Contains snippets from Theo de Raadt about why OpenBSD exists and some
576: details on how funds are dispersed.
577: <p>
578: </ul>
579:
1.393 david 580: <h2>May, 2004</h2>
581: <ul>
582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.395 ian 583: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7152">
584: OpenBSD 3.4/3.5 for SPARC64 Addendum</a>,
585: OSNews.com, May 26, 2004
586: </strong></font><br>
587: Tony Bourke updates his April 29 piece (see below) for 3.5. After overcoming some
588: issues in getting MySQL going using ports and packages, he runs performance measurements,
589: and finds OpenBSD faster than FreeBSD in several tests, albeit slower
590: on inserting large number of SQL records.
591: Despite various grumblings about the system (some of which are misunderstandings),
592: he does conclude that it is "a useful system and would make a good
593: development system in addition to a great firewall/router."
594: <p>
595:
596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 597: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/241">
598: Secure by Default</a>,
599: SecurityFocus, May 13, 2004
600: </strong></font><br>
601: Jason Miller of SecurityFocus showers praise upon OpenBSD's policy of
602: "Secure by Default" and recommends that other vendors adopt this mentality.
603: <p>
604:
605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
606: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3085">
607: OpenBSD: Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP</a>,
608: KernelTrap, May 11, 2004
609: </strong></font><br>
610: Before Jeremy even had a chance to post part II, he speaks again with
611: Theo de Raadt about the trappings of the IETF, patents and Cisco. The
612: history seen in the OpenBSD's development of CARP to counter VRRP is
613: apparently repeating itself. The difference being, this time OpenBSD
614: already had existing solutions to TCP stack implementation weaknesses
615: prior to a proprietary vendor attempting to patent such a fix.
616: <p>
617:
618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
619: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3072">
620: Feature: Understanding TCP Reset Attacks, Part I</a>,
621: KernelTrap, May 10, 2004
622: </strong></font><br>
623: Using OpenBSD and discussions with Theo de Raadt as a reference point,
624: Jeremy Andrews of kerneltrap.org begins a two part series discussing the
625: technical details behind TCP reset attacks.
626: <p>
627:
628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
629: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/06/pf_developers.html">
630: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview, Part 2</a>,
631: ONLamp.com, May 6, 2004
632: </strong></font><br>
633: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com concludes his interview with various
634: OpenBSD developers discussing their work on PF and future goals.
635: <p>
636: </ul>
637:
1.388 mcbride 638: <h2>April, 2004</h2>
639: <ul>
1.394 jolan 640:
641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
642: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6892">
643: OpenBSD 3.4 SPARC64 Edition</a>,
644: OSNews.com, April 29, 2004
645: </strong></font><br>
646: Tony Bourke explores using OpenBSD on his Sun Ultra 5 while comparing and
647: constrasting performance and features that exist on other operating systems
648: available for sparc64.
649: <p>
650:
1.390 beck 651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.393 david 652: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/29/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">
653: Diskless, Low-Form-Factor OpenBSD Systems</a>,
654: ONLamp.com, April 29, 2004
655: </strong></font><br>
656: Michael Lucas continues his series of articles on OpenBSD and <a
657: href="http://www.soekris.com">Soekris</a> devices. This time
658: describing how to make use of tftpd, dhcpd, rarpd and NFS to accomplish
659: booting OpenBSD without using a local disk.
660: <p>
661:
662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.391 ian 663: <a href="http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/04/13/1842214.shtml">
664: CARP your way to high availability</a>,
1.392 david 665: NewsForge, April 16, 2004
1.391 ian 666: </strong></font><br>
667: This write-up of OpenBSD's new Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)
668: covers its origins in Cisco's patent nonsense, then moves on to what
669: it does: CARP provides sharing
670: of an IP address among several hosts on the same network to provide
671: failover and limited load balancing. Gives enough technical
672: detail to get you started using it.
673: Quote: "Some of you with highly redundant and fault-tolerant hardware
674: may think CARP won't help you. Think again...
675: think of how nice it would be to patch and reboot during normal
676: business hours instead of at 2 a.m. Think about not having to balance
677: doing system upgrades against taking an entire building offline.
678: Think about hot-testing new technologies while knowing that, if
679: things just don't work out, your old solution is simply a halt away."
1.392 david 680: <p>
1.391 ian 681:
682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.390 beck 683: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/04/15/pf_developers.html">
1.392 david 684: OpenBSD PF Developer Interview</a>,
685: ONLamp.com, April 15, 2004
1.390 beck 686: </strong></font><br>
687: Federico Biancuzzi of onlamp.com interviews Daniel Hartmeier, Henning Brauer,
1.392 david 688: Mike Frantzen, Cedric Berger, Ryan McBride, and Can Erkin Acar about PF, their
1.390 beck 689: work with it, and what's new and cool in OpenBSD 3.5.
1.392 david 690: <p>
1.388 mcbride 691:
692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
693: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">
694: Interview with Ryan McBride</a>,
1.392 david 695: KernelTrap, April 7, 2004
1.388 mcbride 696: </strong></font><br>
697: In this interview conducted by Jeremy Andrews, Ryan McBride discusses
698: the new CARP and pfsync protocols which allow for firewall failover,
699: and covers the ongoing struggle with the IETF for truly open standards
700: unencumbered by patents.
701: <p>
702: </ul>
703:
1.378 henning 704: <h2>March, 2004</h2>
705: <ul>
1.384 jose 706:
707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.386 ian 708: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/07/intel_64bit/">
709: Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'</a>,
710: The Register, April 7th, 2004.
711: </strong></font><br>
712: Quotes Tom Halfhill in <em>Microprocessor Reports</em> as saying that
713: Intel developed its 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit x86 instruction set by
714: "reading AMD's pre-release documentation".
715: After detailed comparison of AMD's 64-bit products and Intel's clone of them,
716: "In every case," Halfhill concludes, "we found Intel had patterned its 64-bit x86 architecture after AMD64 in almost every detail."
717: Quotes the OpenBSD team as saying
718: "We've tested the Intel x86 64-bit stuff, and it works for OpenBSD.
719: But it's nasty, because they left out the NX (non-executable) bit
720: in the page tables."
721: Maybe there was a page missing from Intel's photocopy of AMD's documentation.
722: <p>
723:
724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 725: <a href="http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/7503585eb6e9543f80256e670038578b">Microsoft Preparing to Release Code to Open Source</a>,
726: Computer Business Review Online, March 30, 2004.
727: </strong></font><br>
728: An article about how Microsoft is looking to release portions of their
729: non-core code (non-OS portions) under their "Shared Source" license. Some
730: discussion of how Microsoft has been shipping free software in their
731: Unix Services for Windows product, which includes OpenBSD source code.
1.392 david 732: <p>
1.384 jose 733:
1.378 henning 734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 735: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/18/marc_espie.html">
736: An Interview with OpenBSD's Marc Espie</a>,
1.381 ian 737: ONLamp.com, March 18, 2004.
738: </strong></font><br>
739: A really good and colorful interview with Marc Espie. The
740: interviewer gets Marc to list his areas of
741: contributions to the project, but soon it gets around to
742: methodology, how we differ from other open source OS projects
743: (quote:
744: "Evolve the OS, not Revolutionize it. This is in violent contrast to Linux."),
745: how each release of gcc is slower than the previous, the ubiquitous
1.382 ian 746: licensing wars (and the GPL'd stuff we've replaced by BSD-licensed),
1.381 ian 747: future plans, and so on. Marc is careful to credit a number of
748: the other developers for their work on the system.
749: <p>
750:
751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 752: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html">Homemade Embedded BSD Systems</a>,
753: ONLamp.com, March 11, 2004.
754: </strong></font><br>
1.385 jose 755: The start of a short series of articles on putting OpenBSD on the <a
1.384 jose 756: href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris</a> device, a small x86 based PC
757: device. Using the NET4801 device, the author pares down OpenBSD for
758: installation on a CF storage device. A list of resources are available,
759: too.
760: <p>
761:
762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.378 henning 763: [GERMAN] Apparently insecure, analysis of Windows 2000, Linux and OpenBSD sourcecode, iX 04/04, p. 14.
764: </strong></font><br>
1.379 henning 765: A small article describing the results of examining Windows 2000, Linux and
1.378 henning 766: OpenBSD source code using
767: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder">Flawfinder</a>.
768: "OpenBSD is ahead, Flawfinder finds a surprisingly small number of
769: potentially dangerous constructs. The source code audit by the OpenBSD team
770: seems to pay out. Additionally, OpenBSD uses the secure strlcpy/strlcat by
771: Todd C. Miller instead of strcpy etc."
772: <p>
773: </ul>
774:
1.374 jose 775: <h2>January, 2004</h2>
776: <ul>
777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 778: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1845592592&fp=16&fpid=0">Banks' use of IIS scary</a>,
1.375 jose 779: ComputerWorld, January 30, 2004.
780: </strong></font><br>
781: A brief but solid mention of OpenBSD. After examining how many Australian
782: banks use IIS on Windows, web server security is examined. The article
783: ends with a priceless quote, "I recommend OpenBSD for Apache as it can't
784: be overlooked for edge security and there is no such thing as viruses for
785: it."
786: <p>
787:
788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.374 jose 789: <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/2004/index/interviews/interviews_brauer">Fosdem
790: Interview: Henning Brauer</a>,
791: Fosdem 2004, January 6, 2004.
792: </strong></font><br/>
793: A brief interview with Henning Brauer conducted as the Fosdem conference
794: approaches. Henning talks about changes in 3.4, in -current, and the
795: BGP daemon he's been working on for the past few months.
796: <p>
797: </ul>
798:
1.369 ian 799: <h2>October, 2003</h2>
800: <ul>
801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.384 jose 802: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1368006,00.asp">Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems</a>,
803: eWeek, October 31, 2003.
804: </strong></font><br/>
805: A commentary on all of the BSDs and what kind of commercial success they've
806: enjoyed. While Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols notes that Linux is easier to
807: install and configure than the freely available BSDs, he does continually
808: praise them, especially OpenBSD.
809: <p>
810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 812: <a href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542683131.html">VIA wows
813: with nano-sized x86, entropy-based security, tiny PCs</a>,
814: LinuxDevices.com, October 15, 2003.
815: </strong></font><br/>
816: Another article which extracts heavily from the VIA press release
817: and includes a quote from Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD support for the
818: processor. Additionally, it shows a photo of the processor next to a US
819: one cent coin and an Intel Pentium M processor, illustrating its small
820: form factor.
821: <p>
822:
823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
824: <a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/Digital%20Library/PR031014EdenN.jsp">VIA
825: Unveils New NanoBGA VIA Eden-N Processor, World's Smallest & Lowest
826: Power Native x86 Processor with Industry's Most Advanced Embedded Security
827: Features</a>,
828: Press Release, October 14, 2003.
829: </strong></font><br/>
830: VIA announces a new small, low power native x86 processor with an
831: integrated multi-mode AES implementation. Theo de Raadt is quoted as
832: saying, "There's just no way to describe how happy we were to find such an
833: inexpensive, blazingly fast, and correctly operating device as the VIA
834: Eden-N processor's Padlock ACE ..." OpenBSD 3.4 has support for this
835: processor and its integrated cryptographic engine.
836: <p>
837: This article can also be found online at:
838: <ul>
839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.389 xsa 840: <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 841: HardwareZone.com, October 14, 2003.
842: </strong></font>
843: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
844: </ul>
845: <p>
1.392 david 846:
1.371 jose 847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.392 david 848: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/09/adding_system_calls.html">
849: Adding System Calls (an OpenBSD Example)</a>,
1.371 jose 850: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 9, 2003.
851: </strong></font><br/>
852: Another O'ReillyNet article about OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer. This
853: one, by Kevin Lo, is a quick introduction to the modification of the
854: OpenBSD kernel to support a new system call. Example code is included.
1.392 david 855: <p>
1.371 jose 856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.369 ian 858: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/10/02/openbsd_gcc.html">Diving
1.370 ian 859: into GCC: OpenBSD and m88k</a>,
1.371 jose 860: O'Reilly Net OnLamp.com BSD DevCenter, October 2, 2003.
1.369 ian 861: </strong></font><br/>
862: Our own Miod Vallat discusses how he learned to stop fearing GCC
863: by just getting down and messing with its internals.
864: Since he "started with almost zero gcc internals knowledge, it
865: should be understandable by anyone able to read C code, and proves that
866: diving into gcc is not as hard as one could imagine." Along the way, he
867: gives some informative background on the Motorola 88000 architecture
868: and its history with OpenBSD.
869: </ul>
870:
1.368 henning 871: <h2>August, 2003</h2>
872: <ul>
873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.371 jose 874: [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 875: </strong></font><br>
876: Short announcement of pf's passive os fingerprinting.
877: </ul>
878:
1.364 jose 879: <h2>July, 2003</h2>
880: <ul>
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 882: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0307i/">
883: The Open Road: Return of Packet Filter</a>,
884: UNIX Review,
885: July, 2003.
886: </strong></font><br>
887: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier returns to give a more detailed tour of the
888: configuration and use of PF. Lots of links and pointers for people
889: who want more information.
890: <p>
891:
892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.366 jose 893: <a href="http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22845-1.html">
894: Clarke advocates grass-roots action to protect critical IT</a>,
895: Government Computer News,
896: July 22, 2003.
897: </strong></font><br>
898: Richard Clarke, the former cybersecurity czar for the White House (US),
899: discusses challenges to developing a secure IT infrastructure. The end
900: of the article mentions the awards presentations he made with SANS
901: to OpenBSD for effective OS security testing.
902: <p>
903:
904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
905: <a href="http://www.sans.org/press/ISLA.php">
906: Users Recognize Leadership in Operating System and Network Security</a>,
907: SANS Institute,
908: July 22, 2003.
909: </strong></font><br>
910: OpenBSD was chosen as a winner in the 2003 Information Security Leadership
1.377 david 911: Awards, organized by the <a href="http://www.sans.org/">SANS institute</a>.
1.366 jose 912: OpenBSD was chosen as the winner of the award for effective security
913: testing of an operating system. To quote part of the award,
914: "In the 2003 competition among military academies and grad schools, in which
915: they competed to provide the best defense against cyber attacks launched
916: by National Security Agency specialists, the judges acknowledged that in
917: the final analysis, use of OpenBSD was a determining factor in the winner's
918: ability to fight off attacks." The awards were presented by Richard Clarke
919: in Washington DC. Other awards included patch distribution mechanisms
920: and denial of service attack mitigation techniques.
921: <p>
922:
923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.364 jose 924: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/07/17/openbsd_core_team.html">
925: The Essence of OpenBSD</a>,
926: OnLamp.com,
927: July 17, 2003.
928: </strong></font><br>
929: Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin offer an interview with several
930: OpenBSD developers, including Theo de Raadt, Daniel Hartmeier, Jason
931: Wright, Miod Vallat, and Dale Rahn. The developers talk about how the
932: project came to be in 1995, how they came to the project, and what they
933: have been working on.
934:
935: </ul>
936:
1.356 jose 937: <h2>June, 2003</h2>
1.338 ian 938: <ul>
939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.367 jose 941: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8217/ur0306l/">
942: The Open Road: OpenBSD's Packet Filter</a>,
943: UNIX Review,
944: June, 2003.
945: </strong></font><br>
946: Author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier provides a brief introduction to installing
947: OpenBSD and the basics of PF. The article is quite short and cannot
948: provide enough detail to do anything but start looking at the rules and
949: use of PF. This is the first in a two-part series on OpenBSD and PF.
950: <p>
951:
952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.363 jose 953: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp">
954: Is It Time for BSD?</a>,
955: eWeek,
956: June 23, 2003.
957: </strong></font><br>
958: Jim Rapoza discusses the current SCO legal battles against IBM and the
959: Linux community. Citing the legal friction, Rapoza encourages IT
960: departments to investigate the BSD world, especially OpenBSD, which
961: have already settled their UNIX source code claims with AT&T.
962: The security and track record of the BSD distributions is also touted
963: as a reason to investigate their use in corporate IT settings.
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.360 jose 967: <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=7816/sdmdev0306/">
968: Loose Lips Sink Ships</a>,
969: Software Development Online,
970: June, 2003.
971: </strong></font><br>
972: Alexandra Weber Morales provides a concise summary of the DARPA-OpenBSD
973: funding issue by repeating some information published elsewhere and also
974: providing original material from others. Old and new quotes from Jan
975: Walker reiterate the original DARPA position. Gene Spafford, Gary McGraw
976: both contribute comments on the project's situation and current state.
977: Also provides a concise summary of the project's latest release and
978: current activities.
979: <p>
980:
981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.358 henning 982: [GERMAN] "We don't do politics, we write software", c't 13/03, p. 106.
983: </strong></font><br>
1.361 henning 984: An interview with Theo - over two pages, he talks about the DARPA funding
985: story, explains the importance of the hackathons and how the 2003
986: hackathon was different from the past ones that had a "mission",
987: like replacing ipf with pf at the Boston hackathon. Opposed to that, this
1.413 deraadt 988: year's hackathon didn't have a mission, but rather around 20 teams working
1.361 henning 989: on different projects and forming new teams later to attack other problems.
990: He describes a "very complex and intense climate" and points out
991: that support for AMD Hammer, UltraSPARC III, SMP and Mozilla was done.
1.362 henning 992: Theo also talks about the DARPA funding cut and its effects - basically
1.361 henning 993: that funding will work like it did before the grant, through
994: CD, T-Shirt and Poster sales as well as donations.
1.413 deraadt 995: Asked about Linus Torvald's role in Linux Theo describes his role in OpenBSD
1.361 henning 996: as a "friendly dictator" who is involved in all major
997: decisions.
998: A further topic is, naturally, security. Theo points out that an absolutely
999: secure system would imply a bugfree system and thus is not possible, and
1.413 deraadt 1000: briefly explains ProPolice and W^X. A small followup article focuses on the
1.361 henning 1001: basics of ProPolice and W^X.
1.358 henning 1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.355 jose 1005: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1111894,00.asp">
1006: OpenBSD gets harder to crack</a>,
1007: Page 58, eWeek,
1008: June 2, 2003.
1009: </strong></font><br>
1010: Timothy Dyck reviews the latest OpenBSD release, 3.3, and focuses on the
1011: new features: PF and the integration with ALTQ and the system wide stack
1012: protection mechanisms. Some of the criticisms in the article have already
1013: been addressed in -current.
1014: <p>
1015:
1.356 jose 1016: </ul>
1017:
1018: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
1019: <ul>
1020:
1.355 jose 1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.357 jose 1022: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=499">
1023: Interview with Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Security Technologies</a>
1024: Help Net Security, May 29, 2003.
1025: </strong></font><br>
1026: Berislav Kucan interviews Ivan Arce, CTO of <a
1027: href="http://www.corest.com">Core Security Technologies</a>. Several of
1028: the people at Core have been involved in the development of OpenBSD, and
1029: they commonly use OpenBSD as one of their development and deployment
1030: platforms. In the interview, Ivan is quoted as saying "... from a purely
1031: security perspective. I would say that OpenBSD is still the king of the
1032: hill." PF is also one of Ivan's top five security tools.
1033: <p>
1034:
1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.353 jose 1036: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/21OPconnection_1.html">
1037: Beyond Linux</a>,
1038: InfoWorld,
1039: May 23, 2003.
1040: </strong></font><br>
1041: Columnist Chad Dickerson discusses several Open Source projects as
1042: alternatives to Linux. OpenBSD gets a brief mention as the most secure
1043: free OS available. The BSD license is also touted in a positive light
1044: compared to the GPL.
1045: <p>
1046:
1047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.349 deraadt 1048: <a href="http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=dd4eb943-192f-4e5a-8d7f-e2a93a4e7b43">
1049: Elite Programmers `Hack' to Help Others</a>,
1050: Pages A1/D1/D4, Calgary Herald,
1.346 ian 1051: May 17, 2003.
1052: </strong></font><br>
1053: Tamara Gignac came out to the hackathon and spent much of the day
1054: talking to team members; her article takes up half the front page of
1055: the business section and half of another page inside
1056: (plus a four-column-inch teaser on the front page).
1057: "We're addicted to making good stuff that works", she quotes Theo,
1058: in talking about the project's history and goals.
1059: Goes over the whole gamut of meanings of the term "hacker" -
1060: including early MIT hackerdom and quotes from Tim Berners-Lee -
1061: and how the term went downhill in the public's mind after the
1062: <i>War Games</i> movie. Photos of dhartmei, jason and others.
1.351 ian 1063: <br>
1064: This article can also be found online at:
1065: <ul>
1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1067: <a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/info/business/story.html?id=F5F23FF7-E0EE-4C54-BBED-7B523C6AFBF2">
1068: Hackers Try for a Good Rap</a>,
1069: Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
1070: May 17, 2003
1071: </strong></font>
1.352 ian 1072: (somewhat shortened version).</li>
1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1074: <a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=4C8B848C-8772-4C2E-B8F7-60CDAC678303">
1075: Hackers try to buff their image</a>,
1076: Montreal Gazette,
1077: May 21, 2003
1078: </strong></font></li>
1.351 ian 1079: </ul>
1.347 deraadt 1080: <p>
1.346 ian 1081:
1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.345 deraadt 1083: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
1.348 ian 1084: Calgary Herald,
1.345 deraadt 1085: May 7, 2003.
1086: </strong></font><br>
1087: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
1088: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
1089: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
1090: <p>
1091:
1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 1093: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1094: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1095: OsOpinion,
1096: May 6, 2003.
1097: </strong></font><br>
1098: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
1099: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
1100: <br>
1101: This article can also be found online at:
1102: <ul>
1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1104: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
1105: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1106: NewsFactor Network.
1107: </strong></font>
1108: </ul>
1109: <p>
1110:
1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1112: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
1.343 deraadt 1113: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
1114: ITBusiness,
1115: May 2, 2003.
1116: </strong></font><br>
1117: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
1118: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
1119: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
1120: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
1121: <p>
1122:
1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 1124: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
1125: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1126: InfoWorld,
1127: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 1128: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 1129: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
1130: <br>
1131: This article can also be found online at:
1132: <ul>
1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1134: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
1135: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
1136: IDG Singapore.
1137: </strong></font>
1138: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1139: <p>
1140:
1.339 jose 1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1142: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
1143: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 1144: ZDNet,
1145: May 1, 2003.
1146: </strong></font><br>
1147: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 1148: someone using parts from previous articles.
1149: <br>
1.341 deraadt 1150: This article can also be found online at:
1151: <ul>
1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1153: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
1154: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1155: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 1156: </strong></font>
1157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1158: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
1159: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
1160: CNET News.com.
1161: </strong></font>
1162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1163: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
1164: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
1165: ZDNet UK.
1166: </strong></font>
1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1168: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
1169: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
1170: Help Net Security, Croatia.
1171: </strong></font>
1172: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 1173: <p>
1.339 jose 1174:
1.341 deraadt 1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1176: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
1.341 deraadt 1177: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
1178: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
1179: May 1, 2003.
1180: </strong></font><br>
1181: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
1182: that have been added
1183: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
1184: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
1185: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
1.350 deraadt 1186: third-party "ports", many upgrades to included software, and more.
1.341 deraadt 1187: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
1188: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1189: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 1190: <p>
1191:
1192: </ul>
1193:
1.253 ian 1194: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1195: <ul>
1.255 ian 1196:
1.260 ian 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1198: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 1199: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1200: TechRepublic,
1201: April 28, 2003.
1202: </strong></font><br>
1203: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
1204: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 1205: work.<br>
1206: Can also be found online at:
1207: <ul>
1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1209: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
1210: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
1211: ZDNet UK.
1212: </strong></font>
1213: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 1214: <p>
1215:
1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 1217: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
1218: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
1219: IDG,
1220: April 24, 2003.
1221: </strong></font><br>
1222: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
1223: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
1224: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
1225: Can also be found online at:
1226: <ul>
1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1228: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
1229: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 1230: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 1231: </strong></font>
1232: </ul>
1233: <p>
1234:
1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1236: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 1237: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 1238: Slate,
1239: April 24, 2003.
1240: </strong></font><br>
1241: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
1242: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
1243: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
1244: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
1245: <p>
1246:
1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 1248: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1249: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
1250: April 24, 2003.
1251: </strong></font><br>
1252: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
1253: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
1254: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
1255: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
1256: <p>
1257:
1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 1259: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
1260: April 24, 2003.
1261: </strong></font><br>
1262: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
1263: the free software community".
1264: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
1265: other articles.
1266: <p>
1267:
1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1269: <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 1270: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
1271: </strong></font><br>
1272: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
1273: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
1274: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
1275: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
1276: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
1277: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
1278: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
1.413 deraadt 1279: affairs." Notes the discrepancy between DARPA's public position
1.324 ian 1280: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
1281: <br/>
1282: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
1283: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
1284: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
1285: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 1286: <br>
1287: Can also be found online at:
1288: <ul>
1289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1290: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
1291: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
1292: Common Dreams NewsCenter
1293: </strong></font>
1294: </ul>
1.324 ian 1295: <p>
1296:
1297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1298: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
1299: Wired, April 24, 2003.
1300: </strong></font><br>
1301: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
1302: article above.
1303: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
1304: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
1305: wasting them."
1.332 ian 1306: <br>
1307: Can also be found online at:
1308: <ul>
1309: <li>
1310: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
1311: </strong></font>
1312: </ul>
1.324 ian 1313: <p>
1314:
1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 1316: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
1317: </strong></font><br>
1318: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
1319: <p>
1320:
1321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 1322: <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.
1323: </strong></font><br>
1324: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
1325: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
1326: <p>
1327:
1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 1329: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
1330: April 23, 2003.
1331: </strong></font><br>
1332: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
1333: <p>
1334:
1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 1336: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 1337: April 22, 2003.
1338: </strong></font><br>
1339: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
1340: <p>
1341:
1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 1343: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1344: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1345: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 1346: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 1347: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
1348: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
1349: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
1350: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
1351: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
1352: Can also be found online at:
1353: <ul>
1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1355: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 1356: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
1357: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 1358: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1360: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 1361: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
1362: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 1363: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 1364: </ul>
1365: <p>
1366:
1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 1368: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1369: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 1370: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1371: </strong></font><br>
1372: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 1373: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
1374: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
1375: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
1376: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
1377: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
1378: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 1379: <p>
1380:
1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 1382: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
1383: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 1384: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
1385: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 1386: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
1387: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
1388: at UPenn and DARPA.
1389: <p>
1390:
1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.359 miod 1392: [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,
1393: France
1.315 deraadt 1394: April 18, 2003.
1395: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 1396: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 1397: <p>
1398:
1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 1400: [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 1401: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1402: </strong></font><br>
1403: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
1404: <p>
1405:
1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 1407: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
1408: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
1409: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1410: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 1411: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
1412: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
1413: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
1414: <p>
1415:
1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 1417: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
1418: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1419: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 1420: </strong></font><br>
1421: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1422: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
1423: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 1424: American century.
1.267 deraadt 1425: <p>
1426:
1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 1428: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
1429: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1430: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 1431: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 1432: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
1433: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
1434: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
1435: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
1436: Can also be found online at:
1437: <ul>
1438: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
1439: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 1440: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 1441: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 1442: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 1443: <p>
1444:
1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.377 david 1446: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 1447: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1448: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 1449: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 1450: </strong></font><br>
1451: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 1452: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
1453: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
1454: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
1455: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 1456:
1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1458: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
1459: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1460: New York Times.
1461: </strong></font>(free registration required)
1462:
1.273 deraadt 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1464: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 1465: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 1466: ABC News.
1467: </strong></font>
1468:
1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1470: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 1471: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 1472: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 1473: </strong></font>
1474:
1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1476: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1477: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 1478: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 1479: </strong></font>
1480:
1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 1482: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
1483: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1484: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 1485: </strong></font>
1486:
1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1488: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 1489: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 1490: Times Daily, AL.
1491: </strong></font>
1492:
1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1494: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
1495: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
1496: Boston.com, MA.
1497: </strong></font>
1498:
1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1500: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 1501: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 1502: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
1503: </strong></font>
1504:
1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 1506: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
1507: [Article was pulled]</a>
1508: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 1509: </strong></font>
1510:
1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1512: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
1513: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
1514: Infoshop News.
1515: </strong></font>
1516:
1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1518: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
1519: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1520: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
1521: </strong></font>
1522:
1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 1524: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
1525: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
1526: Raleigh News, NC.
1527: </strong></font>
1528:
1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.354 david 1530: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
1.314 deraadt 1531: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
1532: Napa News, CA.
1533: </strong></font>
1534:
1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1536: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 1537: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1538: NEPA News, PA.
1539: </strong></font>
1540:
1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1542: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
1543: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
1544: Wired News.
1545: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 1546: <br>
1547: <li>
1.333 deraadt 1548: <font color="#009000"><strong>
1549: [JAPANESE]
1550: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
1551: Wired News Japan</a>
1552: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 1553:
1.271 deraadt 1554: </ul>
1555: <p>
1.272 deraadt 1556: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
1557: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 1558: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
1559: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
1560: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
1561: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
1562: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
1563: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 1564: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 1565: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
1566: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
1567: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 1568: <p>
1569: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 1570:
1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1572: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 1573: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1574: Indianapolis Star, IN.
1575: </strong></font>
1576:
1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 1578: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
1579: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1580: Miami Herald, FL.
1581: </strong></font>
1582:
1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 1584: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1585: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
1586: </strong></font>
1587:
1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1589: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 1590: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 1591: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 1592: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 1593:
1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1595: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
1596: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
1597: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
1598: ABC News.
1599: </strong></font>
1600:
1.276 deraadt 1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1602: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 1603: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 1604: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 1605: </strong></font>
1606:
1.286 dhartmei 1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1608: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 1609: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1610: Wilmington Star, NC.
1611: </strong></font>
1612:
1.300 jose 1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1614: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
1615: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
1616: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
1617: </strong></font>
1618:
1.309 jose 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1620: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
1621: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
1622: Globe Technology.
1623: </strong></font>
1624:
1.263 deraadt 1625: </ul>
1.262 beck 1626: <p>
1627:
1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 1629: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
1630: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1631: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 1632: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 1633: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 1634: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
1635: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
1636: <p>
1637:
1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 1639: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
1640: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
1641: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 1642: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 1643: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
1644: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
1645: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
1646: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
1647: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
1648: and simply restates other press reports.
1649: <p>
1650:
1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 1652: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
1653: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1654: OS News, April 18, 2003.
1655: </strong></font><br>
1656: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
1657: <p>
1658:
1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 1660: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
1661: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1662: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 1663: </strong></font><br>
1664: Another report on the DARPA funding.
1665: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
1666: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
1667: <p>
1668:
1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 1670: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
1671: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
1672: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
1673: April 17, 2003.
1674: </strong></font><br>
1675: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
1676: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
1677: Tech Anthems</a>
1678: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
1679: 4 so far.
1680: <p>
1681:
1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 1683: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
1684: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1685: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1686: </strong></font><br>
1687: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
1688: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
1689: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
1690: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
1691: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
1692: Goes on to say:
1693: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
1694: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
1695: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
1696: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 1697: This article is also found online at:
1698: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1700: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
1701: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
1702: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1703: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1705: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
1706: ZDnet</a>,
1707: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 1708: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1710: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
1711: ZDnet Australia</a>,
1712: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 1713: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 1714: </ul>
1.260 ian 1715: <p>
1.279 deraadt 1716:
1.260 ian 1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1718: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 1719: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 1720: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1721: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 1722: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 1723: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
1724: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
1725: without notice or justification.
1726: <p>
1727:
1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1729: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 1730: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 1731: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 1732: </strong></font><br>
1733: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
1734: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 1735: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 1736: effective today, without any warning..."
1737: <p>
1.257 ian 1738:
1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 1740: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
1741: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1742: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 1743: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 1744: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
1745: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
1746: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
1747: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
1748: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 1749: <p>
1750:
1751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 1752: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
1753: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1754: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 1755: </strong></font><br>
1756: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
1757: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
1758: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
1759: quoting two of them:
1760: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
1761: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
1762: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
1763: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
1764: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
1765: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
1766: <p>
1767:
1.255 ian 1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 1769: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
1770: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 1771: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1772: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 1773: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 1774: <p>
1775:
1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 1777: [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 1778: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1779: </strong></font><br>
1780: New security concepts in OpenBSD
1781: <p>
1782:
1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 1784: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
1785: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1786: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 1787: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 1788: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 1789: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
1790: security experts for more than three decades."
1791: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
1792: <p>
1.261 ian 1793:
1.254 drahn 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 1795: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 1796: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 1797: </strong></font><br>
1798: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
1799: <p>
1800:
1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 1802: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
1803: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
1804: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
1805: </strong></font><br>
1806: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
1807: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
1808: discussion OpenBSD's path.
1809: <p>
1810:
1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 1812: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
1813: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1814: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 1815: </strong></font><br>
1816: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
1817: from US DARPA.
1818: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
1819: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
1820: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
1821: the BSD license.
1822: <p>
1823: </ul>
1824:
1.251 ian 1825: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
1826: <ul>
1827:
1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1829: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
1830: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
1831: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1832: </strong></font><br>
1833:
1834: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
1835: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
1836: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
1837: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
1838: <p>
1839:
1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 1841: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
1842: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.371 jose 1843: OnLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 1844: </strong></font><br>
1845: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
1846: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
1847: Mentions
1848: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
1849: and
1850: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
1851: programs.
1852: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 1853: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 1854: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
1855: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
1856: <p>
1.325 ian 1857: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
1858: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 1859:
1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1861: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
1862: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
1863: </strong></font><br>
1864: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
1865: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
1866: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
1867: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
1868: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
1869: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
1870: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
1871: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
1872: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
1873: put into service."
1874: <p>
1875: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
1876: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
1877: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
1878: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
1879: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
1880: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
1881: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
1882: computers with security features."
1883: <p>
1.329 ian 1884:
1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1886: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
1887: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
1888: Slate,
1889: March 3, 2003.
1890: </strong></font><br>
1.413 deraadt 1891: Brendan Koerner's thorough dismissal of the total unreality and FUD
1.329 ian 1892: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
1893: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
1894: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
1895: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
1896: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
1897: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
1898: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
1899: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
1900: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
1901: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
1902: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
1903: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
1904: of more secure open-source solutions like
1905: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
1906: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
1907: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
1908: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
1909: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
1910: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
1911: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
1912: the Beltway."
1913: <p>
1.251 ian 1914: </ul>
1915:
1.249 jufi 1916: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
1917: <ul>
1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1919: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
1920: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 1921: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 1922: </strong></font><br>
1923: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
1924: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 1925: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 1926: <p>
1.334 ian 1927:
1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1929: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
1930: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
1931: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
1932: </strong></font><br>
1933: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
1934: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
1935: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
1936: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
1937: "... the hypothetical question ...
1938: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
1939: <br>
1940: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
1941: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
1942: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
1943: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
1944: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
1945: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 1946: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 1947: support network security.
1948: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
1949: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
1950: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
1951: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
1952: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
1953: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
1954: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
1955: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
1956: <br>
1957: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
1958: <p>
1959:
1.249 jufi 1960: </ul>
1961:
1.246 jufi 1962: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1963: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1964:
1.247 jufi 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1966: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 1967: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
1968: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1969: </strong></font><br>
1970: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
1971: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1972: <p>
1973:
1.247 jufi 1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1975: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
1976: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
1977: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
1978: </strong></font><br>
1979: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
1980: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
1981: <p>
1982:
1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1984: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 1985: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
1986: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 1987: </strong></font><br>
1988: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
1989: in their annual OpenHack security test.
1990: <p>
1.247 jufi 1991: </ul>
1.246 jufi 1992:
1.244 jufi 1993: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1994: <ul>
1.246 jufi 1995:
1.247 jufi 1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 1997: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
1998: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
1999: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2000: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 2001: </strong></font><br>
2002: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
2003: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
2004: md5 digests.
2005: <p>
2006:
1.247 jufi 2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2008: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 2009: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
2010: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2011: </strong></font><br>
2012: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
2013: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
2014: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
2015: right the first time."
2016: <p>
1.247 jufi 2017: </ul>
1.244 jufi 2018:
2019:
2020: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2021: <ul>
1.244 jufi 2022:
1.247 jufi 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2024: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2025: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
2026: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2027: </strong></font><br>
2028: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
2029: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
2030: part 6</a>.
2031: <p>
2032:
1.247 jufi 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 2034: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2035: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:
2036: Securing Remote PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2037: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
2040: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
2041: <p>
1.301 jose 2042:
2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2044: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
2045: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
2046: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
2047: </strong></font><br>
2048:
2049: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
2050: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
2051: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2052: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2053: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2054: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2055: <i>Here's the
2056: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2057: <p>
1.247 jufi 2058: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2059:
2060: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2061: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2064: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.392 david 2065: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6: Archiving PF Firewall Logs</a>,
1.269 deraadt 2066: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2067: </strong></font><br>
2068: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
2069: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
2070: <p>
2071:
1.247 jufi 2072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2073: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2074: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
2075: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2076: </strong></font><br>
2077: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
2078: this time using pf.
2079: <p>
1.247 jufi 2080: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2081:
2082: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2083: <ul>
1.242 jufi 2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2086: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2087: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
2088: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2089: </strong></font><br>
2090: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
2091: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
2092: their rotation.
2093: <p>
2094:
1.247 jufi 2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2096: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2097: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
2098: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2099: </strong></font><br>
2100: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
2101: <p>
1.247 jufi 2102: </ul>
1.242 jufi 2103:
1.239 jufi 2104: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2105: <ul>
1.239 jufi 2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2108: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2109: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
2110: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 2111: </strong></font><br>
2112: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
2113: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
2114: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
2115: <p>
2116:
1.247 jufi 2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 2118: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 2119: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
2120: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 2121: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 2122: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
2123: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
2124: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 2125: <p>
1.247 jufi 2126: </ul>
1.239 jufi 2127:
1.235 lebel 2128: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2129: <ul>
1.235 lebel 2130:
1.239 jufi 2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 2133: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 2134: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
2135: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 2136: </strong></font><br>
2137: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
2138: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
2139: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
2140: <p>
1.301 jose 2141:
1.247 jufi 2142: </ul>
1.235 lebel 2143:
1.228 horacio 2144: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2145: <ul>
1.228 horacio 2146:
1.247 jufi 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 2148: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 2149: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
2150: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 2151: </strong></font><br>
2152: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
2153: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
2154: <p>
2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 2157: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 2158: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
2159: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 2160: </strong></font><br>
2161: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
2162: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
2163: <p>
2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 2166: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 2167: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
2168: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 2169: </strong></font><br>
2170: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
2171: on the desktop of his parents.
2172: <p>
2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2175: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 2176: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
2177: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2178: </strong></font><br>
2179: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
2180: using IPFilter.
2181:
2182: <p>
2183:
1.247 jufi 2184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 2185: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2186: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
2187: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 2188: </strong></font><br>
2189: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
2190: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
2191: perspectives of the four OS.
2192: <br>
2193: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 2194: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 2195: <p>
2196:
1.247 jufi 2197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 2198: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
2199: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 2200: software and security</a>,
2201: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 2202: </strong></font><br>
2203:
2204: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
2205: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
2206: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
2207: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
2208: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
2209: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
2210: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
2211: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
2212: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
2213: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
2214: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
2215: security conscious team beyond doubt.
2216: <p>
1.247 jufi 2217: </ul>
1.228 horacio 2218:
1.225 horacio 2219: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2220: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2221:
1.247 jufi 2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2223: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
2224: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 2225: Interview</a>,
2226: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 2227: </strong></font><br>
2228:
2229: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
2230: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
2231: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 2232: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 2233: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
2234: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
2235: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
2236: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
2237: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 2238: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 2239: of choice.
2240: <p>
1.247 jufi 2241: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2242:
2243: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2244: <ul>
1.225 horacio 2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2247: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 2248: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
2249: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 2250: </strong></font><br>
2251:
2252: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
2253: <p>
2254:
1.247 jufi 2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2256: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 2257: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
2258: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 2259: </strong></font><br>
2260:
2261: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
2262: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
2263: <p>
1.247 jufi 2264: </ul>
1.225 horacio 2265:
1.218 horacio 2266: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2267: <ul>
1.218 horacio 2268:
1.247 jufi 2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.387 mcbride 2270: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/6">
1.269 deraadt 2271: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1.392 david 2272: KernelTrap, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 2273: </strong></font><br>
2274:
2275: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
2276: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
2277: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
2278: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
2279: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
2280: subjects. Worth a read.
2281: <p>
2282:
2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 2285: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 2286: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
2287: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 2288: </strong></font><br>
2289:
2290: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
2291: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
2292: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
2293: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
2294: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
2295: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
2296: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
2297: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
2298: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 2299: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 2300: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
2301: on other operating systems.<br>
2302: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
2303: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
2304: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
2305: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
2306: <p>
2307:
1.247 jufi 2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2309: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 2310: Operating System 2010</a>,
2311: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 2312: </strong></font><br>
2313:
2314: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
2315: covering the level of software integration into the core
2316: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
2317: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2318: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
2319: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
2320: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
2321: <p>
2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 2324: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2325: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
2326: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 2327: </strong></font><br>
2328:
2329: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
2330: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
2331: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
2332: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
2333: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
2334: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
2335: <p>
1.247 jufi 2336: </ul>
1.221 horacio 2337:
1.210 jufi 2338: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2339: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2340:
1.247 jufi 2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2342: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 2343: Already a Contender</a>,
2344: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 2345: </strong></font><br>
2346:
2347: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
2348: source software in response to an article which claimed that
2349: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
2350: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
2351: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
2352: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
2353: <p>
2354:
1.247 jufi 2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 2356: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 2357: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
2358: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 2359: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2360:
1.224 horacio 2361: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
2362: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
2363: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
2364: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
2365: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
2366: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 2367: <p>
1.247 jufi 2368: </ul>
1.215 horacio 2369:
2370: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2371: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2374: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
2375: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 2376: Division</a>,
2377: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 2378: </strong></font><br>
2379:
2380: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
2381: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 2382: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 2383: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
2384: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
2385: investment</em>.<br>
2386: The implementation details can be seen on their
2387: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
2388: <p>
2389:
1.247 jufi 2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2391: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
2392: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2393: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2394: </strong></font><br>
2395:
2396: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
2397: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
2398: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2399: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2400: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2401: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2402: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2403: <p>
2404:
2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2406: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2407: Thinking about Security</a>,
2408: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2409: </strong></font><br>
2410:
2411: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
2412: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
2413: security and says that even secured operating systems running
2414: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
2415: to time.<br>
2416: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
2417: system and just the most secure system.
2418: <p>
2419:
1.247 jufi 2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2421: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 2422: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
2423: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 2424: </strong></font><br>
2425:
2426: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
2427: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
2428: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
2429: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
2430: choice:<br>
2431: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
2432: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
2433: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
2434: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
2435: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
2436: network security devices and as such must be well
2437: armored."</em><br>
2438: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
2439: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
2440: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
2441: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
2442: <br>
2443: Bravo!
2444: <p>
1.247 jufi 2445: </ul>
1.210 jufi 2446:
1.207 ian 2447: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2448: <ul>
1.215 horacio 2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 2451: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
2452: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
2453: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 2454:
1.207 ian 2455: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
2456: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 2457: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 2458: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
2459: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
2460: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 2461: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 2462: <p>
1.247 jufi 2463: </ul>
1.207 ian 2464:
1.194 jufi 2465: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2466: <ul>
1.194 jufi 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2469: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 2470: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
2471: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 2472: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2473:
1.240 miod 2474: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 2475: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
2476: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
2477: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
2478: <p>
2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2481: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
2482: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
2483: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2484:
2485: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
2486: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
2487: <p>
2488:
2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2490: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2491: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2492: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2493:
2494: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2495: <p>
2496:
2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2498: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 2499: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
2500: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
2501: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2502:
1.240 miod 2503: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 2504: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 2505: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
2506: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1.413 deraadt 2507: on the article he comments on the team's <em>license audit</em> through
1.206 ian 2508: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 2509: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
2510: <br>
1.413 deraadt 2511: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licencs has meant for the
1.201 horacio 2512: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
2513: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
2514: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
2515: <p>
2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 2518: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
2519: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 2520: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 2521: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2522:
1.194 jufi 2523: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
2524: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
2525: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
2526: <br>
2527: The new
2528: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 2529: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 2530: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
2531: <p>
1.247 jufi 2532: </ul>
1.194 jufi 2533:
1.190 horacio 2534: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2535: <ul>
1.190 horacio 2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 2538:
2539: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
2540: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
2541:
1.301 jose 2542:
1.191 jufi 2543: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
2544: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
2545:
2546: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
2547: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
2548:
1.212 horacio 2549: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
2550: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 2551: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
2552:
1.211 horacio 2553: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
2554: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 2555: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 2558: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 2561: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
2562:
1.212 horacio 2563: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
2564: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 2565: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
2566:
2567: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
2568: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
2569:
2570: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
2571: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
2572:
1.301 jose 2573: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
2574: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
2575:
1.191 jufi 2576: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
2577: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
2578:
2579: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 2580: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 2581:
1.192 jufi 2582: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
2583: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 2584: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 2585:
1.193 deraadt 2586: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
2587: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 2588: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 2591: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
2592:
1.247 jufi 2593: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 2594: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
2595: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
2596:
1.213 horacio 2597: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 2598: 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 2599: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
2600:
1.190 horacio 2601: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 2602: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
2603: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
2604: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
2605: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
2606: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
2607: <p>
1.190 horacio 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2610: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
2611: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
2612: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2614:
1.195 jufi 2615: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 2616: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
2617: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
2618: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 2619: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
2620: <p>
2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2623: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 2624: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
2625: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
2626: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 2627:
1.191 jufi 2628: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 2629: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
2630: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
2631: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
2632: <p>
2633:
2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2635: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2636: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2637: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
2638:
2639: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2640: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 2641: <p>
1.247 jufi 2642: </ul>
1.190 horacio 2643:
1.191 jufi 2644:
1.186 jufi 2645: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2646: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 2647:
1.247 jufi 2648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 2649: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 2650: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
2651: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 2652: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 2653:
1.188 jufi 2654: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 2655: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 2656: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 2657: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
2658: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 2659: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 2660: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 2661: <p>
2662:
1.301 jose 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2664: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2665: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2666: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2667:
2668: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2669: <p>
1.191 jufi 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 2672: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
2673: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
2674: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 2675: </strong></font><br>
2676:
2677: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
2678: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
2679: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
2680: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
2681: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
2682: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
2683: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
2684: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
2685: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
2686: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
2687: familiar?
2688: <p>
1.247 jufi 2689: </ul>
1.191 jufi 2690:
1.178 louis 2691: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2692: <ul>
1.178 louis 2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 2695: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 2696: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
2697: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
2701: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
2702: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
2703: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
2704: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
2705: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
2706: <p>
2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2709: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
2710: Open source under the hood</a>,
2711: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 2712: </strong></font><br>
2713:
2714: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
2715: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
2716: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
2717: <p>
2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2720: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
2721: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
2722: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 2723: </strong></font><br>
2724:
2725: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
2726: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
2727: <p>
1.247 jufi 2728: </ul>
1.179 louis 2729:
1.174 louis 2730:
1.175 louis 2731: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2732: <ul>
1.175 louis 2733:
1.247 jufi 2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2735: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
2736: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
2737: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 2738: </strong></font><br>
2739:
2740: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
2741: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
2742: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
2743: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
2744: <p>
2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2747: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
2748: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
2749: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 2750: </strong></font><br>
2751:
2752: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 2753: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 2754: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
2755: <p>
1.247 jufi 2756: </ul>
1.175 louis 2757:
1.176 louis 2758:
1.172 mickey 2759: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2760: <ul>
1.172 mickey 2761:
1.247 jufi 2762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2763: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
2764: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 2765: </strong></font><br>
2766:
2767: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
2768: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
2769: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 2770: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 2771: <p>
2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 2774: <a
1.269 deraadt 2775: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
2776: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
2777: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 2778: </strong></font><br>
2779:
2780: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
2781: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
2782: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
2783: <p>
2784:
1.247 jufi 2785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2786: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 2787: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
2788: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 2789: </strong></font><br>
2790:
2791: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
2792: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
2793: <p>
2794:
1.247 jufi 2795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2796: <a
1.269 deraadt 2797: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
2798: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 2799: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
2800: </strong></font><br>
2801:
2802: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
2803: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
2804: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
2805: our own Theo de Raadt.
2806: <p>
2807:
1.247 jufi 2808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 2809: <a
1.269 deraadt 2810: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
2811: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
2812: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 2813: </strong></font><br>
2814:
2815: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
2816: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
2817: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
2818: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
2819: shut down.]
2820: <p>
2821:
1.247 jufi 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 2823: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 2824: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 2825: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
2826: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 2827: </strong></font><br>
2828:
2829: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
2830: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
2831: <p>
1.247 jufi 2832: </ul>
1.172 mickey 2833:
1.161 louis 2834: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2835: <ul>
1.161 louis 2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2838: <a
1.269 deraadt 2839: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
2840: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
2841: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 2842: </strong></font><br>
2843:
2844: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
2845: by John Wolley
2846: <p>
2847:
1.247 jufi 2848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 2849: <a
1.269 deraadt 2850: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
2851: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
2852: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 2853: </strong></font><br>
2854:
2855: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
2856: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
2857: OpenBSD).
2858: <p>
2859:
1.247 jufi 2860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2861: <a
1.247 jufi 2862: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 2863: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
2864: </strong></font><br>
2865:
2866: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
2867: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
2868: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
2869: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
2870: and hindsight.
2871: <p>
2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2874: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
2875: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
2876: </strong></font><br>
2877:
2878: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
2879: <p>
2880:
1.247 jufi 2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 2882: <a
1.168 provos 2883: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
2884: December 7, 2000
2885: </strong></font><br>
2886:
2887: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
2888: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
2889: us explain.
2890: <p>
2891:
1.247 jufi 2892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 2893: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
2894: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 2895: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 2896: December 6, 2000
2897: </strong></font><br>
2898:
2899: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
2900: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
2901: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
2902: <p>
2903:
1.247 jufi 2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2905: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
2906: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
2907: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2908: </strong></font><br>
2909:
2910: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2911: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2912: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2913: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2914: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2915: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
2916: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
2917: <p>
2918:
2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 2920: <a
1.226 horacio 2921: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
2922: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 2923: </strong></font><br>
2924:
2925: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 2926: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 2927: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 2928: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2929: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2930: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2931: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 2932: <p>
1.162 millert 2933:
1.247 jufi 2934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 2935: <a
1.161 louis 2936: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
2937: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
2938: </strong></font><br>
2939:
2940: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
2941: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
2942: <p>
2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 2945: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
2946: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
2947: </strong></font><br>
2948:
2949: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
2950: <p>
2951:
2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 2954: <a
1.226 horacio 2955: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
2956: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
2957: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 2958: </strong></font><br>
2959:
2960: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
2961: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
2962: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
2963: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
2964: <p>
1.247 jufi 2965: </ul>
1.169 louis 2966:
1.158 louis 2967: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2968: <ul>
1.147 louis 2969:
1.247 jufi 2970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2971: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
2972: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 2973: </strong></font><br>
2974:
2975: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
2976: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
2977: <p>
2978:
1.247 jufi 2979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2980: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
2981: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
2982: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 2983: </strong></font><br>
2984: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
2985: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
2986: <p>
2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 2989: <a
2990: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
2991: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
2992: </strong></font><br>
2993:
2994: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
2995: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
2996: <p>
2997:
1.247 jufi 2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2999: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 3000: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
3001: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 3002:
1.213 horacio 3003: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.383 jcs 3004: <a href="books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1.161 louis 3005: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
3006: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
3007: <p>
1.215 horacio 3008:
1.247 jufi 3009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 3010: <a
3011: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
3012: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
3013: </strong></font><br>
3014:
3015: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
3016: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
3017: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
3018: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
3019: much of the attitude too).
3020: <p>
1.161 louis 3021:
1.247 jufi 3022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3023: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3024: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 3025: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 3026:
1.157 louis 3027: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
3028: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
3029: <p>
1.247 jufi 3030: </ul>
1.157 louis 3031:
3032: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3033: <ul>
1.157 louis 3034:
1.247 jufi 3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3036: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3037: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 3038: </strong></font><br>
3039:
3040: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
3041: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
3042: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
3043: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
3044: <p>
3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 3047: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
3048: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
3049: </strong></font><br>
3050:
3051: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
3052: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
3053: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
3054: it because they love coding...
3055: <p>
3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 3058: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
3059: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
3060: </strong></font><br>
3061:
3062: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
3063: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
3064: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
3065: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
3066: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
3067: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
3068: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
3069: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
3070: <p>
3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3073: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
3074: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
3075: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 3076: </strong></font><br>
3077:
3078: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
3079: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
3080: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
3081: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
3082: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
3083: the pizza.
3084: <p>
3085:
1.247 jufi 3086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 3087: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
3088: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
3092: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
3093: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
3094: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
3095: problems.
3096: <p>
3097:
1.247 jufi 3098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 3099: <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 3100: </strong></font><br>
3101:
1.222 miod 3102: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 3103: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
3104: - whether they like it or not.
3105: <p>
3106:
1.247 jufi 3107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3108: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
3109: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 3110: </strong></font><br>
3111:
3112: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
3113: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
3114: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 3115: <p>
1.148 aaron 3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3118: <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 3119: </strong></font><br>
3120:
3121: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
3122: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
3123: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
3124: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
3125: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
3126: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
3127: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
3128: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
3129: <p>
3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3132: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
3133: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 3134: </strong></font><br>
3135:
3136: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
3137: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1.413 deraadt 3138: BSDs. Mostly he summarizes the history and quotes the various project
1.147 louis 3139: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
3140: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
3141: <p>
1.247 jufi 3142: </ul>
1.147 louis 3143:
1.138 louis 3144: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3145: <ul>
1.138 louis 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3148: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
3149: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
3150: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
3151: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 3152: </strong></font><br>
3153:
1.227 horacio 3154: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 3155: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
3156: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
3157: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
3158: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
3159: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
3160: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
3161: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 3162: <p>
3163:
1.247 jufi 3164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 3165: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 3166: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 3167: </strong></font><br>
3168:
3169: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
3170: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
3171: groups, and even Linux.
3172: <p>
3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3175: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
3176: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 3177: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
3178: </strong></font><br>
3179:
3180: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
3181: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
3182: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
3183: library after installing the OS.
3184: <p>
3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 3187: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 3188: Sys Admin, September 2000
3189: </strong></font><br>
3190:
3191: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
3192: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
3193: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
3194: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 3195: (<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>,
3196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
3197: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
3198: <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 3199: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 3200: out of the system.
3201: <p>
3202:
1.247 jufi 3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 3204: <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
3205: </strong></font><br>
3206:
3207: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.413 deraadt 3208: in terms of usability and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1.200 niklas 3209: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
3210: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
3211: the IP filtering and address translation.
3212: <p>
1.301 jose 3213:
3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3215: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3216: </strong></font><br>
3217:
3218: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3219: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3220: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3221: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3222: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3223: <p>
1.247 jufi 3224: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3225:
1.131 louis 3226: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3227: <ul>
1.131 louis 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3230: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
3231: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
3232: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 3233: </strong></font><br>
3234:
3235: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
3236: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
3237: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
3238: <p>
3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 3241: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
3242: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
3243: </strong></font><br>
3244:
3245: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
3246: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
3247: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
3248: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
3249: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
3250: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
3251: note of"</i>.
3252: <p>
3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 3255: <a
1.247 jufi 3256: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 3257: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
3258: </strong></font><br>
3259:
3260: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
3261: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
3262: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
3263: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
3264: <p>
3265:
1.247 jufi 3266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 3267: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 3268: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
3269: </strong></font><br>
3270:
3271: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
3272: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
3273: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
3274: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
3275: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
3276: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
3277: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
3278: <p>
3279:
1.247 jufi 3280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 3281: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
3282: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
3283: 2000
3284: </strong></font><br>
3285:
3286: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
3287: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
3288: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
3289: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
3290: against current industry practices.
3291: <p>
3292:
1.247 jufi 3293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 3294: <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
3295: </strong></font><br>
3296:
3297: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
3298: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
3299: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
3300: <p>
3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 3303: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
3304: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
3305: </strong></font><br>
3306:
3307: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
3308: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
3309: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
3310: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
3311: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
3312: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
3313: careful code reviews, he concludes.
3314: <p>
3315:
1.247 jufi 3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 3317: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
3318: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
3319: </strong></font><br>
3320:
3321: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
3322: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
3323: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
3324: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
3325: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 3326: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
3327: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
3328: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 3329: <p>
1.247 jufi 3330: </ul>
1.131 louis 3331:
1.118 louis 3332: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3333: <ul>
1.118 louis 3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 3336: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
3337: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
3338: </strong></font><br>
3339:
3340: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
3341: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
3342: about time. The article mentions that
3343: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
3344: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
3345: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 3346: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 3347: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
3348: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 3349: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 3350: <p>
3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3353: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 3354: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3355: </strong></font><br>
3356:
3357: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
3358: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
3359: of OpenSSH.
3360: <p>
3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3363: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 3364: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 3365: </strong></font><br>
3366:
3367: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 3368: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 3369: bridging.
3370: <p>
3371:
1.247 jufi 3372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3373: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
3374: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 3375: </strong></font><br>
3376:
1.121 deraadt 3377: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
3378: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 3379: <p>
3380:
1.247 jufi 3381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3382: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
3383: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
3384: </strong></font><br>
3385:
3386: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
3387: <p>
3388:
1.247 jufi 3389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 3390: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3391: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
3392: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 3393: </strong></font><br>
3394:
1.120 deraadt 3395: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
3396: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 3397: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
3398: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
3399: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
3400: <p>
3401:
1.247 jufi 3402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 3403: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
3404: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
3405: </strong></font><br>
3406:
1.222 miod 3407: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 3408: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
3409: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
3410: protocols and their quirks.
3411: <p>
3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3414: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
3415: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 3416: </strong></font><br>
3417:
3418: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
3419: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
3420: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 3421: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 3422: <p>
3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 3425: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
3426: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
3427: </strong></font><br>
3428:
3429: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
3430: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
3431: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
3432: <p>
3433:
1.247 jufi 3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 3435: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 3436: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
3437: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 3438: </strong></font><br>
3439:
3440: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
3441: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
3442: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
3443: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
3444: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
3445: <p>
1.247 jufi 3446: </ul>
1.118 louis 3447:
1.104 louis 3448: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3449: <ul>
1.104 louis 3450:
1.247 jufi 3451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 3452: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
3453: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
3454: </strong></font><br>
3455:
3456: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
3457: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
3458: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
3459: be a bit dry.
3460: <p>
3461:
1.247 jufi 3462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 3463: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
3464: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
3465: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
3466: </strong></font><br>
3467: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
3468: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
3469: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
3470: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
3471: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
3472: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
3473: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
3474: <p>
3475:
1.247 jufi 3476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 3477: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
3478: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 3479: 2000
1.128 louis 3480: </strong></font><br>
3481:
3482: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
3483: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
3484: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
3485: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
3486: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 3487: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 3488: <p>
3489:
1.247 jufi 3490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3491: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
3492: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 3493: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 3494:
3495: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
3496: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
3497: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
3498: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 3499: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
3500: <p>
1.110 louis 3501:
1.247 jufi 3502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 3503: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
3504: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
3505: </strong></font><br>
3506:
3507: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
3508: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
3509: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
3510: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
3511: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
3512: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
3513: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
3514: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
3515: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
3516: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
3517: <p>
3518:
1.247 jufi 3519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 3520: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3521: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 3522:
3523: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
3524: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 3525: <p>
1.108 louis 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 3528: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
3529: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 3530: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 3531:
3532: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
3533: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
3534: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 3535: <p>
1.106 louis 3536:
1.247 jufi 3537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 3538: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
3539: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 3540: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 3541:
3542: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
3543: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
3544: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
3545: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 3546: <p>
1.107 louis 3547:
1.247 jufi 3548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3549: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
3550: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3551: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 3552:
3553: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
3554: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 3555: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 3556: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
3557: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 3558: <p>
1.105 louis 3559:
1.247 jufi 3560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 3561: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 3562: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 3563: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 3564:
1.113 naddy 3565: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
3566: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 3567: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 3568: <p>
1.104 louis 3569:
1.247 jufi 3570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 3571: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
3572: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
3573: </strong></font><br>
3574:
3575: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
3576: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
3577: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
3578: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
3579: <p>
1.301 jose 3580:
3581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3582: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
3583: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
3584: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
3585:
3586: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3587: hardware-supported cryptography.
3588: <p>
1.247 jufi 3589: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 3590:
1.85 louis 3591: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3592: <ul>
1.85 louis 3593:
1.247 jufi 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3595: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 3596: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 3597: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 3598:
3599: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
3600: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
3601: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
3602: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
3603: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
3604: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
3605: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 3606: <p>
1.99 louis 3607:
1.247 jufi 3608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3609: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 3610: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3611: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 3612:
3613: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
3614: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
3615: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
3616: conditions.
1.113 naddy 3617: <p>
1.100 louis 3618:
1.247 jufi 3619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3620: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 3621: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3622: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 3623:
3624: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
3625: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
3626: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
3627: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 3628: <p>
1.95 louis 3629:
1.247 jufi 3630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3631: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 3632: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3633: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 3634:
3635: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
3636: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 3637: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 3638: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
3639: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3640: <p>
1.92 louis 3641:
1.247 jufi 3642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3643: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 3644: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 3645: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 3646:
3647: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
3648: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
3649: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
3650: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
3651: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
3652: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 3653: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 3654: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 3655: <p>
1.91 louis 3656:
1.247 jufi 3657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3658: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
3659: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 3660: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3661:
3662: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
3663: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
3664: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
3665: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
3666: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
3667: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
3668: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
3669: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
3670: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 3671: <p>
1.90 louis 3672:
1.247 jufi 3673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 3674: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
3675: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
3676: </strong></font><br>
3677: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
3678: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
3679: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
3680: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
3681: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
3682: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
3683: <p>
3684:
1.247 jufi 3685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 3686: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
3687: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 3688: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 3689:
1.113 naddy 3690: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
3691: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 3692: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
3693: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
3694: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
3695: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
3696: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 3697: <p>
1.87 louis 3698:
1.247 jufi 3699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3700: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
3701: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 3702: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3703:
3704: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 3705: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 3706: <p>
1.85 louis 3707:
1.247 jufi 3708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3709: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
3710: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
3711: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
3712:
3713: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
3714: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
3715: <p>
3716:
3717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3718: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
3719: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3720: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3721:
3722: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 3723: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 3724: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
3725: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 3726: <p>
1.89 louis 3727:
1.247 jufi 3728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 3729: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
3730: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 3731: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 3732:
3733: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
3734: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
3735: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
3736: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
3737: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 3738: </ul>
1.85 louis 3739:
1.78 deraadt 3740: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3741: <ul>
1.74 louis 3742:
1.247 jufi 3743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3744: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 3745: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 3746: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 3747: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3748:
3749: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
3750: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
3751: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3752: <p>
1.83 louis 3753:
1.247 jufi 3754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 3755: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
3756: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 3757: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 3758:
3759: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
3760: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 3761: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 3762: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
3763: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 3764: <p>
1.93 louis 3765:
1.247 jufi 3766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3767: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
3768: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
3769: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 3770: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 3771:
1.83 louis 3772: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
3773: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
3774: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
3775: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
3776: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 3777: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
3778: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
3779: <p>
1.82 aaron 3780:
1.247 jufi 3781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3782: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 3783: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3784: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 3785:
1.83 louis 3786: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
3787: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
3788: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 3789: <p>
1.80 louis 3790:
1.247 jufi 3791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3792: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 3793: Bad Press</a>,
3794: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 3795: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 3796:
3797: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 3798: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 3799: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
3800: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
3801: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 3802: <p>
1.247 jufi 3803: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 3804:
3805: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3806: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 3807:
1.247 jufi 3808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3809: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
3810: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 3811: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 3812: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 3813:
3814: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
3815: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
3816: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
3817: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 3818: <p>
1.74 louis 3819:
1.247 jufi 3820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 3821: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
3822: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 3823: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3824:
1.219 horacio 3825: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
3826: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
3827: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
3828: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
3829: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
3830: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
3831: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 3832: <p>
1.88 louis 3833:
1.247 jufi 3834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 3835: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 3836: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 3837: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 3838:
3839: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
3840: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
3841: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
3842: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 3843: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 3844: <p>
1.81 louis 3845:
1.247 jufi 3846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3847: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 3848: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3849: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 3850:
3851: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
3852: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
3853: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
3854: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
3855: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
3856: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
3857: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 3858: <p>
1.90 louis 3859:
1.247 jufi 3860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3861: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 3862: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 3863: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 3864:
3865: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
3866: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
3867: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 3868: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 3869: <p>
1.247 jufi 3870: </ul>
1.71 louis 3871:
1.69 deraadt 3872: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3873: <ul>
1.70 louis 3874:
1.247 jufi 3875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3876: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
3877: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 3878: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3879:
3880: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
3881: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
3882: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 3883: <p>
1.70 louis 3884:
1.247 jufi 3885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3886: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
3887: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 3888: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 3889:
3890: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 3891: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 3892: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 3893: <p>
1.68 louis 3894:
1.247 jufi 3895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3896: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
3897: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 3898: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 3899: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3900:
1.111 jufi 3901: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
3902: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 3903: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 3904: "secure by default" installation.
3905: <p>
1.64 louis 3906:
1.247 jufi 3907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 3908: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 3909: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 3910: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 3911:
1.113 naddy 3912: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 3913: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 3914: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 3915: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
3916: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
3917: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 3918: <p>
1.66 louis 3919:
1.247 jufi 3920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3921: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 3922: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3923: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 3924:
3925: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 3926: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 3927: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
3928: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
3929: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 3930: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
3931: <p>
1.83 louis 3932:
1.247 jufi 3933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3934: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 3935: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3936: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 3937:
3938: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 3939: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
3940: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 3941: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
3942: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 3943: <p>
1.64 louis 3944:
1.247 jufi 3945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3946: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 3947: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 3948: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 3949:
3950: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
3951: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 3952: <p>
1.301 jose 3953:
3954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3955: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
3956: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
3957: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
3958: </strong></font><br>
3959:
3960: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
3961: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3962: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
3963: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
3964: Giving way to
3965: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3966: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3967: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3968: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
3969: <p>
1.247 jufi 3970: </ul>
1.65 louis 3971:
1.69 deraadt 3972: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3973: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3974:
1.247 jufi 3975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3976: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 3977: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 3978: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 3979:
3980: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
3981: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
3982: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
3983: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 3984: <p>
1.88 louis 3985:
1.247 jufi 3986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3987: <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 3988: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 3989:
3990: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 3991: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
3992: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 3993: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
3994: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 3995: <p>
1.60 louis 3996:
1.247 jufi 3997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3998: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1.377 david 3999: <a href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 4000: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 4001: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4002:
4003: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
4004: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
4005: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 4006: <p>
1.58 louis 4007:
1.247 jufi 4008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 4009: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 4010: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4011:
4012: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
4013: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 4014: <p>
1.53 louis 4015:
1.247 jufi 4016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 4017: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
4018: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 4019: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 4020:
4021: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
4022: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
4023: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 4024: <p>
1.99 louis 4025:
1.247 jufi 4026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 4027: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 4028: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4029:
4030: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
4031: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 4032: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 4033: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 4034: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 4035:
1.247 jufi 4036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 4037: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
4038: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 4039: </strong></font><br>
4040:
4041: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
4042: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
4043: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
4044: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
4045: <p>
4046:
1.247 jufi 4047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4048: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 4049: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4050: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4051:
4052: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
4053: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 4054: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 4055:
1.247 jufi 4056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 4057: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 4058: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 4059:
4060: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 4061: in
1.247 jufi 4062: <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 4063: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 4064: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 4065: <p>
1.53 louis 4066:
1.247 jufi 4067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4068: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 4069: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
4070: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 4071: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 4072:
1.58 louis 4073: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4074: <p>
1.301 jose 4075:
4076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4077: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
4078: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
4079: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
4080: Informacyjny, January 2000
4081: </strong></font><br>
4082:
4083: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
4084: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
4085: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
4086: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
4087: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
4088: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
4089: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
4090: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
4091: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
4092: with the translation. For the full text, see the
1.383 jcs 4093: <a href="mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org mail archives</a>. Interpretation
4094: errors are mine --louis</i>
1.301 jose 4095: <p>
4096:
4097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4098: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4099: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
4100: </strong></font><br>
4101:
4102: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
4103: <p>
4104: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 4105:
1.69 deraadt 4106: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4107: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4108:
1.247 jufi 4109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 4110: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
4111: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
4112: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 4113: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4114:
1.58 louis 4115: Kurt Seifried
4116: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4117: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
4118: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 4119: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 4120:
1.247 jufi 4121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4122: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 4123: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4124: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 4125:
4126: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 4127: <p>
1.96 louis 4128:
1.247 jufi 4129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4130: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
4131: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
4132: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
4133: </strong></font><br>
4134:
4135: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
4136: <p>
4137:
4138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4139: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 4140: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 4141: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 4142:
4143: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
4144: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1.383 jcs 4145: <a href="smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1.86 louis 4146: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 4147: <p>
1.247 jufi 4148: </ul>
1.86 louis 4149:
1.69 deraadt 4150: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4151: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4152:
1.247 jufi 4153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4154: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
4155: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 4156: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4157:
4158: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
4159: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 4160: <p>
1.61 louis 4161:
1.247 jufi 4162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4163: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 4164: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
4165: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4166: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 4167:
4168: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 4169: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 4170: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
4171: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 4172: right -- or at least strives to".
4173: <p>
1.48 louis 4174:
1.247 jufi 4175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 4176: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
4177: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4178: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 4179: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
4180: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
4181: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
4182: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 4183: <p>
1.61 louis 4184:
1.247 jufi 4185: <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 4186: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4187: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 4188:
4189: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
4190: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
4191: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
4192: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 4193: <p>
1.46 louis 4194:
1.247 jufi 4195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 4196: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
4197: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 4198: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4199:
4200: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
4201: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 4202: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 4203:
1.247 jufi 4204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 4205: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
4206: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 4207: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 4208:
4209: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
4210: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
4211: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
4212: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 4213: <p>
1.247 jufi 4214: </ul>
1.70 louis 4215:
1.69 deraadt 4216: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4217: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4218:
1.247 jufi 4219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 4220: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
4221: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 4222: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 4223: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 4224:
4225: Kurt Seifried
4226: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
4227: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
4228: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 4229: <p>
1.44 philen 4230:
1.247 jufi 4231: <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 4232: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 4233: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 4234:
4235: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 4236: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 4237:
1.247 jufi 4238: <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 4239: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 4240: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 4241:
4242: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 4243: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 4244:
1.247 jufi 4245: <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 4246: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 4247: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 4248:
4249: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
4250: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
4251: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
4252: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 4253: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 4254:
1.247 jufi 4255: <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 4256: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 4257: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 4258:
1.36 louis 4259: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 4260: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 4261:
1.247 jufi 4262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4263: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
4264: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 4265: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4266:
4267: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 4268: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 4269: </ul>
1.38 louis 4270:
1.69 deraadt 4271: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4272: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4273:
1.247 jufi 4274: <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 4275: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 4276: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 4277:
4278: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
4279: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 4280: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 4281:
1.113 naddy 4282: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 4283: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 4284: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 4285: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 4286:
4287: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
4288: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 4289: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
4290: terminal:
1.113 naddy 4291: <blockquote>
4292: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
4293: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
4294: <br>
4295: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
4296: </code>
4297: </blockquote>
4298: <p>
4299:
1.247 jufi 4300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 4301: <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 4302: <p>
4303:
4304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4305: <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 4306: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 4307:
4308: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
4309: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 4310: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 4311: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 4312:
1.247 jufi 4313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 4314: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
4315: Sept. 28, 1999
4316: </strong></font><br>
4317:
4318: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
4319: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
4320: translating and reprinting articles from
4321: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
4322: <p>
4323:
4324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 4325: <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 4326: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 4327:
4328: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
4329: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
4330: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
4331: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
4332: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 4333: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 4334: <p>
1.19 louis 4335:
1.113 naddy 4336: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 4337: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 4338: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 4339:
4340: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
4341: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
4342: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 4343: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
4344: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 4345: <p>
1.16 louis 4346:
1.247 jufi 4347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4348: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 4349: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 4350: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 4351:
1.57 louis 4352: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
4353: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
4354: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 4355: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 4356:
1.247 jufi 4357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4358: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 4359: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 4360: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4361:
1.113 naddy 4362: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 4363:
1.247 jufi 4364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 4365: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
4366: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4367: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 4368:
1.23 louis 4369: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
4370: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
4371: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
4372: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
4373: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 4374: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 4375:
1.247 jufi 4376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 4377: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
4378: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 4379: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 4380:
1.199 pvalchev 4381: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 4382: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
4383: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
4384: installation.
1.113 naddy 4385: <p>
1.47 louis 4386:
1.247 jufi 4387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4388: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 4389: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 4390: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4391:
1.301 jose 4392: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
4393: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
4394: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4395: </ul>
1.57 louis 4396:
1.69 deraadt 4397: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4398: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4399:
1.247 jufi 4400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 4401: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 4402: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 4403: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 4404:
4405: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
4406: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 4407: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4408: <p>
1.12 louis 4409:
1.247 jufi 4410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 4411: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 4412: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 4413: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 4414:
4415: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
4416: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 4417: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
4418: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
4419: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
4420: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
4421: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 4422: <p>
1.247 jufi 4423: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 4424:
1.69 deraadt 4425: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4426: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 4427:
1.247 jufi 4428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 4429: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 4430: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 4431:
4432: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
4433: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
4434: available."
1.113 naddy 4435: <p>
1.301 jose 4436:
4437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4438: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
4439: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
4440: </strong></font><br>
4441:
4442: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
4443: <p>
1.247 jufi 4444: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 4445:
1.69 deraadt 4446: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4447: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4448:
1.247 jufi 4449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 4450: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 4451: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 4452:
4453: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
4454: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
4455: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
4456: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
4457: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 4458: <p>
1.33 louis 4459:
1.247 jufi 4460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4461: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 4462: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 4463: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4464:
1.113 naddy 4465: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
4466: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 4467: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
4468: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
4469: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 4470: <p>
1.247 jufi 4471: </ul>
1.57 louis 4472:
1.69 deraadt 4473: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4474: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4475:
1.247 jufi 4476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4477: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 4478: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 4479: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4480:
4481: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
4482: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 4483: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4484:
1.247 jufi 4485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 4486: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
4487: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
4488: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 4489: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 4490:
4491: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 4492: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 4493:
1.247 jufi 4494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 4495: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4496:
1.113 naddy 4497: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 4498:
1.247 jufi 4499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 4500: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
4501: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 4502: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 4503:
4504: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 4505: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 4506: </ul>
1.23 louis 4507:
1.69 deraadt 4508: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4509: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4510:
1.247 jufi 4511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.365 jose 4512: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1999/0300/bsd.html">
1.113 naddy 4513: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4514:
4515: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
4516: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 4517: <p>
1.2 deraadt 4518:
1.247 jufi 4519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4520: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 4521: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 4522: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4523:
4524: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
4525: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 4526: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 4527: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 4528: </ul>
1.57 louis 4529:
1.69 deraadt 4530: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4531: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4532:
1.247 jufi 4533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 4534: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
4535: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 4536: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 4537:
4538: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
4539: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
4540: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
4541: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 4542: <p>
1.15 louis 4543:
1.247 jufi 4544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4545: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
4546: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 4547: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4548:
4549: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
4550: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
4551: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
4552: columns."
1.113 naddy 4553: <p>
1.247 jufi 4554: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4555:
1.69 deraadt 4556: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 4557: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4558:
1.247 jufi 4559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4560: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 4561: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 4562: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 4563:
4564: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 4565: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 4566:
1.113 naddy 4567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 4568: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 4569: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 4570:
4571: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
4572: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 4573: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 4574: </ul>
1.57 louis 4575:
1.69 deraadt 4576: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4577: <ul>
1.301 jose 4578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4579: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
4580: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4581: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
4582:
4583: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
4584: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
4585: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
4586: <p>
4587:
4588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
4589: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
4590: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
4591: Nov 13, 1998 and
4592: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
4593: Datateknik</a>,
4594: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
4595:
1.380 saad 4596: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in Mac OS X. The first
1.301 jose 4597: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
4598: explains the licensing issues and points to our
4599: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
4600: <p>
1.69 deraadt 4601:
1.113 naddy 4602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 4603: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 4604: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 4605: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 4606:
1.222 miod 4607: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 4608: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
4609: Implementation, including a brief interview with
4610: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 4611: <p>
1.247 jufi 4612: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4613:
1.69 deraadt 4614: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4615: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4616:
1.247 jufi 4617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4618: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 4619: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4620:
1.69 deraadt 4621: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
4622: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 4623: <p>
1.247 jufi 4624: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4625:
1.69 deraadt 4626: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4627: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 4628:
1.247 jufi 4629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 4630: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
4631: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 4632: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 4633:
1.383 jcs 4634: Points at our <a href="security.html">security page</a>
1.1 deraadt 4635: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 4636: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4637:
1.247 jufi 4638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 4639: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 4640: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
4641: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 4642: <p>
1.247 jufi 4643: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 4644:
1.69 deraadt 4645: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4646: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4647:
1.247 jufi 4648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4649: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.377 david 4650: WebServer Online</a>, reprinted in
4651: <a href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 4652: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 4653: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 4654:
4655: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
4656: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
4657: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 4658: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 4659: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 4660: <p>
1.247 jufi 4661: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 4662:
4663: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 4664: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 4665:
1.247 jufi 4666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 4667: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 4668: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 4669:
1.69 deraadt 4670: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
4671: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 4672: <p>
1.112 naddy 4673:
1.247 jufi 4674: </ul>
1.113 naddy 4675: <p>
1.1 deraadt 4676:
1.292 camield 4677: <hr>
1.216 horacio 4678: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 4679: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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